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The CCLE’s lecture series on Digital Platforms and Competition Policy, presented by Professor Willem Boshoff, begins tomorrow!   Prof. Willem H. Boshoff is Co-Director of the Centre for Competition Law and Economics at Stellenbosch University, and the 2024 holder of the prestigious Vloeberghs Chair from the Free University of Brussels. This distinguished teaching position is awarded biennially to scholars working at the intersection of international law, economics, and informatics.   Having first presented these lectures at the Free University of Brussels, Prof. Willem H. Boshoff is now bringing this valuable content to a wider audience.   The lecture series will explore crucial topics in digital market competition focusing on competition policy towards online intermediation. The series is accessible to both lawyers and economists, with no prior knowledge of digital platforms required.   Join us for this exploration of digital market competition on the following dates: Lecture Schedule:   Thursday, 8 August 2024, 13:10-14:10: Competition policy towards digital intermediation platforms: European antitrust and the African perspective   Friday, 16 August 2024, 13:10-14:10: Evaluating potential competition in digital platform markets: American and European entrants versus African monopolists?   Friday, 23 August 2024, 13:10-14:10: African exploits: wrestling with digital platform dominance and its impact on small business   For a detailed breakdown of each lecture's content, please visit our website: https://lnkd.in/djXbhzfZ To register, please follow this link: https://lnkd.in/dDz_kHWw Please note: Once registered for this first lecture you need not register again, as you will be added to an invitation list for the following two lectures in the series. For queries, contact Katherine Stainton at [email protected]. #DigitalCompetition #AntitrustLaw #EconomicsOfPlatforms

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📢 Announcement from Utrecht Journal of International Law! 📢 Dear Readers, We are thrilled to present Volume 39, Issue 1 of the Utrecht Journal of International and European Law (UJIEL)! 🌍📚 This issue showcases the dedication and scholarly contributions of our authors, and the rigorous efforts of our board of editors and external referees involved in our double-blind review process. 🔍 Highlights of this Issue: The Electronic Participation in Corporate Bodies in Lithuania from a Comparative Perspective: Ivan Romaschenko and Virginijus Bitė explore the digital transformations in corporate governance regulations in Europe, prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The article analyzes electronic participation in corporate bodies in Lithuania, comparing Estonian and German jurisdictions, and includes quantitative surveys from Lithuanian law firms. The authors provide recommendations on identification and verification of shareholders, voting methods during online meetings, and decision-making on electronic participation. Post-EU Accession to the ECHR: The Argument for Why the ECtHR Should Abandon the Bosphorus Doctrine: Šejla Imamović examines the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) case law from 2005-2021 concerning the responsibility of EU member states, known as the “Bosphorus presumption of equivalent protection.” The article argues for abandoning this doctrine in light of the EU's principle of mutual trust and its impending accession to the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR). We hope these contributions inspire further discussion and research in the field of international and European law. Thank you for your continued support and engagement with UJIEL. https://lnkd.in/gmtJSbXM Stay informed, stay inspired, and join the conversation with Utrecht Journal of International Law! #InternationalLaw #LegalResearch #UtrechtJournal #NewEdition #ScholarlyArticles #Volume39Issue1 #LegalStudies #GlobalLaw #EuropeanLaw #CorporateGovernance #ECHR #ECtHR

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Tilburg Law School is the first in the Netherlands to offer a specialization to equip students for a career in legal aid law. It takes the form of an Extended Master’s: a route that Master’s students of Rechtsgeleerdheid (Dutch Law) can choose by taking additional courses. Program Director Ian Sumner and Vice-Dean for Education Stéphanie van Gulijk are two of the guiding lights behind the initiative. Ian Sumner: “The Dutch childcare benefits scandal clearly shows that, now more than ever, there is a greater need to stand up for the less fortunate in our society. Access to justice must be guaranteed for all. With the launch of the Extended Master’s in Legal Aid, we are giving future generations of lawyers the solid foundation they need to assist vulnerable citizens in their legal proceedings.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/eNKEZtmU

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EU Law Live´s Competition Corner 9th Symposium, "Competition Law and Regulation" is happy to bring you Jasper van den Boom & Rupprecht Podszun´s article today! The authors seek to analyze how the proliferation of sector-specific regulations, notably the Digital Markets Act (DMA), is reshaping the application of competition law in digital markets, focusing on the DMA's departure from traditional competition law enforcement methods. They argue that the DMA, alongside other emerging regulatory frameworks, prompts a shift towards a more polycentric competition law regime, impacting enforcement practices and necessitating a balance between accuracy and enforceability. Read more at EU Law Live: https://lnkd.in/dsTMsiXj Stay tuned! Much more to come! #EU #EuropeanUnion #competitionlaw #DMA #digitalmarkets #competitionlawenforcement #competitionlawregime

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💭 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? 🤖 🔍 In our fifth 𝗧𝗟;𝗗𝗥 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁, the AI lab talks with Professor Thomas Margoni ( Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP) @KU Leuven ) about the intricate dance between copyright law and ML development. 🎭 The starting point is an article he co-authored with Professor Martin Kretschmer (CREATe, University of Glasgow) and Dr Pınar Oruç (The University of Manchester), and published in open access in the IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law. It underscores the legal ambiguities and challenges faced by developers and researchers in navigating copyright restrictions, which can hinder innovation and access to information. Do machines or their operators need to obtain permission to be trained on data, and if yes, under which conditions? That’s the core of the question and analysis in their paper, Professor Margoni explains. 🗣️ “𝗖𝗼𝗽𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 has 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 the 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰[,] between the need to incentivise cultural creation and the need for the public to have access to it”, Professor Margoni recalls, pointing out that this balancing exercise is present also in the field of machine learning. Therefore, he cautions that we need to “𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀,” as, in his view, this would lead to unbalanced solutions. However, this is precisely what EU copyright law currently does with text and data mining and machine learning. 🧠 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗶 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼: 🔸 balance the interests of rightsholders and AI developers with those of citizens 🔸 be careful in treating diverse applications uniformly in copyright law, such as TDM and AI 🔸 shift the focus on the output too, not just on the input training data 🔸 reflect on the implications of AI on artistic styles and genres 👉 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 🎧 https://lnkd.in/gW77DmUH 📺 https://lnkd.in/g_AYrdEz 🔗 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗶 𝗰𝗼-𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱: https://lnkd.in/gCrRcqTN #AI #GenerativeAI #Artificialintelligence #MachineLearning #ML #innovation #TextAndDataMining #TDM

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