Data Portability & the Digital Markets Act

 ECA, video here 

Committee MEPs want to enhance customers’ control over their financial data

 EP, here. 

A Report from the Courtroom: Amazon’s paramount significance for competition across markets confirmed in Germany

 SCiDA, here. 

Big companies, big risks

 ACM, here. 

Article 102 Guidelines: Where Are We Heading?

 E. Iossa, here. 

EU COMPETITION LAW AFTER THE GRAND CHAMBER’S DECEMBER 2023 SPORTS TRILOGY: EUROPEAN SUPER LEAGUE, INTERNATIONAL SKATING UNION AND ROYAL ANTWERP FC

 G. Monti, here. 

Investigation opened against Novamont for alleged abuse of dominant position by Novamont

 AGCM, here. 

Calling on the European Commission to Enforce Data Portability

 MyData, here. 

Bundesgerichtshof bestätigt Amazons überragende marktübergreifende Bedeutung für den Wettbewerb

 Hier. 

CMA Conference for its 10th anniversary

 Video here. 

How open, effective competition and targeted, effective regulation can together help to drive economic growth and productivity

 CMA, here. 

CMA seeks views on AI partnerships and other arrangements

 CMA, here. 

Consent or Pay: The EDPB weighs in

 iapp, video here. 

L'economia dei dati nell'Intelligenza Artificiale

 

Video qui. 

You don’t need to own an iPhone for the government lawsuit against Apple to benefit you

 Los Angeles Times, here and here. 

Audizioni sul ddl n. 1066 (Norme per lo sviluppo e per l'adozione di tecnologie di intelligenza artificiale)

 Senato, video qui. 

Considerations for AI Opt-Out

 M. Nottingham, here. 

EU Data Summit of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung: Always learning something new and unexpected

Programme, here. 

Recordings:

Day 1 here.

Day 2 here. 

(Study mentioned during the "Level Playing Field in Accessing Vehicle Data?" here, BTW). 

Day 3 here. 

Second time that I participate in person, the other 4 editions I followed online (and I hereby gratefully acknowledge that I normally use the summit's recordings also as teaching material for my courses). 

This time I participated in a transatlantic panel on antitrust (as a humble researcher and observer, I didn't have perhaps tons to say - apart from talking of saffron risotto - but the other two Panelists did - worth watching for their comments and the excellent questions by Samuel Stolton). But I also had a fun dual role as a moderator of a truly insightful DMA panel (first time I moderated a panel - and it showed - but, luckily, my great Panelists didn't need me at all!).

Driving Innovation with Antitrust

 G. Massarotto, here. 

EU Merger Regulation 139/2004: 20 Years that Made a Difference

 EC, Video here. 

OECD-EU Online Workshop on Regulation of Artificial Intelligence

 Video soon available here. 

Competitive and resilient high-tech manufacturing base in Europe

 M. Vestager, here.

Letta Report here. 

Draghi's Géopolitiques Article here. 

AI Foundation Models: Technical update report

 CMA, here. 

Non-price competition in EU merger control

 EC, Policy Brief here. 

Toward a Safer, Freer, and Fairer Digital Economy

 FTC, here. 

USTR Initiates Section 301 Investigation of China’s Targeting of the Maritime, Logistics, and Shipbuilding Sectors for Dominance

 US, here. 

Meta, in Its Biggest A.I. Push, Places Smart Assistants Across Its Apps

 NYTimes, here. 

European cloud customers affected by restrictive licensing terms for existing on-premise software, new [paid for] research finds

 Savanta, here. 

Konferenz: Shaping AI - Demokratisch. Nachhaltig. Innovativ

 Grüne im Bundestag, Video hier. 

EDPB: ‘Consent or Pay’ models should offer real choice

 Here. 

Sam Altman Invests in Energy Startup Focused on AI Data Centers

 WSJ, here. 

2024 Antitrust and Competition Conference

Full of amazing panels, you just have to watch them all - over the coming weeks and months, also because they'll even get better with time.

Day one, video here. 

How Much Does Antitrust Enforcement Affect Productivity Growth? (8:23)

Case Studies: AT&T & IBM (2:07:25)

The Quest for Next: How Antitrust Shapes Competition and Innovation in Computers and Chips (3:45:17)

Case Study: Microsoft (4:48:19)

Case Study: Google (6:11:24)

The End of the Beginning for the Antimonopoly Movement? (7:33:50)

Conversation with Lina Khan and Jonathan Kanter (9:39:53)

Day two, video here.

Regulatory Competition, the DMA and Innovation (14:05)

How (Not) To Regulate AI: Challenges and Opportunities (1:50:54)

The Proper Role of Economics in Merger Review (3:34:20)

Privacy, Property Rights and the Diffusion of AI (4:52:29)

This Conference is NOT Funded by Big Tech (6:20:55)

FTC chair Lina Khan on playing "anti-monopoly"

 CBS News, here. 

Gen AI - Law & Policy Challenges

 DCI, Video here.

Rebalancing Europe: A new economic agenda for tackling monopoly power

 Programme here; livestream here. 

Meta Seeks Dismissal of FTC’s Antitrust Lawsuit Over Instagram, WhatsApp Deals, Claiming It ‘Faces Fierce Competition From a Range of Platforms’

 Variety, here. 

Regulating Big Tech: India Joins the Club

 V. Kathuria, here. 

Monopoly Round-Up: A Judge Can Break Up Google Right Now. Will He?

 M. Stoller, here. 

Développement des systèmes d’IA : les recommandations de la CNIL pour respecter le RGPD

 CNIL, ici. 

Nach EU-Milliardenstrafe: Apple streicht Linkverbot, beharrt auf Provision

 Heise.de, hier. Also here. 

How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.

 NYTimes, here.

Reshoring and Restoring: CHIPS Implementation for a Competitive Semiconductor Industry

 Economicliberties.us, here. 

Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity

 D. Acemoglu, Video here. 

Sure, No One Knows What Happens Next. But Past Is Prologue When It Comes To AI

 TechPolicy.press, here. 

Google's Chrome Antitrust Paradox

 S. Munir et al., here. 

Revision of EU pharmaceutical legislation

 EP, here. 

The DSA and Platform Regulation Conference 2024

 Videos here. 

Meta's Pay-or-Okay Model: An Analysis Under EU Data Protection, Consumer, and Competition Law

 A. D'Amico et al., here. 

Grüne Technik: EU-Kommission will Chinas Marktdominanz eindämmen

 Heise.de, hier. 

In Conversation with Mariana Mazzucato, Tim O’Reilly and Ilan Strauss on Algorithmic Attention Rents

 Video here. 

EU Companies Criticize Proposal Favoring Big Tech in Cloud Computing Contracts

 CPI, here. 

The EU Artificial Intelligence Act: our 16 key takeaways

 Stibbe, here. 

UN: AI resolution must prioritise human rights and sustainable development

 Article 19, here. 

Said no to tracking cookies? Good chance your data are still being collected

 Amsterdam Law School, here. 

Rebalancing Europe – a new economic agenda for tackling monopoly power

 EU civil society, here. 

Amazon Self-preferencing in the Shadow of the Digital Markets Act

 J. Waldfogel, here. 

Global dominance of biggest stocks rises to highest in decades

 FT, here and here. 

Business Blog’s Clear Eye on AI

 FTC, here. 

The Forgotten Anti-Monopoly Law: The Second Half of Clayton Act § 7

 R. Lande, J. Newman, R. Kelly Slaughter, here. 

Alternative browsers report uplift after EU’s DMA choice screen mandate

 Natasha The Great and I. Mehta, here. 

AI Foundation Models: Update paper (11 April 2024)

 CMA, here. 

Meta trials its AI chatbot across WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger in India and Africa

 TechCrunch, here. 

Commission approves Illumina's plan to unwind its completed acquisition of GRAIL

 Here. 

3 key interlinked risks to fair, open and effective competition (update)

 CMA, here. 

The Dispersion of Power: Samuel Bagg’s Urgent Call to Redefine Democracy

 Yale ISPS, here. 

Epic's proposed permanent injunction

 Here. 

The historic all-star, whole-of-government approach panel

 Video here, from 41:50. 

An Economy with Ethics

 McGuinness, here. 

Are We Ready for AI Creative Destruction?

 D. Acemoglu, here. 

The DMA in Action: Early Effects and Global Reach

 ITIF (supported by all DMA gategeepers but Bytedance - as well as Boeing, the national champion), video will be here. 

When it comes to digital, this is our 1955.

 

M. Vestager, video here; speech here. 

'Super Apps' and the Digital Markets Act

 

Short piece 'invited' by a Journal, preprint here.

Notate Bene: written before the DOJ v. Apple Complaint was filed ;-).

Appeals court reopens DOJ antitrust probe of Realtors

 Politico.com, here. 

Not a ‘side dish’: New industrial policy and competition

 C. Caffarra and N. Lane, here. 

BTW: CC blocked me on X because she finds me and/or my views annoying. No hard feelings, her views will always be welcome on this blog!

America Has a Resilience Problem

 L. Khan, here (or you car hear the Author here). 

Google Is Killing Retro Dodo & Other Independent Sites

 Retrododo, here. 

Big Tech's inside job

 Business Insider, here. 

Does Apple Stifle or Promote Innovation?

 M. Stucke, here. 

Amazon offers free credits for startups to use AI models including Anthropic

 Reuters, here. 

Vestager: Apples Sicherheitsbedenken wegen Sideloading per DMA sind Blödsinn

 Heise.de, hier. Video here. 

Projet de loi visant à sécuriser et réguler l'espace numérique

 DOSSIER LÉGISLATIF, ici. 

Reinvigorating Antitrust: Citizens, not just Consumers

 Transcript, here. 

Ten years later, Facebook’s Oculus acquisition hasn’t changed the world as expected

 TechCrunch, here. 

A first look at Europe’s alternative iPhone app stores

 The Verge, here. 

Lina Khan – FTC Chair on Amazon Antitrust Lawsuit & AI Oversight | The Daily Show

 Video here. 

EU AI Act Compliance Checker

Here.  

Regulator Probes BlackRock and Vanguard Over Huge Stakes in U.S. Banks

 WSJ, here. 

Data Protection Reform: CIPIL spring conference 2024

 Videos here. 

Algorithmic Collusion by Large Language Models

S. Fish et al., here.  

Banking in video games and virtual worlds

 CFPB, here. 

EU: AI Act fails to set gold standard for human rights

 Article 19, here. 

THE original law school paper on Amazon: did you read it?

 S. Sharda, here. 

Will Antitrust Become Progressive?

 H. Hovenkamp, here. 

For AI firms, anything "public" is fair game

 Axios, here. 

DOJ’s suit against Apple, what competition means, and more

Sling podcast here.

Antitrust Law in California: 'objective' reports on the topics addressed by experts

 California Law Revision Committee, Here. 

Eleanor Fox on Global Computational Antitrust

 Video here

EU Policy. Deal on landmark health data space clinched in the eleventh hour

 Euronews, here. 

Meta v Bundeskartellamt — data-based conduct between antitrust law and regulation

 A. Witt, here. 

Avviata istruttoria nei confronti di Booking per presunto abuso di posizione dominante

 AGCM, here. 

Quantum antitrust – A unified exclusionary abuse theory

 Xiaomi, here. 

An Economic Framework for Understanding Artificial Intelligence

 The White House, here. 

Preserving competition across the spectrum

 DG Comp, here. 

Breaking down the DOJ's complaint against Apple

 S. Sharda, here. 

Competition in Generative AI: Future of Life Institute’s Feedback to the European Commission’s Consultation

 Here. 

Qualcomm Abandons Bid to Buy Autotalks, FTC Welcomes Decision

 WSJ, here. 

EDPS INVESTIGATION INTO USE OF MICROSOFT 365 BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

 EDPS, here. 

Apple, Google and Meta face first formal investigations under EU’s DMA

 Natasha The Great, here. 

Online news: Research Update

 Ofcom, here. 

Google Attempts to Redefine Its Local Services to Avoid DMA Compliance Consequences

 Near Media, here. 

MARKET POWER IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

 J. Gans, here. 

‘Even stronger’ than imagined: DOJ’s sweeping Apple lawsuit draws expert praise

 The Verge, here. 

ASOS, Boohoo and Asda: greenwashing investigation

 CMA, here. 

A Bump in the Road for Apple

 The American Prospect, here. 

Digital public infrastructure and public value: What is ‘public’ about DPI?

 UCL, here. 

Case C-797/23, Meta Platforms Ireland: Request for a preliminary ruling

 Here. 

A Big Defeat for Big Tech

 J. Stiglitz, here. 

In-App Browsers: The worst erosion of user choice you haven’t heard of

 Open Web Advocacy, here. 

Commission opens investigation into possible anticompetitive conduct by Zoetis over novel pain medicine for dogs

 EC, here. 

Government Agencies Act to Elevate and Build Tech and Digital Capacity

 FTC, here. 

Building Tech Capacity in Law Enforcement Agencies

 FTC, here. 

Online advertising: Amazon’s request to suspend its obligation to make an advertisement repository publicly available is rejected

 CJEU, here. 

AI: Accountability Report

 NTIA, here. 

Workshop series on DMA compliance

 Recordings here. 

Remarks by Executive-Vice President Vestager and Commissioner Breton on the opening of non-compliance investigations under the Digital Markets Act

 Here.

After raising $1.3B, Inflection got eaten alive by its biggest investor, Microsoft

 

TechCrunch, here. 

Meta offers lower cost for EU ad-free subscription under privacy review

 TechCrunch, here. 

The new digital landscape: Interaction between the DMA and rules of national and EU law governing the conduct of gatekeepers

 G. Gryllos, here. 

Apple’s AI ambitions could include Google or OpenAI

 The Verge, here. 

It’s time to strengthen data protection law for the AI era

 Ada Lovelace Institute, here. 

BEREC high-level position on artificial intelligence and virtual worlds

 Here. 

Digital Platform Services Inquiry – September 2024 report revisiting general search services

 ACCC, here. 

The Meta Smokescreen

 OurCuriousAmalgam, here. 

BEREC publishes its Opinion on Meta’s draft reference offer for WhatsApp interoperability

 Here. 

Turkey Imposes Interim Measures on Meta Platforms

 CPI, here. 

Accelerating America’s shift to open banking

 CFPB, here. 

Competition in Virtual Worlds and Generative AI

 Some contributions to the EC's call are surfacing:

Austrian Federal Competition Authority, here. 

AK Austria hier. 

Inatba here. 

GAI here. 

ICLE here.

Group of civil society organizations here.

Erwerb der MorphoSys AG durch die Novartis AG freigegeben

 Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

TikTok Is Facing Its Greatest Threat Yet

 Wired, here. 

After AWS and Google, Microsoft says it’s removing Azure ‘egress’ data transfer fees — but with caveats

 TechCrunch, here. 

Spotify says its iPhone app updates in the EU are getting held up by Apple

 The Verge, here. 

Competition in Generative Artificial Intelligence

 cepInput, here. 

Journal of AI Law and Regulation!

 Here. 

Commission sends requests for information on generative AI risks to 6 Very Large Online Platforms and 2 Very Large Online Search Engines under the Digital Services Act

 EC, here. 

Natasha The Great, here. 

The Future of American Innovation: A Conversation With Lina Khan

 Video here. 

Apple to allow web distribution for iOS apps in latest DMA tweaks

 Natasha The Great, here. 

SIMS: Meta’s actions threaten our society

 Toronto Sun, here. 

ANTIMONOPOLY NOW: A CONVERSATION ON PRACTICE AND THE ACADEMY WITH FTC CHAIR LINA KHAN

 Video here, 

Copyright as an Access Right: Concretizing Positive Obligations for Rightholders to Ensure the Exercise of User Rights

 C. Geiger, B. J. Jütte, here. 

Market Factors Relevant to Infant Formula Supply Disruptions 2022

 FTC here. 

Safeguarding the financial system's spare tyre: regulating non-bank retail lenders in the digital era

 BIS, here. 

Oh look, cracking down on Big Tech works. Brave, Firefox, Vivaldi surge on iOS

 The Register, here. 

The False Choice Between Digital Regulation and Innovation

 A. Bradford, here. 

Generative AI and Competition Policy ~ What is the Role of Competition Policy Toward Further Innovation ?

 Osaka Symposium, Presentations here. 

IKK 2024 - Bubdeskartellamt

 Videos here. 

Some direct links:

S. Giegold here. 

M. Vestager here. 

Panel: AI - Blessing or curse here. 

Panel: Abuse of dominance - What are we aiming at? here. 

Panel Merger control - Challenges and perspectives here. 

An Indian DMA taking shape?

 Report of the Committee on Digital Competition Law, here. 

ANTITRUST & AI SUPPLY CHAINS

 M. Stucke, A. Ezrachi, here.

Antitrust For Innovation: A Progress Report

 R. Gilbert, D. Melamed, here. 

DYNAMIC COMPETITION AND ANTITRUST: QUICK-LOOK INFERENCES FROM THE ANALYSIS OF BIG TECH’S R&D EXPENDITURE RATIOS

 J. Padilla et al., here. 

“Can Telecommunications Regulation Inform Emerging Regulatory Approaches To Generative AI?: An Initial Inquiry”

 DOJ, here. 

EU DATA ACT: NEW RULES ON DATA SHARING AND PORTABILITY OF CLOUD SERVICES NOW IN FORCE

Mayer/Brown, here. 

Full (Regulatory) Steam Ahead: Gatekeepers Issue the First Wave of DMA Compliance Reports

 A. Ribera Martinez, here. 

Challenging Big Tech in the Age of AI

 Public Knowledge, here. 

The Most Terrifying Words in Lina Khan’s Stand-Up Comedy Routine

 The Sling, here. 

Brussels to the Bay: How the DMA Transforms Digital Markets and Boosts Innovation

 EC, Video here. 

Competition and ‘Zeitenwende’

 S. Giegold, here. 

‘She’s going to prevail’: FTC head Lina Khan is fighting for an anti-monopoly America

 The Guardian, here. 

Elon Musk’s xAI to Open-Source Its Grok Chatbot, in Latest Swipe at OpenAI

 WSJ, here. 

A few words on digital mergers (Oh Freunde, nicht diese Töne)

 M. Vestager, here. 

Reflecting on 20 years of the EU Merger Regulation

 EC, here. 

Digital Markets Act: Apple und Google setzen einige Vorgaben nicht um

 vzbv, hier. 

Report on Competition Policy 2023

 EC, here. 

Commission Staff Report here. 

Interoperability in the Metaverse

 Videos here.

To comply with DMA, WhatsApp and Messenger will become interoperable via Signal protocol

 TechCrunch, here. 

C-604/22: IAB Europe

 CJEU, here. 

AWS follows Google in announcing unrestricted free data transfers to other cloud providers

 TechCrunch, here. 

II ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION LEGAL SERVICE 2024

 Video here. 

On the interplay between competition law and privacy: the impact of Meta Platforms case

 A. Gorecka, here. 

RETHINKING MY ECONOMICS

 A. Deaton, here. 

Apple’s exclusionary app store scheme: An existential moment for the Digital Markets Act

 J. Crémer et al., here. 

13 March 2024: the plenary of the European Parliament will vote on the AI Act

 Here. 

OECD Competition Open Day 2024

 Videos here.

‘Super-apps’ and the Digital Markets Act

 

Abstract

The Digital Markets Act (DMA) aims to ensure contestability and fairness in digital markets, particularly focusing on regulating Big Tech companies. The paper explores the DMA's capacity to address both current and future challenges in digital market contestability and fairness, spotlighting the trend towards platform integration and the potential rise of "super-apps" akin to WeChat and KakaoTalk. Specifically, it investigates WhatsApp, owned by Meta, as a gatekeeper that might expand its service offerings, integrating additional functionalities like AI and metaverse technologies. The paper discusses whether the DMA's obligations, such as mandated interoperability and data portability, can mitigate the emergent risks to market fairness and contestability from such integrations. Despite recognizing that the DMA has the potential to address many issues arising from platform integration, it suggests the necessity for adaptability and a complementary relationship with traditional antitrust law to ensure sustained contestability and fairness in evolving digital markets

[Very pleased to share with you, dear @Wavesblog Reader, my first draft (short paper because I had a word limit, submitted to a journal) and thankful for any comment you might have: simonetta.vezzoso@unitn.it]

Forced to Change: Tech Giants Bow to Global Onslaught of Rules

 NYTimes, here. 

DeepL translation of the Indonesian Law here. 

DMA Compliance Reports: Non-confidential "versions"

 

Alphabet;

Amazon;

Apple; 

ByteDance; 

Meta;

Microsoft - Windows Section 2 Annex - LinkedIn Section 2 Annex 

Digital Services Interoperability: Free Software in the European legislative landscape

 FOSDEM 2024, Video here.

What Have The Consultants Ever Done For Us?

 

T. Valletti, here. 

Digital Platforms, Competition Law, and Regulation: Comparative Perspectives

 Open access book with many goodies, here. 

Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning: Understanding the Costs and Benefits

 ICO, here. 

Future Software Should Be Memory Safe

 White House, here. 

Microsoft partners with Mistral in second AI deal beyond OpenAI

 The Verge, here, 

Parliament's negotiating position on the standard essential patents regulation

 EP, here. 

The Countdown to the Google Ad Tech Trial Is On: Here’s What You Need to Know

 TechPolicy.Press, here. 

RemedyFest

 Video here. 

How OpenAI/Microsoft and other 'big tech'/ AI partnerships ended up in the antitrust hotseat in both Europe and the US

 DealCast here. 

Microsoft’s AI Access Principles: Kudos to the AI which wrote it

 Microsoft Blog, here.

Innovation against change

 A. McLean, here.

Microsoft announces ‘AI access principles’ to offset OpenAI competition concerns

 TechCrunch, here.

Apple on course to break all Web Apps in EU within 20 days

 OWA, here. 

EU seeks to investigate Apple over cutting off web apps

 FT, here. 

Rotten Apple

 Adactio, here. 

How to Think About Remedies in the Generative AI Copyright Cases

 P. Samuelson, here. 

Privacy Advocates Urge European Regulators to Oppose Meta’s No-Ads Subscription Model

 CPI, here. 

Competition Law and Innovation II

 CENTI, Podcast with T. Schrepel, here. 

DOJ’s Jonathan Kanter says the antitrust fight against Big Tech is just beginning

 The Verge, here. 

7 changes to patch the EU’s Digital Markets Act and make open app markets a reality over Apple’s belligerent stance

GamesFray, here.  

Banking and Antitrust

 S. Omarova, G. Steele, here. 

Apple's App Store Compliance with the Digital Markets Act: The 7 Deadly Sins You Must Know

 Aptoide, here. 

Apple says it spent "tens of thousands of hours” on the DMA App Store solution after Microsoft complains

MSPowerUser, here.  

The American Schools of Antitrust

 T. Wu, here. 

Google Tweaked Search to Comply With EU Rules. Yelp Says It Makes Results Even More Unfair

 Wired, here. 

Whatsapp muss sich öffnen: Threema und Signal winken ab

 Heise.de, hier. 

German Court Rules Against Google in Competition Case

 Pymts, here. 

Helping Europe’s digital economy take off: An agenda for the next Commission

 CER, here. 

Reviewing Mergers Under Article 102 TFEU: Proximus/EDPnet (Belgium)

 F. Bostoen, here. 

In conversation with Sarah Cardell

  Cleary Gottlieb Antitrust Review podcast, here. 

Joint Inventorship: AI-Human Style

 Patentlyo, here. 

AG Kokott on Google Shopping

 Here. 

Data-related Obligations and Interoperability in the DMA

 CERRE, here. 

EPC Statement concerning Apple's compliance plans with the DMA

 Here. 

DOJ re Google AdTech

 PLAINTIFFS’ POST-TRIAL BRIEF, here. 

DMA Compliance workshops

18 March : Apple

19 March : Meta

20 March : Amazon

21 March : Alphabet

22 March : ByteDance

26 March : Microsoft

Here.

Can Telecommunications Regulation Inform Emerging Regulatory Approaches To Generative AI?: An Initial Inquiry

 D. Lawrence DOJ, here. 

Innovation competition and abuse of dominance in the AI age

 Presentation here.

How to Avoid Big Tech's Monopoly on AI?

 Video here. 

Amazon hides cheaper items with faster delivery, lawsuit alleges

 ArsTechnica, here. 

 

[Of course they do :-), if they can get away with it...]

AI Antitrust - Yann Guthmann

 Concurrences, here. 

Intelligence artificielle générative : l’Autorité s’autosaisit pour avis et lance une consultation publique jusqu’au vendredi 22 mars

AdlC, ici. 

Commission adopts revised Market Definition Notice for competition cases

 EC, here. 

Morning Brew: Apple isn't playing fair

 Video here. 

WhatsApp Chats Will Soon Work With Other Encrypted Messaging Apps

Wired, here. 

In its tantrum with Europe, Apple broke web apps in iOS 17 beta, still hasn't fixed them

 The Register, here. 

Effective remedies in digital market abuse of dominance cases

 A. Ganesh, here. 

Bytedance v. EU on interim relief

GC, Order here. 

F.T.C. Chair Lina Khan live at the 2024 DCN: Next Summit

 Video here. 

Launch of the GW Competition & Innovation Lab

 Video here. 

NB: None of the academic economists mentioned that they worked for consultancies - eg Richard Gilbert for Compass Lexecon. 

Interesting to see Hans Zeng (EC) there too.

Who’s financing the whole initiative isn’t mentioned on the website. I guess no private donors then (?). The “other” dynamic competition initiative hosted in Florence is instead openly financed (also) by a consultancy. 

Letter: Europe has an unri­valled record on anti­trust

 O. Guersent, here.

The article has ruffled some feathers, while others of a similar tone have passed unnoticed. It is true, as BEUC writes, the "EU’s guiding principle has been to uphold a competition enforcement standard based on broader values including consumer choice, innovation and quality rather than simply price". However, it must also be acknowledged that in the EU the more economic approach with a very strong "industrial organization flavour" and its laser focus on prices and models (along with the array of consultancies it brings along) remains fairly dominant and has not been directly challenged from a theoretical standpoint as is happening in the US. 

EU AI Act: Next Steps for Implementation

 iapp, here. 

What super-apps could mean for the communications sector

 Ofcom, here. Ofcom on interoperability here. 

CERRE DMA Conference

 Video here. 

A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation

 UK Government response to consultation, here. 

FTC Launches Inquiry into Generative AI Investments and Partnerships

 Here.

When Apple takes the European Commission for fools: An initial overview of Apple’s new terms and conditions for iOS app distribution in the EU

 D. Geradin, here. 

Is “More Clouds” the Future We Want? A Dispatch from the FTC AI Tech Summit

 Techpolicy.press, here. 

“It never hurts to read the law.”

 M. Kades, here. 

Foundation Models: how they are regulated in the AI ACT

 Radiobruxelleslibera, here. 

Caffarra's Conference 2024

 Videos here. 

Don’t let monopolies hold Taylor Swift’s next tour hostage

 M. Carrier, here. 

Large language models and generative AI

 UK Parliament, here. 

Oral hearing with Ofcom and the CMA here. 

Apple’s DMA compliance plan is a trap and a slap in the face for the European Commission

 Proton, here. 

Durchsetzung des § 19a GWB: Erste Erfahrungen und Verhältnis zum Digital Markets Act

 A. Stöhr & J. Mendelsohn, hier. 

Rebutting Gatekeeper Presumptions: How to Disprove Lock-in from Ecosystem and Network Effects

 TikTok Consultants, here. 

Readout of White House Meeting on Competition Policy and Artificial Intelligence

 Here. 

IMPLEMENTING THE DMA: SUBSTANTIVE AND PROCEDURAL PRINCIPLES

 CERRE, here. 

CRA Conference 2023

 Videos here. 

Automotive Services: Google reagiert auf Vorwürfe des Bundeskartellamts

 Heise.de, hier. 

Data Capitalism

 T. Harakka, here. 

Apple challenging the DMA

 Here; here. 

Understanding the Tradeoffs of the Amazon Antitrust Case

 C. Farronato et al., here. 

Overview of the CMA’s provisional approach to implement the new Digital Markets competition regime

 CMA, here. 

Intellectual monopolies as a new pattern of innovation and technological regime

 C. Rikap, here. 

Developing Dynamic Capabilities through Acquisitions

 I. Strauss, J. Yang, here. 

Commission seeks feedback on commitments offered by Apple over practices related to Apple Pay

 EC, here. 

FTC Launches Inquiry into Generative AI Investments and Partnerships

 Here. 

Enshittification: The Rise and Fall of Big Tech — with Cory Doctorow

 Here. 

FTC's Tech Summit on AI

 Video here. 

Remarks of Samuel Levine at the FTC’s Summit on Artificial Intelligence

 Here. 

When Apple takes the European Commission for fools: An initial overview of Apple’s new terms and conditions for iOS app distribution in the EU

 D. Geradin, here. 

Statement by Executive Vice-President Vestager on announcement by Amazon and iRobot to abandon their transaction

 Here.