Two awards for Compass Lexecon Experts at the 2026 Concurrences Antitrust Writing Awards

Two articles by Compass Lexecon experts have won an award at the 2026 Antitrust Writing Awards ceremony, held on 24 March 2026 in Washington, DC. 

The Antitrust Writing Awards are an annual competition organized by Concurrences and the George Washington University Competition Law Center to recognize outstanding scholarship and competition advocacy. The awards go to the best antitrust academic, business and student articles, as well as soft laws. 

The following articles by Compass Lexecon experts won an award in the below categories:

• Business Articles - General Economics: “The market share/dominance fallacy: How narrower markets widen the disconnect between market shares and market power” by Lau Nilausen and Ying Li
• Business Articles - Intellectual Property: “Demystifying licensing debates: Should Gen AI developers pay to train their models on copyright protected content?” by Jorge Padilla and Kadambari Prasad

Other articles by Compass Lexecon experts were also amongst the 150 best Business Articles (out of 700 submitted) and the 90 best Academic Articles (out of 400 submitted) nominated for this year’s awards:

• Business Articles – Concerted practices: “Umbrella effects in cartel damages litigation: What are they, and when could parties claim for them” by Tara Ghobadian, Patricia Lorenzo, and Bernardo Sarmento
• Business Articles – Digital: “FRAND access to app stores” by Jorge Padilla, Kadambari Prasad, and Andrew Tuffin
• Business Articles – Intellectual Property: “Optis v Apple : Can a FRAND price be inferred from “comparable” SEP licences that are not FRAND?” by Pekka Sääskilahti, Andrew Tuffin, and Timo Autio
• Business Articles – Intellectual Property: “Antitrust in IP Licensing : An Analysis of the Hitachi Metals Case in China” by Vanessa Zhang, John Gong and Richard Zhao
• Academic Articles – Cross-border: “Impact of Antitrust Regulations on Firm Market Value: Evidence from Chinese and U.S. Internet Platforms” by Vanessa Zhang, Yong Huang, Nina Yin, and Shan Zhao

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