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Kay Jebelli

Kayvan Hazemi-Jebelli is principal at Evalusion, a consultancy firm focused on digital-competition policy. He is also the creator, producer, and co-host of the podcast Monopoly Attack.

He previously served as competition and regulatory counsel to the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA), managing CCIA’s European litigation and representing the association on competition-policy issues, and European regulatory-policy matters. In addition, Kay has over a decade’s experience working as a competition lawyer in private practice, in the European Commission Directorate-General for Competition, as a visiting researcher at King’s College London, and as senior legal counsel at a leading UK media and communications company. Before that, he worked as a computer engineer.

Kay received his B.Sc. in computer science and engineering from the University of California-Los Angeles; his J.D. from the University of the Pacific; and his LL.M. in competition law from King’s College London.

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Confronting the DMA’s Shaky Suppositions

Kay Jebelli Apr 16, 2024

It’s easy for politicians to make unrealistic promises. Indeed, without a healthy skepticism on the part of the public, they can grow like weeds. In the world of digital policy, the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) has proven fertile ground for just such promises. We’ve been told that large digital platforms are the source ... Confronting the DMA’s Shaky Suppositions

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The DMA’s Missing Presumption of Innocence

Kay Jebelli Mar 05, 2024

The EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) will come into effect March 7, forcing a handful of digital platforms to change their market conduct in some unprecedented ways. The law effectively judges them guilty (with a very limited, formalistic trial), and brands them “gatekeepers” based purely on size. It then sentences them to far-reaching, one-size-fits-all antitrust-style ... The DMA’s Missing Presumption of Innocence

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DMA: Setting the Goalposts

Kay Jebelli Feb 13, 2024

In a little less than a month, the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) will start to bite, but how will it taste? By March 7, companies that were designated as “gatekeepers” in September 2023 will be required to meet the obligations of Articles 5, 6, and 7 of the DMA Regulation. With the exception ... DMA: Setting the Goalposts

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