The Digital Markets Act: A Guide to the Regulation of Big Tech in the EU

This book provides an in-depth exploration of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). With an ensemble of contributors who have been involved in major antitrust cases that shaped the legislative text, the book explains the rationale for the DMA, introduces the reader to the digital services falling within its scope, sets out the process for 'gatekeeper' designation, and provides insights into the interpretation issues and enforcement challenges that arise from the obligations it establishes.

Analysing the DMA in the broader legal and market context, the chapters examine tensions between the DMA and other (EU and national) rules governing the conduct of online platforms, compare the DMA to similar initiatives undertaken in other jurisdictions, and bring perspectives from other disciplines, such as data protection regulation.

A companion website reports on important developments in relation to the DMA, such as the decisions designating tech giants as gatekeepers and subsequent litigation arising therefrom, and provides links to analysis discussing the developments.

An authoritative treatment of the DMA is paired with an easy-to-follow writing style to make this comprehensive compendium essential reading for practitioners, judges, regulators, and researchers working on matters relating to the digital economy.

Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at bloomsbury.pub/digital-markets-act

Konstantina Bania is a Partner at Geradin Partners, a Lecturer in Law at the University of Sheffield, UK, and an extramural fellow at the Tilburg Law and Economics Centre, the Netherlands.

In 2021, Konstantina was appointed as Expert Advisor to the Hellenic Competition Commission to advise on matters relating to the HCC's E-Commerce Sector Inquiry. In 2020, she was appointed to a scientific council to advise the Greek government on data policy issues.

Konstantina has received prizes and fellowships from the Academic Society for Competition Law, the Fulbright Commission, the Competition Law Scholars Forum, and the Institute for European Studies.

Damien Geradin is the Founding Partner of Geradin Partners, UK, and professor of competition law and economics at Tilburg University, the Netherlands. He was a partner at Euclid Law, and a partner in the Brussels office of Covington & Burling LLP.

He has held visiting professorships at leading US law schools including Columbia, Harvard, Michigan, and Yale. He was also a visiting professor at the College of Europe. He is the founder and an editor of the Journal of Competition Law & Economics. He has authored/co-authored over 20 books and 140 book chapters and articles published in journals.