Tuesday, August 06, 2024

Google loses massive antitrust lawsuit over its search dominance

 CNN Business, here. 

Guidelines on exclusionary abuses of dominance: public consultation

 EC, here; Draft Guidelines here. 

Meta’s Fundamental Digital Rights Blunder - And a German Antitrust Fix

 Jürgen (Bering) and myself, here. 

The AI Act Roller Coaster: How Fundamental Rights Protection Evolved in the EU Legislative Process

 F. Palmiotto, here. 

Dynamism and Politics in EU Merger Control: The Perils and Promise of a Killer Acquisitions Solution Through a Law & Economics Lens

 A. Tzanaki, here. 

The Rhyme and Reason of Gatekeeper Designation under the Digital Markets Act

 F. Bostoen, G. Monti, here. 

BGH: Überragende marktübergreifende Bedeutung für den Wettbewerb (Amazon)

 KVB 56/22, hier. 

DOJ, states win Google search antitrust case

 Politico.com, here. 

Digital Platform Regulators Forum 2024

 Communiqué, here. 

Meta to be hit with first EU antitrust fine for linking Marketplace and Facebook, sources say

 Reuters, here. 

A Primer On The DOJ’s Upcoming Antitrust Trial Against Google

 AdExchanger, here. 

Platform power in AI: The evolution of cloud infrastructures in the political economy of artificial intelligence

 D. Luitse, here. 

Is Competition Only One Click Away? The Digital Markets Act Impact on Google Maps

 L.-D. Pape, M. Rossi, here. 

The Meta Smokescreen

 BEUC, here. 

Dual-Use Foundation Models with Widely Available Model Weights

 NTIA, here. 

ByteDance v. Commission

 J. van den Boom, S. Hinck, here. 

Regulating the Direction of Innovation

 J. Gans, here. 

Can AI Break Out of Panglossian Neoliberalism?

 E. Morozov, here. 

Designing (restorative) remedies for abuses of dominance by online platforms

 D. Mandrescu, here. 

LESSONS FROM THE FDA FOR AI

 AINOW, here. 

Feds put Nvidia AI deal under antitrust scrutiny

 Politico.com, here. 

Apple Updates App Store Guidelines for PC Emulator Apps

 MacRumors, here. 

European Union’s Strategy for Data

 101 Charts, here. 

The Broligarchs Are Trying to Have Their Way

 B. Harrigton, here. 

New Research: So Far, AI is Not Disrupting Search or Making a Dent in Google

 SparkToro, here. 

Why Do Your Eyeglasses Cost $1,000?

 Freakonomics Podcast, here. 

Northwest lawmakers join push to block Kroger-Albertsons merger

 The Seattle Times, here. 

A new merger wave in the agri-food value chain? Some reflections on the Bunge/Viterra merger

ICF, Preliminary Report, here.