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.