Episode 30- Michal Gal - The Limits of Competition Law: Lessons for the future

In this episode, recorded in person at the SCiDA Conference 2026, Anush Ganesh sits down with Professor Michal Gal, Professor of Law at the University of Haifa and one of the world's foremost competition law scholars, as well as ASCOLA President between 2016 and 2023, to discuss her decades of research on competition law, algorithms, and digital markets. They explore how the "winner takes all" dynamic has evolved, drawing on her most recent work on the topic with Raz Agranat, before turning to her co-authored research with Jorge Padilla on how algorithms reshape competition enforcement. Michal then reflects on her influential work with Dan Rubinfeld and Oshrit Aviv on zero-price markets and the most pressing concerns in data markets today. The conversation revisits her prescient article on algorithmic consumers, which she described at the SCiDA Conference 2026 as more relevant than ever, before closing by asking whether radical restorative remedies have a role in the current enforcement landscape, with reference to her paper co-authored with Nicholas Petit.