by Sanar Shareef Ali The Biden administration recently acknowledged the significant impact of AI on a number of aspects of society through an executive order. This indicates the need to enact certain laws and take decisive steps in order to harness…
Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence
by István Kopácsi On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued an Executive Order (EO)[1] aimed at securing United States’ (US) leadership in harnessing the potential and mitigating the risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI). This EO is an integral part of the…
EU competition law still relevant in the UK after Brexit
by Martin Milán Csirszki In a recent judgment, the United Kingdom Competition Appeal Tribunal („CAT”) ruled that the Volvo decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union („CJEU”) of 22 June 2022[1] did not apply to the ongoing case before…
EU AI Act: European approach to regulating artificial intelligence
by Fatma Ceren Morbel As technology advances and artificial intelligence becomes more prevalent in our lives, it is crucial to regulate this technology. A new set of Harmonized Rules on Artificial Intelligence has been proposed by the European Commission, which is…
The Requirement of a Third-Party Liability Regime in the EU for Damage caused by Unmanned Air Vehicle
by Hakan Uzun The use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAVs) has grown daily, particularly in the European Union (EU). Remote pilots, third parties, and governments all have duties as a consequence of the expanding use of UAVs. This study will provide…
Energy saving – Is it feasible to nudge Hungarians to reduce their energy consumption by telling them how much energy they are consuming compared to their neighbors?
Behavior economics suggests that some behavioral interventions have promising results in achieving socially desirable goals. According to Congdon et al., we do care about others to some extent, and we are also concerned about what others think of us and our choices. Thus, we…
Advocate General’s Opinion on the case “Meta Platforms and Others”
by Fatma Ceren Morbel After Meta’s new conditions imposed on its users which put users into a “take it or leave it” situation, in 2016 the German Federal Cartel Office initiated an investigation against Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook). As a result…
Effect on Trade between Member States: An element of competition procedure to be proved beyond any reasonable doubt or a notion to establish the applicable law?
The answer to the question posed in the title seems evident, if one looks at the function of the effect on trade between Member States within the framework of EU competition law. Simply put, and this is the essence of the…