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Saving Camelot? Nil And The Future Of Amateurism, William W. Berry Iii

BYU Law Review

This Article explores the future of intercollegiate athletics with a diminished (and perhaps even disappearing) amateurism model. Specifically, the Article argues that athletic conferences are in the best position to “save Camelot”—to preserve the aspects of college sports that make them beloved and distinctive—while at the same time realistically accounting for an evolving economic and legal landscape.

In Part I, the Article describes the economics of the NCAA’s current amateurism model. Part II explores the recent changes to the NCAA’s amateurism model in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Alston v. NCAA and the widespread adoption of state name, …

The Impact Of Poland’S Membership In The European Union On The Privilege Of Entrepreneurs Against Self-Incrimination In Proceedings Concerning Anticompetitive Practices Conducted By The Polish Competition Authority, Anna Mlostoń-Olszewska

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In 2024, Poland celebrates the twentieth anniversary of its membership in the European Union. This milestone presents a good opportunity to examine the development of Polish competition law, including whether and how the procedures applied in Polish competition protection proceedings have been influenced by EU competition law. Although, according to the principle of procedural autonomy, Member States have the ability to shape their procedural rules independently, it appears that over the past twenty years, EU law has had an impact on national procedures, particularly through legal solutions adopted in Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003, and later in Directive (EU) No …

Autonomiczna Wymiana Informacji Jako Ograniczenie Konkurencji Ze Względu Na Cel Glosa Do Wyroku Trybunału Sprawiedliwości W Sprawie Instytucji Kredytowych W Portugali (C-298/22), Kamil Dobosz

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The commented case pertains to the exchange of information that took place over many years, by basically all significant credit institutions in Portugal. Unlike other instances of the exchange of information, the latter had a standalone character in this case, as it did not serve or facilitate another, main anticompetitive behavior, which would amount to a concerted practice or agreement. The key to this case was to establish whether a mere exchange of information may amount to unlawfulness. While for the sake of a restriction ‘by effect’, an in-depth effects- -oriented analysis thereof appears obvious, the Court of Justice had …

The Impact Of The Judgment In Case C-211/22 Super Bock On The Assessment Of Vertical Pricing Agreements, Krzysztof Kanton

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The article discusses the impact of the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the Super Bock case (C-211/22) on the assessment of vertical pricing agreements under EU competition law. The judgment underscores the need to apply an economic approach when assessing whether an agreement, which provides for the setting of fixed or minimum resale prices, constitutes a restriction of competition ‘by object’. In this judgment, the CJEU rejects the previous formalistic approach – present in the practice of the EC and NCAs – which automatically qualified RPMs as anti-competitive, without analyzing its economic and …

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European Soft Law Instruments For Sustainability Agreements – Presentation Of Procedural Issues, Critical Analysis And Recommendations For The President Of The Occp, Agata Zawłocka-Turno

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The article focuses on the procedural aspects of soft law tools employed by competition authorities in Europe, in order to help businesses advance sustainable development. In response to global challenges, such as the climate crisis, some authorities have introduced guidelines and informal guidance to enable companies to undertake pro-environmental collaboration, without breaching competition laws. Examples include guidelines from the European Commission, as well as those from the UK, Dutch, and French competition authorities. The article examines how effective these tools are, their impact on legal certainty for businesses, and explores how a similar approach could be implemented by the Polish …

(R)Ewolucja Stosowania Prawa Konkurencji Ue Do Sportu W Najnowszym Orzecznictwie Trybunału Sprawiedliwości Unii Europejskiej, Wojciech Lewandowski

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The Court of Justice of the European Union delivered three judgments on 21/12/2023 modifying the functioning of the European model of sport. In the judgments of: the European Super League ( C-333/21), the Royal Antwerp Football Club (C-680/21), and the International Skating Union (C-124/21 P), EU’s most important judicial institution undertook a comprehensive and orderly interpretation of Articles 101, 102 and 106 of the TFEU, applying these provisions to the activities of sports federations in relation to the organization of professional sports competitions in Europe. The purpose of this text is to analyze the most relevant elements concerning the modification …

Changes In The Fining Policy In Antitrust Cases In The Light Of The Guidelines Of The Polish Competition Authority Published Between 2008–2024 – Selected Issues, Sabina Famirska

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The article covers selected issues concerning changes in the policy of imposing fines for restrictive practices over the last several years. In the following parts of the article, the author presents the legal framework constituting the basis for the publication of soft-law guidelines by the Polish Competition Authority (the President of UOKiK), explaining the method of imposing financial penalties, and discusses the content of relevant documents published between 2008 and 2024. Presented in more detail are the most recent changes in the mechanism of imposing fines, resulting from the implementation of the ECN+ Directive, which allowed the imposition of fines …

European Origins Of The Polish Leniency Programme, Marcin Kulesza

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The article presents a review of the Anglo-European origins of the Polish leniency programme, introduced into national antitrust legislation in 2004 in close connection with Poland’s accession to the EU. It presents the history and general shape of the US programme as well as the history of the EU programme, as well as the implementation of leniency into the 2000 Competition and Consumer Protection Act in force on 01/05/2024, the date of Poland’s accession to the EU.

The Impact Of Competition Law On The Digital Markets Act – On The Interrelationship Between Regulations And Future Prospects, Iga Małobęcka-Szwast

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Competition law, or rather the experience of its application in digital markets by the European Commission, national competition authorities (NCAs) and courts (in particular the Court of Justice of the European Union), has had a key influence on shaping the content of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The article shows the complex relationship between competition law and the DMA, and discusses examples of decisions of the Commission and national competition authorities that have had an impact on the shaping of the catalogue of obligations imposed on gatekeepers under the DMA. The role of national competition authorities in ensuring the effectiveness …

Legal Professional Privilege In Proceedings Before The Polish Competition Authority Over The 20 Years Of Poland’S Membership In The Eu, Anna Gulińska, Paweł Fortuna

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The article presents how EU and Polish rules on the protection of the confidentiality of communications between a qualified lawyer and a client (legal professional privilege, LLP) have evolved over the 20 years of Poland’s membership in the European Union. In addition, the article attempts to critically assess current Polish legal provisions, as amended in 2023, particularly in light of EU case law. A generally positive assessment of introducing the self-standing rules on LPP into the Polish competition law system is supplemented by critical remarks aimed at developing an interpretation of these legal provisions, which fully takes into account EU …

Report From The 3rd National Copyright Conference In Honour Of Professor Elżbieta Traple, Kraków, 20 September 2024, Paweł Podrecki

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Krakow, 20 September 2024

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Time For Summaries, Time For New Challenges, Grzegorz Materna

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From the lead editor

To Surmount Paramount Decrees By Degrees, Harry Kazenoff

Catholic University Law Review

The United States Supreme Court in United States v. Paramount and the subsequent Paramount Decrees in 1948 were the federal government’s original attempt to address the consolidation and concentration of the movie production, distribution, and exhibition markets. The government reversed its decision in 2020 because of both changes in the film industry and a change in the legal application of antitrust law. There are two schools of antitrust law thought: structuralism and the consumer welfare standard. The former is concerned with market concentration and supports the Paramount Decrees, and the latter is concerned with prices for consumers and is skeptical …

The Private Cause Of Action Under Maine's Unfair Trade Practices Act, Steven A. Shaw

Maine Law Review

In 1970 the Maine Legislature passed the Unfair Trade Practices Act (UTPA) which declared unlawful any "unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce . . . ." UTPA-type statutes, now common to all states, offer several advantages. The statutes provide for a statutory award of attorneys' fees, create a private cause of action which is simple in comparison to analogous common law claims, and offer a flexible concept of unlawful conduct which many courts have shown a willingness to interpret broadly and sympathetically. Although Maine's UTPA was originally …

A Structural Approach To The Application Of Section One Of The Sherman Act To Oligopolistic Interdependence, Annmarie Levins

Maine Law Review

A central tenet of American economic thought is that markets in which many producers compete for business are preferable to those in which one or a few sellers dominate. The conventional wisdom underlying this preference is that competitive markets produce more of the goods consumers want at lower prices than do noncompetitive markets. Oligopolies are markets in which there are few sellers. Oligopolistic markets are characterized frequently by higher prices and lower outputs than competitive markets. Many sectors of the American economy are oligopolistic. For example, the American automobile industry is dominated by "the big three," General Motors, Ford, and …

Old, Not Odd: Running Laches Against The States And The Future Of Antitrust After New York V. Meta Platforms, Frank Schulze

Michigan Law Review

In New York v. Meta Platforms, Inc., the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit applied equitable laches to an antitrust lawsuit brought by forty-six state attorneys general, holding that they had not brought their claims in their role as law enforcers. Meta Platforms is the latest in a line of cases that has characterized antitrust actions by state attorneys general as non-public and non-governmental. But this characterization is in tension with the historical role of state attorneys general in enforcing the antitrust laws and undermines the original design of the federal antitrust statutes as supplements to …

The Disparities Between Energy Communities And Traditional Participants In The Energy Market, Jakub M. Kmieć, Mirosław P. Pawełczyk

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The paper aims to identify the disparities between Energy Communities and traditional energy market participants operating within EU Member States. The issues analysed belong to the field of legal and economic sciences. The research was conducted using formal-legal and theoretical-legal methods. The identified disparities were divided into: first, differences of a programmatic nature (including the origins of the formation and development of the compared entities, the degree of state interference and the scope of impact of sector-specific regulation on the business activities of these entities); second, differences of a structural nature (different dominant form of operation, capital structure, scope of …

Towards A Global Civil Liability Regime For Nuclear Damage: Potential Selected Consequences Of Poland’S Accession To The Convention On Supplementary Compensation For Nuclear Damage (Csc), Patrycja Nowakowska

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The purpose of this paper is to present the development steps of the international regime of civil liability for nuclear damage, by recalling the most important stages of this process, and considering the reasons for the changes that led the international community to adopt specific legal acts in this area. The central point of the analysis is to show the moment of the conclusion of the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC) in 1997. The article imparts the most important assumptions of the CSC Convention, leading to the analysis of the potential consequences of Poland’s accession to this …

Energy Transition - What Good Will It Bring? (From The Volume Editor), Marcin Kraśniewski, Aleksandra Lubicz-Posochowska

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From the Volume Editor.

Strategic Esg Challenge For The Power Industry, Dariusz Michalski, Karol Borkowski, Daniel Borkowski

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The purpose of the article is to identify necessary changes in the business strategy of power companies, responding to the challenges of sustainable development. This topic is extremely important for filling the existing gap in research and in the literature in management science. It is also of great relevance for the practical aspects of the operation of power companies in today’s context, where they face increasing pressure to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG, Environment, Social, Govermance) issues into their business strategy. Hence, the article aims to present the challenges and opportunities associated with integrating sustainability into the strategies of …

Energy Sharing In The Light Of Eu Law And Energy Justice, Bartłomiej Kupiec

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Artykuł analizuje koncepcję współdzielenia energii, a jego celem jest zbadanie, w jaki sposób prawo Unii Europejskiej podchodzi do koncepcji współdzielenia energii i jej wpływu na osiągnięcie sprawiedliwości energetycznej wśród uczestników rynku energii. W artykule podjęto próbę odpowiedzi na pytanie, czy i w jaki sposób współdzielenie energii może przyczynić się do realizacji udziału obywateli w rynku energii w Unii Europejskiej. Struktura artykułu rozpoczyna się od rozważań na temat istoty współdzielenia energii i sprawiedliwości energetycznej. Autor zbadał interakcje pomiędzy współdzieleniem energii a sprawiedliwością energetyczną, analizując w jaki sposób praktyki współdzielenia energii, przewidziane w prawie UE, mogą wpływać na realizację sprawiedliwości energetycznej.

Report On The 5th All-Poland Scientific Conference Entitled "Sustainable Energy System For Stopping The Climate Crisis", Wrocław, November 23, 2023, Paulina Pietkun

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Conference report – Wrocław, November 23, 2023

Entire Issue Vol. 13 No. 3

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Antitrust Scrutiny Of The Medical Staff Plan, Cynthia Teresa Churchill

Maine Law Review

Advances in medical technology over the past 50 years have made access to a hospital, its medical staff, and the support facilities and equipment it provides essential for many physicians. Until recently it was not difficult for a qualified physician to obtain staff privileges. In recent years, however, an increasing number of hospital governing boards across the United States have begun to design and implement what are known as "medical staff plans." The often-stated purpose of these plans is to alleviate hospital overcrowding and unstructured staff growth by applying an ordered approach to future medical staff growth, taking into account …

Conference Sport And European Union, Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego, 11 December 2013, Piotr Semeniuk

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Sport and European Union, Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego, 11 December 2013

Jakub Kociubiński, Usługi Świadczone W Ogólnym Interesie Gospodarczym W Prawie Unii Europejskiej. Wyzwania Dla Europejskiego Modelu Gospodarczego [Services Of General Economic Interest In Eu Law. Challenges For European Economic Model], Tnoik „Dom Organizatora”, Toruń 2013, Ilona Szwedziak-Bork

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Review of the book by Jakub Kociubiński

Marian Kępiński (Ed.), System Prawa Prywatnego. Tom 15. Prawo Konkurencji [Private Law System. Volume 15. Competition Law], C.H. Beck/Instytut Nauk Prawnych Pan, Warszawa 2014, Agata Jurkowska-Gomułka

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Review of the book by Marian Kępiński