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Big Tech and the Law
Big Tech companies such as Google, Amazon, Meta, Apple and Microsoft play an important role in the digital economy and in our daily lives. You are probably reading this text through a product or service offered by one of these companies. How convenient! Yet the rapid growth and enormous power of these companies have also raised serious concerns. Have these companies become digital monopolies? Have they abused their market power to exclude smaller competitors? Have they become so large that they can no longer be regulated? Do they pose risks to democracy and other public values?
This course examines these questions primarily through the lens of competition law, while also paying close attention to other key areas of digital regulation. The main focus is on the EU, Japan and the U.S. but developments in other jurisdictions may be discussed where relevant.
By the end of the course, students should be able to:
•Understand the main legal problems raised by Big Tech
•Explain the legal tools used to address these problems,
•Describe and compare how the EU, Japan and the U.S. regulate Big Tech.
This course examines these questions primarily through the lens of competition law, while also paying close attention to other key areas of digital regulation. The main focus is on the EU, Japan and the U.S. but developments in other jurisdictions may be discussed where relevant.
By the end of the course, students should be able to:
•Understand the main legal problems raised by Big Tech
•Explain the legal tools used to address these problems,
•Describe and compare how the EU, Japan and the U.S. regulate Big Tech.
時間割／共通科目コード
コース名
教員
学期
時限
5121022
GPP-MP6L20L3
Big Tech and the Law
VANDE WALLE Simon
集中
マイリストに追加
マイリストから削除
講義使用言語
英語
単位
2
実務経験のある教員による授業科目
NO
他学部履修
可
開講所属
公共政策学教育部
授業計画
Class schedule (subject to change):
Class 1: Introduction
Class 2: Getting to know Big Tech: which companies and what is their business model?
Class 3: Basics of competition law
Class 4: Key cases brought against Big Tech 1
Class 5: Key cases brought against Big Tech 2
Class 6: Key cases brought against Big Tech 3
Class 7: Key cases brought against Big Tech 4
Class 8: The EU’s Digital Markets Act
Class 9: Japan’s Mobile Software Competition Act (スマホ新法)
Class 10: The EU’s Digital Services Act
Class 11: Key cases brought against Big Tech 5
Class 12: Key cases brought against Big Tech 6
Class 13: Other fields of law and Big Tech (AI regulation, privacy, etc.)
授業の方法
Mix of:
- lectures with concrete examples,
- student presentations, and
- class discussion of real cases.
Students will be asked to give short presentations on topics relevant to the class.
成績評価方法
Normal grading system (A+, A, B, C, F) applies.
Students will be evaluated based on class participation (授業参加・発言), meaning (1) their contribution to the class discussion, and (2) the quality of their short presentations in class. There is no report or final exam.
履修上の注意
No prior knowledge of competition law or digital regulation is required.
The seminar will be taught as an intensive course, with most classes near the end of December and a little bit in early January. To avoid conflicts with other courses, the classes will take place at times when there are no or very few other courses, such as Thursday afternoons, Saturday or Sunday. For instance, classes could be on the following days:
Introduction: online
24 December 2026 (Thursday, afternoon)
26 December 2026 (Saturday)
27 December 2026 (Sunday)
7 January 2027 (Thursday, afternoon)
(no classes in the New Year's holiday period from 28 December to 4 January, and no classes after 9 January)
