FTC v. Amazon

 Explained by a *customer*, Video  here. 

Überprüfung einer Bestpreisklausel – Bundeskartellamt stellt Verfahren gegen Lieferando ein

 Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

("Anlass für das Verfahren war die Überprüfung einer Bestpreisklausel in den Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen (AGB) von Lieferando gegenüber Restaurants. Dieser zufolge müssen die auf Lieferando geforderten Preise den Preisen in den eigenen Vertriebskanälen der Restaurants entsprechen")

COMPETITION AND E-COMMERCE

 Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Concurrence & commerce en ligne

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Amazon sellers are marking products as ‘collectible’ to get around price gouging rules

The Verge, here. 

Russian competition watchdog opens investigation into Booking.com

Reuters, here. 

MFN Clauses and Antitrust Enforcement: On a Slow Path to Convergence?

I. Vandenborre & C. Janssens, Podcast here. 

Gov't targeting global OTAs' 'unfair request' over hotel rate

The Korea Times, here. 

The return of the MFN clauses – platform ranking as an enforcement mechanism for price parity

D. Mandrescu, here. 

Hotel Site Accuses Booking, Expedia of EU Antitrust Breaches

Bloomberg, here. 

Hotelbuchungen im Internet: "Enge" Bestpreisklauseln sind zulässig

OLG Düsseldorf, hier. 

Vertical Restraints Project - Hypotheticals on Online Parity Requirements and Online Sales Bans

ICN, here. 

Much ado about nothing? Online platform price parity clauses and the EU Booking.com case

A. Mantovani, C. Piga, C. Reggiani, here. 

Amazon, MFNs, and Second-Best Antitrust

R. Woodcock, here. 

Amazon to end price practice critics said could violate antitrust law

Axios, here. 

Who’s Really Winning the Direct Booking Wars Between Hotels and Online Travel Agencies?

Skift, here. 

OECD Competition Open Day 2019

27 Feb. 2019, Live Webcast here: don't miss it! 

ComparetheMarket home insurance deals could deny people better prices

CMA, here. 

Antitrust Enforcement Against Platform MFNs

J. Baker, F. Scott Morton, here.

Protecting competition, Reinforcing Consumer Protection, Rethinking Regulation

J. Tirole, Video here.

Some Memorable Quotes:
"Potential competition...if you don't know...the wise thing to do is not to let the merger operate"
"mfn...one of the cleverest strategies I've ever encountered, and people don't get it somehow"
"the important thing is, you can tax people who don't use you"
"I don't have a personal assistant, I don't want a personal assistant"
"What is the right fee for Booking?...I don't know"
"Defaults matter"
"We need the help the consumer...help me...self-regulation is going nowhere"
"Competition policy is slow, and often too late"
"Back and forth process" of regulation "you need to have guidelines and supervision"
"Participative antitrust" (droit de la concurrence participatif, this is the idea, my bet), "regulation reactive to ideas...proposed by the industry"
"You should make regulation agile...and listen to the industry"
"I'm not against breaking up those firms...my gut feeling right now is that it's difficult...harder that it used to be in the past because the technology is moving faster"

Brief discussion of Choi, Jeon, Kim Paper from 29:01

(tbd)