#17 Digital Markets Act-ually: Fixing Platforms One Rule at a Time w/ Dr. Filippo Lancieri

In this conversation, Filippo Lanceri discusses the evolving landscape of legal tech and digital enforcement, focusing on the differences between public and private enforcement in antitrust law, particularly in the context of the EU and US. He delves into the implications of the recent Meta case, the rise of private enforcement under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in Europe, and the geopolitical dynamics influencing antitrust regulations. The discussion emphasizes the need for a balanced approach to innovation and regulation in the digital economy.Throughout the conversation, we addressed some developments that have taken place both in the EU and the US with regard to digital public and private enforcement. Click below to find those moments directly in the conversation:- 03:20, The private enforcement case brought by the 'Swifties': https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/taylor-swift-ticket-buyers-can-press-ahead-with-live-nation-lawsuit-2025-11-24/. - 04:12, The FTC's Meta case: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1:2020cv03590/224921/693/.- 06:31, Judge Boadsberg dismisses a major part of the FTC's case against Meta: https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/073_2021.06.28_mtd_order_memo.pdf.- 07:07, The precedent to the FTC's Meta case, the Microsoft case: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/253/34/576095/. - 8:00, Mark Zuckerberg's email 'it's better to buy, than to compete': https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/051_2021.01.21_revised_partially_redacted_complaint.pdf. - 8:32, The US' attempt to ban TikTok: https://www.theverge.com/23651507/tiktok-ban-us-news. - 09:37, The FTC's evidence proves that Meta generated $160 billion in revenue and $87 billion in operating profits: https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/692-22025.09.30FederalTradeCommission%27sPost-TrialFindingsofFactREDACTED%28002%29.pdf.- 12:08, The Mainz Regional Court's ruling relating to the DMA's private enforcement: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Android-setup-Regional-court-prohibits-Google-from-favoring-Gmail-10590061.html.- 13:33, The DOJ's case against Apple: https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-apple-monopolizing-smartphone-markets. - 14:51, The Georgetown Private Antitrust Litigation project, based on work from the late 80s: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262231312/private-antitrust-litigation/. - 17:01, Obama officials confirming that no monopolies existed in the US: https://www.politico.com/story/2012/08/barack-obama-trustbuster-079796.- 17:26, The US administration asks for the tempering down of EU digital rules in exchange for lowering tariffs: https://www.euronews.com/business/2025/11/24/us-to-cut-steel-tariffs-only-if-eu-agrees-to-soften-digital-rules-enforcement-in-return. - 15:59, The 2019 Stigler Committee on Digital Platforms Report: https://www.chicagobooth.edu/research/stigler/news-and-media/committee-on-digital-platforms-final-report. - 19:12, Filippo's new article co-authored with Laura Edelson and Stefan Becthold, 'AI Regulation: Competition, Arbitrage & Regulatory Capture': https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5049259. - 20:24, Tomaso Valetti's post on Promarket, 'What Have the Consultants Ever Done for Us?': https://www.promarket.org/2024/02/28/what-have-the-consultants-ever-done-for-us/. - 24:51, Ramsey Woodcock's paper, 'The Hidden Rules of a Modest Antitrust': https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4359&context=mlr. To learn more about Dr. Alba Ribera Martínez and her research, we invite you to visit her website: https://www.albariberamartinez.com.She also writes, from time to time, in her newsletter, the DMA Agora, about the latest developments surrounding the European regulation: https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7344021393451184128.