The Institute at the Russian Legal Forum

Director of the Institute Alexey Ivanov took part in the 14th annual working forum organised by Vedomosti newspaper, in the session titled "Antitrust Regulation 2018".

The moderator was Tatiana Kamenskaya, Managing Partner, Kamensksya & Partners law firm.

Participants discussed the following topics:

- The draft law on strengthening criminal liability for restricting competition agreements.

- The influence of the network effect on competition. How a business entity can garner market dominance as a result of the network effect.

- Pricing algorithms, the line between innovation and unscrupulous application.

- Market concentration via new rules.

- A new look at the good old question of the abolition of intellectual immunities.

The speakers' speeches were: "Digital Economy" (Sergei Puzyrevsky, Deputy Head, Federal Antimonopoly Service), "Draft Law on Enhancing Criminal Responsibility for Restrictive Agreements" (Andrey Tenishev, Head of Anti-Cartel Department, Federal Antimonopoly Service), "Legislation on Criminal Responsibility for Cartels in the EU - Global Experience" (Ekaterina Smirnova, partner, Yakovlev & Partners law firm), "Market Concentration Under New Rules" (Alexey Ivanov, Director, HSE-Skolkovo Institute for Law & Development), "Admissible Practices of IT Usage in the Digital Age" (Dmitry Abramov, Head of Antimonopoly Law & Procurement Practices, Megafon), "The New Old Question of the Abolition of Intellectual Immunities" (Arthur Rokhlin, partner, Interfax), "On Legal Initiatives to Amend Legislation on Anti-Competitive Agreements" (Yaroslav Kulik, partner, ART DE LEX law firm).