Ioannis Lianos

Economic evidence has become an essential component of a successful competition law case, but questions surrounding the weight and value to be given to economic evidence have not been explored. This work provides competition law practitioners with a comprehensive legal and economic analysis of economic evidence in EU competition law. The book combines a theoretical perspective, an empirical approach and a practice-oriented focus. The theoretical perspective provides a thorough examination of the interaction between economic evidence and legal rules of evidence and causation. Its empirical approach provides the data necessary to understand the reality of economic evidence in selected key jurisdictions (such as the EU, France, the UK, and Germany) in the enforcement of EU competition law. Emphasising the law in action, the study combines quantitative and qualitative research from various legal systems, mapping the type of economic evidence presented in these cases and the way this was assessed. The book's practice-oriented focus provides a thorough understanding of the real-world process of legal evidence in this area. Each chapter dealing with different types of economic evidence introduces the reader to the forms that economic evidence usually takes and what it aims to prove, referring to examples from real cases and offering recommendations for practices and best principles. This is a complete and accessible reference guide, combining theoretical and practical insights.

This casebook, designed for a readership of graduate students, policy makers, and practitioners in competition law, aims to provide a comprehensive reference on EU and UK competition law. While the majority of the text comprises analysis supplemented with detailed commentary and analysis of judgments, NCA and Commission decisions, and legislation, the casebook also gives a high-level introduction to the design and history of EU and UK competition law, including an overview of the main actors and their objectives, furnishing students with the understanding of the law required to practise competition law. In particular, the casebook takes an interdisciplinary approach to the subject, featuring a substantial section on the economic context of competition law accessible even to those with no economics background. The book is accompanied by specialist volumes on intellectual property and enforcement and procedure.

Damages Claims for the Infringement of Competition Law addresses the current state of the law in the EU on damages claims for the infringement of EU competition law by combining a theoretical with a practical perspective. The work first focuses on the relevant EU acquis, examining all aspects of EU law that may be relevant to damages claims (whether brought by a consumer or not) such as those concerning fault, alternative dispute resolution, as well as private international law instruments. The book then delves into the economic underpinnings of claims for damages, including optimal enforcement theory and damages and the legal standards of liability, the evaluation of damages for cartels, exploitative conduct and exclusionary conduct. The work also examines collective actions (legal regime and financing aspects), the interaction between damages claims and public enforcement, causation as well as issues relating to multi-jurisdictional enforcement and damages claims. The book provides a discussion of the emerging field of competion law damages and explores the important questions it raises about the use of the traditional tort law catergories in an area of law that is heavily infused with economic analysis. It combines a corrective justice perspective with an empirical and theoretical analysis of the practice of competiton law damages in various jurisdictions in Europe. Rather than adopting the traditional economic analysis law of approach, the authors respect the autonomy of the fields of law and economics, while attempting to identify the areas of conflict that may emerge when economic concepts and categories are integrated in the legal system.