Antitrust and the Platform Economy

Tech Policy Institute, Video here. 

Lessons from the EU General Data Protection Regulation to contribute to the global discourse on data protection

AccessNow, here. 

AmEx Supreme Court Amici Curiae: 28 Profs of Antitrust

Here.

Tech Policy: A Closer Look at GDPR

Capitol Forum, here. 

Germany threatens curbs on Facebook’s data use

Ft, here.

Facebook has...questioned the timing of the German authorities’ move, months before the EU implements its General Data Protection Regulation, a law that introduces sweeping data protection rules. Under the GDPR, businesses must give customers more information about which companies their data are shared with and to what end. “With the GDPR, Europe is already putting in place strong enforcement measures that hold Facebook and other companies accountable for privacy and data protection,” Facebook said. “We will comply with these new rules, just as we have complied with existing data protection law in Europe.”

A conversation with regulators on innovation in payment services

Hosted by ESB, here. 

Fairness, Competition, and Knitting

M. Vestager, here. 

ASICS dealers allowed to use price comparison engines - Federal Court of Justice confirms Bundeskartellamt's decision

Does it look like a luxury item to you? Where is the aura?

Bundeskartellamt, here.
Decision here.