Our team, headed by Prof. Dr. Rupprecht Podszun, undertakes research in the fields of digital regulation, competition law / antitrust law, unfair practices law and some aspects of intellectual property law. In particular, we analyse the work of the European Commission in these fields and the work of the Bundeskartellamt (the German national competition agency). Rupprecht Podszun advised the German Parliament and the EU Parliament as an expert for the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the reform of competition law. He also served as an expert consultant for the German Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Economics. He is a Substitute Member of the German Commission for Media Concentration Control.
We also teach and work on matters of general civil law and civil procedure. We favour an evolutionary approach to the law (“evolutionary legal theory”).
In recent times, we focused on questions of digital regulation (including data law) and the "green transformation": What is the role of law when two path-breaking developments in technology and climate change heavily start to impact markets?

Please find some first information on our work here on our website, in our blog www.d-kart.de and do not hesitate to get in touch if you have further questions!