Finding the Ghost in the Shell
EU and US Antitrust Enforcement of AI Collusion
In recent years, considerable focus has been directed toward AI collusion and whether the proliferation of AI-driven decision-making could enable entities to coordinate in anti-competitive ways beyond the scope of enforcement. While the perceived risk may seem exaggerated - antitrust law is well equipped to deal with these questions, and AI may not lead to unavoidable collusive outcomes - the question deserves careful consideration. Notably, US enforcers face challenges in contrast to their EU colleagues, as the case law has developed a narrow notion of “agreement” or “understanding” under high and inconsistent evidentiary burdens. This event will try to develop our understanding of the risk and potential regulatory options when it comes to closing potential enforcement gaps.
Program for AI collusion (hybrid) event 27 June 2024 CET 1300-1600
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1300-1315 |
Introduction: Christian Bergqvist Christian Bergqvist is an associate professor at the Faculty of Law and will introduce the program and explain why we need to be mindful of the risk of AI-induced collusion and how this might transpire in practice. |
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1315-1400 |
What can AI provide for: Kristian Storgaard and Jacob Brønnum-Schou Kristian Storgaard is a tech lawyer, and Jacob Brønnum-Schou is head of IT, both at Kromann Reumert, and will jointly outline how far AI has come in assisting companies in optimizing their commercial (including pricing matters) strategies. This includes giving examples of how AI has already been deployed and (ab)used to secure actions that may be incompatible with Article 101. |
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1400-1500 |
Next-generation cases, as seen of group of pending US cases: Jonathan Rubin and Camila Ringeling Jonathan Rubin is an attorney, Ph.D. economist, and a partner at Mogin Rubin LLP (USA), and Camila Ringeling is an associate at Hausfeld LLP (USA). Jointly, they will discuss a group of pending US cases involving AI and (alleged) collusion between landlords and hotels. Jonathan Rubin and Camilla Ringeling will present on the legal challenges confronting the plaintiffs in this new frontier of US antitrust law. Jonathan Rubin is representing one of the plaintiffs; Camila Ringeling, co-authored a forthcoming paper on the topic, Hausfeld also represents clients in AI collusion cases. For further on some of the US AI cases, see here and here. |
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1500-1600 |
An EU perspective on the US cases and the reach of Article 101: Erik Kjær-Hansen Erik Kjær-Hansen is a lawyer at Gorrissen Federspiel and will outline how the US cases would be treated in an EU context should somebody contemplate following suit. As the US cases appear well within the reach of Article 101, Erik Kjær-Hansen will offer some thoughts on how far 101 can be stressed to cover all forms of AI collusion and, in this, if enforcement lacunas also exist in the EU. |
The event will be a hybrid (in-person and online) event and in English. The in-person event will be in Room 8A-0-57 (called FLEXRUMMET) (for map, see here) at the Faculty of Law (Karen Blixens Plads 16, 2300 Kbh. S). The live-streaming link will be provided later.
Please register here to participate in the event.
Information about course certificate (in Danish):
Kurset gælder for 4 lektioner i den obligatoriske efteruddannelse for advokater og advokatfuldmægtige. Deltagerbevis udstedes efter kurset er endt til deltagere, der har været fysisk til stede. Kurset opfylder formkravene til obligatorisk efteruddannelse for advokater og advokatfuldmægtige, jf. § 3 i BEK nr. 1474 af 12/12/2007 og nr. 820 af 25/06/2010. Vær dog opmærksom på, at Advokatsamfundet ikke udsteder godkendelser af påtænkte eller udførte efteruddannelsesaktiviteter - hverken til udbydere, advokater eller advokatfuldmægtige. Det Juridiske Fakultet kan derfor ikke garantere, at en sådan godkendelse vil finde sted ved en eventuel stikprøvekontrol.
