On December 12, 2017, The Konkurrenz Group’s Maurice Stucke participated in the American Bar Association Antitrust Section’s program, “Is Big Data the New IP for Antitrust?” The other panelists were Paul Alan Johnson, Robert J Levinson, and Alexander Okuliar, and Alexander Reicher moderated the program.
Maurice Stucke Participates in ABA Panel Discussion on Big Data
Maurice Stucke spoke at the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law’s 65th Spring Meeting in Washington DC.
The panel, titled “Competition and Consumer Law Issues with Customer Profiling,” gave an overview of the consumer protection and antitrust issues of Big Data.
Hill B. Wellford of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP moderated the panel, and the other panelists were David L. Meyer, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Thomas B. Pahl, Acting Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, and Lydia Parnes, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC.
Maurice Stucke Speaks at University of Chicago Conference, Is There a Concentration Problem in America?
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business hosted a three-day conference in March 2017, bringing together academics, regulators, and public intellectuals to discuss one of the most interesting questions of our time: Is there a concentration problem in the United States? The conference cast a wide net, in an attempt to provide a multidisciplinary perspective on the issues.
Maurice Stucke Participates in EU High Level Policy Hearing on Building a European Data Economy
The European Political Strategy Centre gathered a select group of leading international experts, including Maurice Stucke, to provide input to the ongoing public consultation on ‘Building a European Data Economy’.
The other speakers were:
- Ciro Cattuto, Head of Data Science Laboratory, ISI Foundation,
- Aija Leiponen, Associate Professor, Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
- Gerald Spindler, Professor for Civil Law, Commercial and Economic Law, Comparative Law, Multimedia and Telecommunication Law, University of Goettingen,
- Peter Swire, Huang Professor of Law and Ethics, College of Business Georgia Institute of Technology, and
- Christiane Wendehorst, Professor of Law, University of Vienna
The hearing was facilitated by Ann Mettler, Head, European Political Strategy Centre, and Mario Mariniello, Digital Adviser to the European Political Strategy Centre.
A full transcript of the event will shortly be available here.
Maurice Stucke Speaks at Conference, “Innovation Economics for Antitrust Lawyers”
Maurice Stucke spoke on a panel, “Privacy & Big Data: Can the Big Data Companies be Coerced?” King’s College London and Concurrences organized the conference. The other panelists were:
- Andreas MUNDT, President, Bundeskartellamt, Bonn & Chairman, ICN,
- Jorge PADILLA, Senior Managing Director – Head, Compass Lexecon Europe, Barcelona/Brussels, and
- Maurits DOLMANS, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, London/Brussels.
The panel was moderated by William E. KOVACIC, Professor, King’s College London & Non-Executive Director, Competition and Markets Authority, London.