International Antitrust Discussion Platform to be based at Institute
On the 22-23rd June the BRICS Competition Law and Policy Forum took place at HSE St Petersburg. The international conference was organised jointly by the HSE-Skolkovo Institute for Law and Development, the Centre for Law, Economics and Society at UCL and the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS). Heads of antitrust departments and experts from the BRICS and the EEC were joined by leading academics and experts on competition law from Europe and the US.
The Institute to Discuss Approaches to Antitrust Regulation for BRICS
The HSE-Skolkovo Institute for Law and Development is organising the BRICS Competition Law and Policy Workshop. This key event for the international legal community specialising in the field of competition law will be held in St. Petersburg, June 22-23.
One of the 'Steps Toward Elbasy': Laboratory Head Alexey Ivanov in Kazakhstan for its National Agenda Document
Алексей Иванов активно работает с казахскими коллегами по направлению развития инновационной среды и конкуренции.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Approves Legalisation on Parallel Imports
The Laboratory celebrates victory: our researchers have long and consistently advocated for the abolition of the ban on parallel imports.
Alexey Ivanov to Prepare an OECD Report on Kazakh Competition Law and Policy
Head of the Laboratory Alexey Ivanov has been selected by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development as a leading international expert to conduct a comprehensive analysis on the status of Kazakhstan in relation to competition and compliance legislation and policy regulation for OECD member countries.
V Trento Antitrust Conference
On 18 April, research fellow Claudio Lombardi took part as guest speaker to the ‘V Trento Antitrust Conference’, Italy.
Forum: Antitrust Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan & the Eurasian Economic Union
On April 9th the Head of the Laboratory Alexey Ivanov took part in the Antitrust Forum organised by the Centre for Development and Protection of Competition Policy of Kazakhstan in conjunction with the non-profit partnership 'Supporting Competition in the CIS Countries' with the support of the Committee for Regulation of Natural Monopolies and Competition Protection of the Ministry of the National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Federal Antitrust Service of Russia.
Economic evidences in competition and IP law cases
On 9th April, Claudio Lombardi, research fellow at the HSE-Skolkovo International Laboratory for Law and Development, conducted a seminar on economic evidence in innovation sectors for the bachelor students of the HSE Faculty of Laws. The study was part of a seminar series leading up to a course on “Law, Economics and Society: Innovative approaches to legal analysis” to be commenced on coming September 2015.