The Economics of the German Investigation of Facebook’s Data Collection

O. Budzinski, M. Grusevaja & V. Noskova, here. 

TWO YEARS UNDER THE EU GDPR

AccessNow, here. 

Nicolas Anciaux : « L’agentivité, c’est le pouvoir d’utiliser collectivement nos données personnelles, sous forme de Big Data citoyen »

LINC, here. 

Support studies for the evaluation of the VBER

EC, here. 

The US Copyright Office Section 512 Study: Why the Entertainment Industry Is Claiming Victory

P. Samuelson, here. 

Boosting the fight against ‘revolving doors’ in the EU in times of crisis

EU Law Live, here. 

First major GDPR decisions looming on Twitter and Facebook

TechCrunch, here. 

Section 512 Study

US Copyright Office, here. 

Pricing in an Emergency: Where Price Gouging Meets Antitrust

Proskauer, here. 

Monitoring von digitalen KommunikationsPlattformen und Gatekeepern des offenen Internetzugangs

RTR, hier. 

Digital Platforms and Antitrust

Thurman Arnold Project at Yale, here. 

How Apple Has Abused its Mobile Platform Dominance: Antitrust in the Consumer Platform Economy

S. Shao, here. 

Antitrust regulators have an eye on Big Tech’s spending spree

With M. Lemley, here. 

Competencia e intervención pública para la reconstrucción económica: riesgos y oportunidades

Jorge Padilla y Massimo Motta. Modera: Jerónimo Maíllo, aquì. 

Consumer Data Rights and Competition

W. Kerber, video here. 

Was the Obama Administration Too Soft on Big Tech?

Intelligencer, here.
Podcast here 🏃

Apple and Google launch exposure notification API, enabling public health authorities to release apps

TechCrunch, here. 

Merger moratorium takes center stage in antitrust debate

The Hill, here. 

Killer acquisitions

C. Cunningham, Video here. 

Mobiliteitsbedrijf Pon en NS mogen onder voorwaarden samen reis-app maken

ACM, hier. 

Australian watchdog says media could ‘boycott’ Google and Facebook to force them to pay for news

The Guardian, here. 

The impact of digitalization in cartel enforcement

ICN, Scoping Paper, here. 

Enquête sectorielle « fintechs » : l’Autorité lance une consultation publique

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Germany’s ‘Lex Apple Pay’: Payment Service Regulation Overtakes Competition Enforcement

J.-U. Franck, D. Linardatos, here. 

Search Preference Menus: Google Auction Ignores Screen Size and Scrolling

DuckDuckGo, here. 

Facebook's new shopping AI knows what exactly you're looking for

Engadget, here. 

Facebook takes on Amazon with online shopping venture

FT, here. 

Facebook to pay $9 million penalty to settle Competition Bureau concerns about misleading privacy claims

Competition Bureau, here. 

On conglomerate mergers: from Facebook themselves

E. Garces, Video here. 

Blockchain Code as Antitrust

T. Schrepel, V. Buterin, here. 

Line of business restrictions

P. Ibanez Colomo, Video here. 

Amelia Fletcher on challenges raised by nascent and killer acquisitions

Video here. 

Amazon/Deliveroo: Dynamic Counterfactual Analysis and the Failing-Firm Defence

V. Pereira, here. 

On health and privacy: technology to combat the pandemic

BIS, here. 

It looks like the UK’s data regulator has given up, blaming coronavirus

Wired, here. 

Analysis: Why Facebook dished out US$400m for GIPHY

Marketing-Interactive, here. 

US to back away from WHO move on Covid-19 drug patents

FT, here. 

Le Conseil d’État ordonne à l’État de cesser immédiatement la surveillance par drone du respect des règles sanitaires

Conseil d’État, ici. 

Submissions to AU Ad Tech Inquiry

Here.
Issues paper here. 

35 proposals to make the European data strategy work

Sitra, here. 

Aldi links with Deliveroo to trial online delivery of essential groceries

The Grocer, here. 

Roadmap for a Digital Advertising Monopolization Case Against Google

Omidyar Nework Report N.1 (one for each of the GAFAM?), here. 

'This happened very fast': How Giphy's founders fast-tracked the Facebook deal

The Protocol, here. 

Rachat de Giphy par Facebook ? Un pur coup de génie !

M. Dollé, ici. 

Antitrust Enforcers Should Block the Facebook-Giphy Merger, and Investigate Google for Anti-Competitive Behavior

EconomicLiberties, here. 

How will Europe’s coronavirus contacts-tracing apps work across borders?

TechCrunch, here. 

Scoop: Facebook to buy Giphy for $400 million

Axios, here. 

Unwinding Investigated Consummated Mergers—Inconsistent with Merger Policy Since 1976

S. Cernak, here. 

CMA Amazon / Deliveroo merger inquiry

Responses to provisional findings, here. 

M&A During the Crisis: Should the antitrust traffic light be red, yellow or green?

CPI, PYMTS Panel, Video here (and here).
More on the proposed Pandemic Anti-Monopoly Act, here.
@Vestager already said in a recent interview (which one 😑?) that she would not support the idea for the EU. 

Google and Zoom: Healthy Competition?

Timely, or too soon? Competition Bureau releases guidance on “failing firm” claims in merger reviews

Norton Rose Fulbright, here. 

Vernetzt im digitalen Wettbwerb

BMWI, hier. 

Digital platforms and responsible innovation: expanding value sensitive design to overcome ontological uncertainty

M. de Reuver et al., here. 

Plattformzugangsregulierung über das #LSR?

S. Louven, here. 

Competition in online platforms

F. Bostoen, Podcast here. 

Building an open and trustworthy alternative data ecosystem

Refinitiv, here. 

Policy Paper on fundamental rights as a limit to copyright during emergencies

COMMUNIA, here. 

The legal framework on the dissemination of disinformation through Internet services and the regulation of political advertising

IViR, here. 

BEUC raises concerns over the Google/Fitbit merger

T. Karanikioti, here. 

Senate and House Democrats introduce The Public Health Emergency Privacy Act

Here. 

MIT Technology Review Covid Tracing Tracker

Here. 

Preventing the Curse of Bigness Through Conglomerate Merger Legislation

R. Lande, S. Vaheesan, here. 

Towards a post COVID-19 Digital Deal between tech and governments?

CERRE, A conversation between Mark Zuckerberg and Thierry Breton, here. 

Google: The Next Big Fintech Vendor

Forbes, here. 

Digitales Kolloquium mit Professor Achim Wambach

Video hier. 

Mergers in the Digital Economy

A. Gautier, J. Lamesch, here. 

REGULATING DIGITAL PLATFORMS: WHY AND HOW?

Renaissance Numérique, here. 

Uber’s attempt to buy Grubhub comes under fire

FT, here. 

It's time for Congress to establish a federal price gouging law

Amazon, here. 

Google: If you don’t want us to track your phone – just get another tracking ID!

noyb, here. 

Interoperability guidelines for approved contact tracing mobile applications in the EU

EC, here. 

Telegram abandons its TON blockchain platform

TechCrunch, here. 

Rethinking Digital Platforms for the Post-COVID-19 Era

J. Cobbe, E. Bietti, here. 

Much of Antitrust Law Today Is Based on Unsupported or Demonstrably False Economic Theories. Will Economists Take Heed?

ProMarket, here. 

Some improvements required to the COVIDSafe Bill before Parliament

G. Greenleaf, K. Kemp, here. 

GOOGLE-FITBIT MERGER

BEUC, here. 

Kartellamt rechnet mit Übernahmewelle

SZ, hier. 

Entering the Minefield of Digital Contact Tracing

J. Zittrain, here. 

Some Crisis Impacts in Antitrust Will Reverberate

E. Tyler, here.

Italy antitrust watchdog digs deeper into Intesa's UBI bid

Reuters, here. 

L'Europe envisage de soutenir directement ses entreprises stratégiques

Les Echos, ici. 

Digital sustainability

M. Stürmer, Video here. 

Garantir le libre choix du consommateur dans le cyberespace

Sénat, ici. 

Artificial Intelligence: MEPs presented their vision on forthcoming rules

EP, here. 

Lufthansa, Deutsche Bahn, Commerzbank, VW: Ist der Staat wirklich immer der schlechtere Unternehmer?

Business Insider, hier. 

‘How tech rolls’: Potential competition and ‘reverse’ killer acquisitions

C. Caffarra et al., here. 

State Aid Rules applicable to Covid-19 Recapitalizations

Hogan Lovells, here. 

Technology v. Technocracy: Fintech as a Regulatory Challenge

S. Omarova, here. 

State aid: Commission expands Temporary Framework to recapitalisation and subordinated debt measures to further support the economy in the context of the coronavirus outbreak

EC, here. Communication here. 

„Niemand muss bei Amazon einkaufen“

Focus.de, hier. 

PLATFORMS WITH SIGNIFICANT NETWORK EFFECTS ACTING AS GATEKEEPER IMPACT ASSESSMENT SUPPORT STUDY

EC, here. 

Adtech scores a pandemic pause from UK privacy oversight

TechCrunch, here. 

Start-ups, Killer Acquisitions and Merger Control – Background Note

OECD's Secretariat, here. 

Entscheidung gegen die Deutsche Kreditwirtschaft rechtskräftig – BGH weist Beschwerden der DK zurück

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

The Basic Economics of Internet Infrastructure

S. Greenstein, here. 

Market Definition in Digital Markets

Video here. 

Groupe Canal + contro Commissione europea

AG G. Pitruzzella, qui (inglese non c'è ancora).
Some thoughts on geoblocking published in CPI, draft here.  

Review of mobile data connectivity competitiveness in Greece within the wider context of digital economy competitiveness

Rewheel research study commissioned by the Hellenic Competition Commission, here. 

Recommendations and Comments on the Draft Vertical Merger Guidelines

J. Baker et al., here. 

Second Thoughts on Double Marginalization

J. Kwoka, M. Slade, here. 

Finleap Connect macht den Versicherer Prosperity zur Bank

Handelsblatt, hier. 

5G's new twist: Build with software instead of hardware

Axios, here. 

Merricks v. Mastercard: “Passing on” the U.S. Experience

M. Delrahim, here. 

Tracking mobile devices to fight coronavirus

EPRS, here. 

Supplementary Written Evidence on COVID-19 Tracing Apps to the Joint Committee on Human Rights

O. Lynskey, M. Veale, here. 

FTC Imposes Conditions on AbbVie Inc.’s Acquisition of Allergan plc

FTC, here. 

COVID-19: Competition policy actions for governments and competition authorities

OECD, here. 

ISBA PROGRAMMATIC SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSPARENCY STUDY

Executive Summary, here. 

CMA blocks sports-fashion merger

CMA, here. 

European Union Justice Commissioner Commits to Regulation on Corporate Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence

Covington, here. 

3D printing finally found its market, and all it took was a pandemic

Protocol, here. 

Epidemics and capitalism

S. Baksi, here. 

Covid-19: materiali per una mappa dell’immaginario

MicroMega, here. 

COVID-19 and Deglobalisation

LSE, Podcast here. 

Ethics of instantaneous contract tracing using mobile phone apps in the control of the COVID-19 pandemic

M. Parker, here. 

„Apple ist rigoros“

FAZ, hier. 

Consumer Data Rights and Competition

OECD Secretariat, here. 

Conglomerate Effects of Mergers

OECD Secretariat, here. 

Lines of Business Restrictions (or "competition adjustments")

OECD Secretariat, here.

LOBR pronunciation help here. 

Les autorités publiques et administratives indépendantes publient un document de travail sur leur rôle et leurs outils face aux enjeux climatiques

Adlc, ici. 

Amazon and eBay should be liable for faulty goods, says EU group

FT, here. 

Digital services and artificial intelligence

Requested by the  EP IMCO committee, here. 

Economics, Disrupted

D. Coyle, here. 

Ce que les pouvoirs gagnent à tout savoir de nos vies

Avec Bernard Harcourt, France Inter, ici. 

12 economists write: Current antitrust doctrines are too limited to protect competition adequately

Here.

E-COMMERCE, TRADE AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

WTO, here. 

Next...

.

...soon.

MAKING THE DIGITAL SERVICES ACT WORK FOR CONSUMERS

BEUC, here. 

Interoperability of decentralized proximity tracing systems across regions

U. Luckas et al. , here. 

Can It. Amazon Is Not Your Typical Grocery Store

H. Singer, S. Sussman, here. 

Covid-19 and EU Competition Law: Bring the Informal Guidance On

G. De Stefano, here. 

Corona-Tracking: Apple und Google wollen nur eine App pro Land

Heise, hier. 

Israel's coronavirus surveillance is an example for others - of what not to do

Privacy International, here. 

Google Engineers Flirted With a Zoom Acquisition—Before a Push to Beat It

The Information, here. 

COVID-19: The EU and U.S. Responses

Carnegie Live, Video here.

And no, EC Executive Vice-President Vestager never met  US President Trump.

StopCovid ou encore ?

C. O, ici. 

Legal Advice on Smartphone Contact Tracing Published

For the Open Society Foundation, here. 

Vorschlag für ein Gesetz zur Einführung und zum Betrieb einer App-basierten Nachverfolgung von Infektionsrisiken mit dem SARS-CoV-2 (Corona) Virus

M. Engeler et al., hier. 

On intellectual property rights for the development of artificial intelligence technologies

EP Committee on Legal Affairs, Draft Report, here. 

Reform of the EU liability regime for online intermediaries

EPRS, here. 

Independent Review on the Economics of Biodiversity

The Dasgupta Review, here.

Policymaking Is Not a Science (Yet) (Ep. 405)

Freakonomics, here.

Coronavirus: Is mass surveillance here to stay?

BBC, here.

Jorge Padilla and Nicolas Petit on ‘Competition policy and the Covid-19 opportunity’

Antitrust Digest by Pedro Caro de Sousa, here. 

Why Are Farmers Destroying Food While Grocery Stores Are Empty?

Washington Monthly, here. 

Sequences & Sparks : Life Sciences Innovation Mergers

Our Curious Amalgam Podcast, here.

[Note to self: Tokyo Electron/Applied Materials here]

Jeff Bezos to testify before the Committee of the Judiciary (voluntarily of maybe not)

D. Ciciline's invitation here. 

A Private Equity Firm Is Blocked From Buying .Org

NYTimes, here. 

Big Data for the Public Good

D. Coyle, here. 

WHERE DO VERTICALLY INTEGRATED DIGITAL PLATFORMS END?

ABA Antitrust Virtual Meeting, Video here.

(Covid-19, data protection and competition at 45:15 - you're welcome).

Scores of coronavirus vaccines are in competition — how will scientists choose the best?

Nature, here. 

Sabre : Issues Statement on its Merger Agreement with Farelogix

MarketScreener, here. 

BGH setzt dem Urhe­ber­recht neue Grenzen

LTO, hier.