EUROPEAN UNION BUSINESS LAW: EUROPEAN COMPETITION LAW AFTER THE T-MOBILE DECISION (2 credits in the fall, 2 credits in the spring; regular grading) (PBL296)

Adjunct Professor Marc Firestone
2011-12’s successful Project Based learning Project parsed the crucial T-Mobile decision and considered the range of important issues about European antitrust law which the case raised. The class worked as a team to shape and carry out an “unpacking” of this decision. Sub-teams worked on discrete tasks, and collectively refined its thinking and identified new areas of research. Two members of the team went to Brussels and were able to meet with lawyers and officials active in competition law. The team presented their findings to an outside group of in-house and firm counsel, and created a web-site. This year’s project builds on last year’s. The second phase is to discern trends in both Commission thinking on competition law which resulted from the decision. Using contacts forged this year, students, the members of the class will work as a team to observe the impact of the decision on community law and business practices. A follow-up trip to Brussels is planned. Once again, the team will present their work at the end of the course to an outside group of in-house and firm counsel, and add to the existing web-site.
Pre- or co-requisite: European Union Law; recommended: European Union Competition Law.