Competition Tribunal rules against TREB in dispute over home sales data

CBC.ca, here.
CB's press release, here. 

PayPal Says Federal Trade Commission Investigating Venmo

Bloomberg, here. 

Whoa, Amazon isn't just making money. It's making more money than ever.

Wired, here. 

TripAdvisor acquires HouseTrip as home-rental market consolidates

VentureBeat, here. 

Waze downplays exploit that let researchers track users

TechCrunch, here. 

Le Sénat adopte une disposition contre les abus de Google

Numerama.com, ici. 

Buchungsportal darf nicht mit eigenen Hotel-Sternen werben

FAZ, hier. 

Consumers not breaching copyright by circumventing with VPN, AU Government agency says

ABC.net.au, here.

Draft Report here. 

Colgate fined over price fixing

CPI, here.
ACCC's press release, here. 

The Force of Google

BBC Radio 4, Podcast here. 

Why the EU is going after Google and not Apple

R. Picker, here. 

La economía UBER

Focoeconomico.org, aquí.

BMW, Daimler Steer Clear of Apple Car Project

Technewsworld, here. 

Commission wants to regulate US-dominated online platform market ("leaked" draft communication)

EurActiv, here.
Draft communication here. 

Government Advocacy & Disruptive Innovations

ICN Special Project, Presentation here.

Unfortunately, I was so far unable to retrieve a copy of the report (conference materials available on the flash drive distributed to the participants in ICN 2016 Singapore, apparently).

The CMA has asked a number of supermarkets to review their promotions and agreed specific changes with Asda

Pree Release, here.
ASDA's commitments, here. 

Balancing the effects of online vertical restraints

M. Mandorff, Presentation here. 

How GDPR changes the rules for research

The Privacy Advisor, here. 

Data protection regulations and international data flows: Implications for trade and development

UNCTAD, here. 

Facebook considering a number of ways to let users earn money from posts

DigitalTrends, here. 

ICOMP on Statement of Objections against Google Android

Here.

7 Top Takeaways from EU’s Google-Android-Tying Charges

S. Cleland, here. 

Appropriability and the European Commission's Android Investigation

D. Auer, here. 

Google, Online Search and Consumer Confusion in Australia

A. Scardamaglia, A. Daly, here. 

EC Statement of Objections on Google's Tactics in Mobile

B. Edelman, here. 

Paranoid About Android

Bloomberg, here. 

Android’s Model of Open Innovation

Google, here. 

Commission sends Statement of Objections to Google on Android operating system and applications

EC, Press Release here.
Commissioner Vestager's Statement here.
Factsheet, here.
Press conference, recordings here (Statement) and here (Q&A)

Negative externality: my paper's massively outdated now.

Hankook Tire fined in China for resale price maintenance

Yonhapnews, here. 

Competencia y economía colaborativa

ElPeriodico, aquì.

Europe is targeting Google under antitrust laws but missing the bigger picture

J. Powles, here. 

Advancing the Internet of Things in Europe

EC, here. 

Fair Use and its politics, at home and abroad

J. Hughes, Presentation here. 

Statement Regarding Investigation into Alleged Anti-Competitive Conduct by Google

Competition Bureau (Canada), here. 

Online Platforms and the Digital Single Market

UK House of Lords, here.

Nice, informative read. The irony is, though, that given the actual pace of technological and other developments, some parts of it already feel a bit old.

Android App Distribution Agreements Do Not Foreclose Competition

Project-disco.org, here. 

EC to challenge French taxi law after Uber complaint

Reuters.com, here. 

Vorlagebeschluss im Berufungsverfahren um Zulässigkeit der Einstellung von Markenware auf Online-Plattformen

OLG Frankfurt am Main, hier. 

As search changes, Google changes

SearchEngineLand, here. 

L’autocar, BlaBlaCar et le chemin de fer

F. Lévêque, ici. 

Personal data in an uncertain world

Dataethnographies, here. 

Vergleichsportale sollen Suchkriterien und Provisionen offenlegen - freiwillig oder notfalls per Gesetz

Heise.de, hier. 

Disruptive innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Competition enforcement challenges and advocacy opportunities

OECD Secretariat, here. 

Parte l’esame su ddl sharing economy

Corriere.it, here.

Competition: the mother of invention

M. Vestager, here. 

How Will Facebook Make Money Off Live Video? Just Look at TV.

Recode, here. 

Judge Andrews permits Microsoft’s SEP-based antitrust claims against InterDigital to proceed (Microsoft v. InterDigital)

Kelley Drye & Warren, here.
Order here.

Trading start-ups are preparing major bank antitrust suits

Reuters, here. 

Automakers welcome new EU data protection rules

ACEA, here. 

Data brokers : le pétrole et l’iceberg

CNIL, ici. 

How to reboot the FTC

Politico.com, here. 

ABA Antitrust Section’s Spring Meeting—What You Need to Know

Perkins Cole, here. 

Watermarking and Blockchain Challenges

Copyrightandtechnology, here. 

Lyft Is Gaining on Uber as It Spends Big for Growth

Bloomberg, here. 

Das Leistungsschutzrecht für Presseverleger Hintergründe und wesentliche Fragen

T. Kreutzer, hier. 

Say Nay to the Neighbouring Right!

B. Hugenholtz, here. 

Benefits of Competition and Indicators of Market Power

CEA, here. 

Wettbewerbspolitik in digitalen Märkten: Sollte Datenschutz eine Rolle spielen?

N. Jentzsch, hier. 

Copyright Fight Club

Politico.eu, here. 

Ensure Hyperlinking Will Not Infringe Copyright Law: Advocate General Wathelet’s Opinion On Gs Media

Project-disco.org, here. 

Some Online Bargains May Only Look Like One

NYTimes, here. 

How Australian business views the sharing economy

NAB, here. 

Deterrence in EU merger policy

J. Clougherty , T. Duso, J. Seldeslachts, here. 

Perchas iguales, wifi o cafetera… así son las restricciones a la vivienda turística

CNMC, aquì. 

Argentine capital's gov't says Uber illegal, will be penalized

Latino.FoxNews, here. 

Personal Data Services Promise User Privacy

Networkcomputing, here. 

Opinion 01/2016 on the EU – U.S. Privacy Shield draft adequacy decision

WP29, here. 

Antworten auf die Fragen für das Fachgespräch „Kartellrecht und Plattformen“

Bundeskartellamt, hier.
J. Haucap, hier.

Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (vzbv),  Hier.
A.Baums, hier.

Google weiß, wo die Deutschen surfen

Brisant, Sendung hier. 

Former FTC Commissioner: UFC investigations, antitrust lawsuit ‘ultimately about consumers’

Bloodyelbow.com, here. 

Sorry, but Uber Isn’t Conspiring to Fix Ridesharing Prices

J. Meyer, R. Meyer, here. 

The era of AI-human hybrid intelligence

TechCrunch, here. 

Bloops and Blips Ahead for Bots

Recode.net, here. 

Not So Fast! Qualcomm Cannot Use “Curious Quirk” of U.S. Discovery Law In Korean Antitrust Proceeding

Proskauer, here.

FBI paid professional hackers one-time fee to crack San Bernardino iPhone

WashingtonPost, here. 

A global guide to antitrust/competition law—what, why, for whom?

D. Gerber, here. 

The Dynamic Structure or Regulatory Innovation Networks

M. Jennejohn, here. 

Sponge

A. Ezrachi, here. 

Energy market investigation: Consultation response

Centre for Competition Policy, here. 

Oxford professor calls for European ethical codes on patient data

TheGuardian, here. 

Uber pone techo al costo de su servicio en la Ciudad de México

Expansion, aquì.

Google.org ’s giving $20 million to engineer a better world for the disabled

Wired, here. 

Freigabe des Zusammenschlusses von Online-Dating-Plattformen

Bundeskartellamt, Fallbericht hier. 

Finland, the land of vertical search engines

InfoWorld, here. 

In Bots We Trust?

Slate.com, here. 

What Is Cognitive Economics? Understanding the World Through New Types of Data

Inverse, here. 

Using data from social networks to understand and improve systems

Phys.org, here. 

BMW Launches "Premium Airbnb For Cars"

TheDrive, here. 

Is Uber even part of the sharing economy?

Fastcoexist, here. 

Here's How Nike Became a Platform Business

M. Van Alstyne, G. Parker, S. Choudary, here. 

Why Platform Disruption Is So Much Bigger than Product Disruption

J. Vasquez Sampere, here. 

Keeping pace with a changing environment: What this means for enforcers

A. Chrisholm, here. 

Uber is the victim of Judge Rakoff’s curiosity in antitrust case

Reuters, here.
Opinion and Order here.
Original Complaint here.

Deep Learning for Chatbots, Part 1 – Introduction

WildML, here. 

Quo Vadis FTC? (Endo Complaint)

D. Goldstein, R. Reznick, here. 

A bunch of big US websites say they're likely to support legal action against ad blockers

Businessinsider, here.

Leading government's 'data revolution'

UKauthority, here. 

Big data and competition: Facebook faces antitrust probe over privacy terms

Taylor Wessing, here. 

How to Spot a Monopolistic Search Engine

M. Luca, here. 

Vermarktungsmodell für die Vergabe der Bundesligarechte ab der Saison 2017/18 gebilligt

Bundeskartellamt, hier.