Friday, January 31, 2025

LOOKING AHEAD AT PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT OF THE DMA AND WHY THE DB STATION JUDGMENT DOES NOT HINDER STANDALONE DAMAGES CLAIMS

 Platform Law Blog, here

Apple asks court to halt Google search monopoly case

 The Verge, here.

A Personal Thank You to Lina Khan-From the Other Side of the Atlantic

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 😁
ROME, ITALY - When I started studying antitrust law at university, I thought it was about fairness, discovery processes, and the democracy of opportunities. What I actually found was more of an economic comedy, scripted by the Chicago School, with the help of crafty and unscrupulous lawyers, where monopolies were presented as harmless, even benevolent giants. For anyone with common sense, it was obviously a farce-or worse.
Then you and a few others showed up, Lina. You quietly pointed out the absurdity and called the game for what it was: unchecked economic power stifles innovation, pushes up prices, exploits workers, and steadily erodes democracy.
You fought hard, achieved a lot, and didn't get nearly enough time. Maybe it was already too late.
Thank you, Lina. You made antitrust law, for a brief period (?), exciting again-reviving it from its cursed sleep. And that, in itself, is nothing short of miraculous.

From the Archives:"Are Tech Giants too big for America's Democracy?" Yes!

 2017 OMI Panel, video here.

A Report from the Court Room Part II: Apple’s paramount significance for competition across markets on trial

 SCIDA Project, here.

Beyond geopolitics: Agency and modularity in mobile telecommunications in Kazakhstan

 O. Baldakova, E. Oreglia, here.

Breaking up the Tech-Giants, for Real? [Or Academic Nirvana ;-)?]

 A. D'Amico, A. Gerbrandy, here. 

International AI Safety Report

 AI Action Summit, here.

DeepSeek and Trump 2.0: Can Europe Keep Up in AI?

 AI Now, here.

European Union: the Commission’s evolving approach to digital mergers

 GCR, here.

CHARTING THE DIGITAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL FUTURE OF EUROPE: WHAT PRIORITIES FOR THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION IN 2024-2029?

 EUI, here.