Latest news & publications

01. May 2023

Ulrich Soltész & Frank Maier-Rigaud (2023) Rescue and Restructuring Aid, ABC Working Paper, 2023/05.


24. April 2023

Maier-Rigaud, Frank P. & Ulrich Schwalbe (2023) Quantification of Antitrust Damages, in: David Ashton (ed.) Competition Damages Actions in the EU and the UK: Law and Practice, 3rd edition, p. 459-511, Edward Elgar 2023.


02. March 2023

We are happy to announce that Frank Maier-Rigaud will be presenting his views on the recent German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) judgement in the Schlecker information exchange case in a regional meeting of the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht on March 16th 2023 in Berlin. Frank will discuss whether the Federal Court chose the wrong case to bolster damages claims, how the judgement fits into the economic literature on information exchange and what consequences flow from the judgement for the Federal Cartel Office and defendants in cartel cases in front of the authority.  


03. February 2023

Maier-Rigaud, Frank P. & Ulrich Schwalbe (2023) Gebietskartelle und andere Formen der Marktaufteilung – Charakteristika und Konsequenzen für die Schadensquantifizierung, Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb, 73(2), 81-87.


25. January 2023

We are happy to announce that Frank Maier-Rigaud will be speaking at the “Current Developments in Private Enforcement” seminar organised by Gibson Dunn on the 7th of February 2023. Frank will be part of a panel of well-known competition lawyers and in-house counsel to discuss recent legal and economic developments in private enforcement. His contribution will focus on damage quantification in abuse of dominance cases and how to deal with harm not related to price increases.


18. January 2023

Frank Maier-Rigaud & Ulrich Schwalbe (2023) Regional cartels and other forms of market sharing – characteristics and consequences for the quantification of damage, ABC Working Paper, 2023/01.


20. November 2022

We are happy to announce that Frank Maier-Rigaud was invited to present on remedies and commitments in abuse of dominance cases at the OECD. The talk will be part of this year’s annual meeting of the Global Forum on Competition taking place from December 1st to 2nd in Paris. Frank will discuss recent experiences with remedies and commitments drawing on the German Meta/Facebook case, the French Google Ads case and the European Commission's case in Google Shopping. The talk will cover behavioral and structural remedies and how they relate to the theory of harm.


14. November 2022

von Engelbrechten, Linn, Laser, Falk & Frank Maier-Rigaud (2022) Record-high gasoline prices?, ABC Policy Brief, 2022/11.


14. October 2022

Maier-Rigaud, Frank (2022) Auf der Suche nach energiepolitischen Konzepten, Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb, Competition Law and Economics (WuW), 72(11), 581.


24. September 2022

We are happy to announce that Lukas Block was invited to the panel discussion at the award ceremony “Preis Soziale Marktwirtschaft” of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung taking place on the 11th of October in Berlin. He will moderate the debate on “Energy prices – the perspective of the Social Market economy” between the experts Fabian Gramling (MP), Dr. Klaus-Heiner Röhl (IW Köln) and Prof. Dr. Christoph Schmidt (RWI Essen).


12. September 2022

Maier-Rigaud, Frank (2022) Schadenstheorie und Quantifizierung von Schäden, in: A. Traugott, S. Riegler, & A. Lukaschek, Handbuch des österreichischen Kartellschadenersatzrechts, Wien: Manz, forthcoming.


22. February 2022

Maier-Rigaud, Frank & Philipp Heller (2021) A Practitioner’s Guide to Quantifying Damage, chapter 8, 172-216 in: Pier Luigi Parcu, Giorgio Monti and Marco Botta (eds.), Economic Analyis in EU Competition Policy – Recent Trends at the National and EU Level, Edward Elgar.


16. November 2021

Maier-Rigaud, Frank, Robles, Laura & Albert Thieme (2021) Non-Medical Hurdles for the Development of Causal Treatments in Neurodegenerative Diseases?, Journal of Neurological Disorders, 9(10), 3-10.


24. October 2021

Maier-Rigaud, Frank, Robles, Laura & Albert Thieme (2021) A Primer on Potential Economic Causes for the Current Failure of the Development of Disease-Modifying Treatments for NDDs, Journal of Neurological Disorders, 9(10), 1-2.


08. October 2021

We are happy to announce that Falk Laser will be speaking at at the inaugural Lille-Reading Workshop on International Finance held online November 4th and 5th. The workshop is bringing together an exquisite selection of international finance and banking scholars including the OECD and central banks. Falk will be presenting joint work on the development of international currency compositions and competition between international currencies.


05. October 2021

Maier-Rigaud, Frank, Lauer, Robert & Laura Robles (2021) Innovation Incentives in the Pharmaceutical Sector: Rethinking Competition and Public Policy? World Competition, 44(3), 307-332.


21. September 2021

Maier-Rigaud, Frank & Philipp Heller (2021) A Practitioner’s Guide to Quantifying Damage, chapter 8, 172-216 in: Pier Luigi Parcu, Giorgio Monti and Marco Botta (eds.), Economic Analyis in EU Competition Policy – Recent Trends at the National and EU Level, Edward Elgar.

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06. September 2021

We are happy to announce that Frank Maier-Rigaud will be speaking at IBA (International Bar Association) conference: Virtual fever the new pandemic taking place from October 11th to 12th in Berlin, Germany covering hot topics related to licensing and digital markets in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Frank will be part of the panel Digital markets and online platforms on the crossroad of electronic communications regulation and competition.


02. August 2021

We are happy to announce that Laura Robles will be speaking at the Kartellrecht science-slam at the 70th anniversary conference of Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb taking place on October 5th in Berlin, Germany. Laura will be giving an economic perspective on some of the most recent damages claims judgements including Schienenkartell V and VI.


23. June 2021

Maier-Rigaud, Frank (2021) Anyone, Effet Utile and the Legacy of Courage vs Crehan, Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb, Competition Law and Economics (WuW), 71(7/8), 453-455.