Four Takeaways from the FTC’s Healthcare Merger Losses

antitrustupdateblog.com, here.

The Art of Privacy

NYTimes, here.

UMICORE: abus de position dominante (approvisionnement exclusif)

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

The hidden risks of the bot explosion

Techcrunch, Here.

Concrete Problems in AI Safety

D. Amodei, C. Olah, J.Schulm, J.Steinhardt, P. Christiano, D. Mané, Here.

A Clash of Swords (The Intel Hearing)

T. Soames, Here.

Will universities be disrupted?

Recode, Podcast here. 

Assessment of current and future impact of Big Data on Financial Services

FSUG, here. 

Measuring the Economic Value of Cross-Border Data Flows

US Department of Commerce, here. 

Why notice-and-takedown is a bit of copyright law worth saving

C. Springman, M. Lemley, here.

OpenAI says it will build a household robot and intelligent agents

VentureBeat, here. 

Kayak’s cofounder talks about how bots are transforming customer engagement

Venture Beat, here. 

A New Paradigm for Personal Data

Facebook, here  (FB users here).

L’Oréal turns to vloggers to beat ad-blocking software

FT, here. 

Taylor Swift, Vince Staples, Paul McCartney and more call for digital copyright reforms

Independent.co.uk, here. 

CMA guides businesses on online competition law

Here. 

Kartelinspecteurs ACM bezoeken duizenden LinkedIn-profielen van havens en transport

ACM.nl, hier. 

The Proprietarization of Android – Google Play Services and Apps

T. Grote, here. 

Digital Assistants Will Serve as the Primary Interface to the Connected Home

Gartner, here. 

Consumers are worse off thanks to price comparison sites

Blogs.spectator.co.uk, here. 

Toutes vos photos vont devenir payantes pour Google : allez-vous gagner de l’argent ?

Numerama, ici. 

A Deep Look Inside Apple Pay’s Matchmaker Economics

D. Evans, R. Schmalensee, here. 

Kirtsaeng II

Here. 

The I’d Like to Add You to My Professional Network Edition

Slate Money, Podcast here. 

Council conclusions on strengthening the balance in the pharmaceutical systems in the EU and its Member States

Here. 

Will Germany ban ad blocking software? A quick look

M. Lüdow, here. 

Quel est l’objectif politique de la “société en réseau” ?

H. Gaillard, ici. 

Out-Of-Market Efficiencies, Two-Sided Platforms and Consumer Welfare: A Legal and Economic Analysis

F. Ducci, here. 

Data May Be Key in Microsoft-LinkedIn Probe, EU’s Vestager Says

Bloomberg, here. 

How to boost FinTech’s contribution to competition

ACM, here. 

FinTech’s Bright Future Marred by Hype

D. Evans and R. Schmalensee, here. 

Efficiency Claims: What’s New?

Symposium, here. 

Regulatory Challenges in Digital Markets: Privacy

BCCP Conference and Policy Forum 2016, Programme here; Livestream here. 

Data portability among online platforms

B. Engels, here. 

Guns, Limbs, and Toys: What Future for 3D Printing?

A. Thierer, A. Marcus, here. 

New data on what connected cars are tracking

FiaRegion1, here. 

Journalism is getting personal: latest trends from the digital front line

Polis, here. 

Secrets of the Sharing Economy

Bloomberg, here. 

AG Szpunar says that time-limited e-lending is allowed under EU law and interpretation of copyright norms must evolve with technology

IPKat, here. 

The Antitrust and Intellectual Property Intersection in European Union Law

N. Petit, here. 

Competition is Messy: Merger Challenges

B. Baer, here. 

Competition, innovation, and legal services

FTC, here. 

Publishers in the copyright value chain

European Copyright Society, here.

Price Comparison Websites

D. Ronayne, here. 

What Ad Blockers Are (and Are Not) Doing

C. Wills and D. Uzunoglu, Here.

What is Differential Privacy?

blog.cryptographyengineering.com, here.

Innovation Is Not Enough

D. Rodrik, here. 

Price comparison sites to be investigated by competition watchdog

The Guardian, here.

Applying blockchain technology in global data infrastructure

ODI, here. 

Intesa anticoncorrenziale fra operatori di vending (distributori automatici)

AGCM, qui.

Court upholds Obama-backed net neutrality rules

Politico, here.
Here.

Why Microsoft bought LinkedIn for $26 billion, in one word: Cortana

PCWorld, here. 

Going gets tough for GoCompare the SuperMeerkat

FT, here. 

Liber on the role of publishers in the copyright value chain and on the 'panorama exception

Here.

Competencia y regulación eficiente en las universidades españolas

CNMC, aquì. 

Apple’s response to the chatbot craze doesn’t involve any chatbots

VentureBeat, here.

Apple's differential privacy

Wired, here.

Stealing Books in the Age of Self-Publishing

ThrAtlantic, here.

Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn

Microsoft, here and here. 

Antitrust settlements: the culture of consent

D. Ginsburg and J. Wright, here. 

Fidelity rebates - summary of the contributions

OECD, here. 

Public interest considerations in merger control

OECD Background Note, here. 

Protecting and promoting competition in response to "disruptive" innovations in legal services

OECD Background Note, here. 

Summary of Discussion of the Hearing on Across-Platforms Parity Agreements

OECD, here. 

Ein europäisches Leistungsschutzrecht für Verlagemacht keinen Sinn – eher Anreize für innovative Mehrwertleistungen schaffen

R. Kuhlen, hier. 

The New Economics of Multi-Sided Platforms: A Guide to the Vocabulary

D. Evans, R. Schmalensee, here. 

La competencia de la economía colaborativa

ElPais.com, aquì.

The sharing economy and new models of service delivery

OECD Insights, here.

A luxury Uber for the skies

FT, here.

Music in the age of the algorithm

FT, here.

Competition Tribunal issues decision in ebooks matter

Competition Bureau, here.

Apple tries to find its voice with Siri as it looks to catch up in AI

FT, hère.

Hollywood Studios File Suit Against Service Streaming $1 Movies

HollywoodReporter, here.

Android Users Seek Class-Action Status In Privacy Battle Over App Purchases

Mediapost.com, Here.

Entering the Trust Age

Blablacar, here.

The Web’s Creator Looks to Reinvent It

NYTimes, Here.

Marktmacht von Plattformen und Netzwerken

Bundeskartellamt (6. Beschlussabteilung / Think Tank Internet), Arbeitspapier, hier (148 Seiten).

Einstweilige Verfügung für Euroleague Basketball

Gleiss Lutz, hier.
Beschluss hier.

Lufthansa hits back after being reported to US regulator over surcharge discussion

Tnooz, here. 

Informe económico sobre las restricciones a la competencia incluidas en materia de vehículos de alquiler con conductor

CNMC, aquì. 

On Human Dignity as a Foundation for the Right to Privacy

L. Floridi, here. 

Regulation on Interchange Fees

EC, here. 

Grünbuch Digitale Platformen

BMWi, hier. 

Behavioral Economics in the Classroom

D. Laibson and J. List, here.

The CMA alleges that Ping has breached UK and EU competition law by operating an online sales ban

Press Release, here.
"Bans on internet trading can be a problem if they seek to prevent retailers reaching a significant proportion of customers. We will now consider any justifications put forward by Ping for the alleged conduct".

Fair compensation cannot be financed by a budgetary scheme such as that established in Spain

Case C-470/14, EGEDA. Press Release here. 

International Antitrust Enforcement: China and Beyond

T. Horton, here. 

Google is offering app developers the same revenue sharing terms Apple just announced — with one big advantage

Recode, here.

Expedia’s first bot is for booking hotels

VentureBeat, here.

Oracle v. Google

Order, here.

The role of economics in merger analysis: what can John Oliver teach us?

D. Gelfand (US DoJ), here. 

El TSJM tumba el decreto ‘anti-Airbnb’ de la Comunidad de Madrid

Sabemos, aquì.

Our public institutions need fair use laws

Smh.com.au, here. 

Freedom of expression and the private sector in the digital age

UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression to the Human Rights Council, here (Word).

List of submissions, here. 

The API Industry Supply Value Chain

APIDays, here. 

Copyright Office Opens Inquiry on Digital Rights for Libraries

Copyrightandtechnology.com, here. 

Stop the Bots From Killing Broadway

NYTimes, here.
See also here.

A complete list of all the ride-hail, auto and tech companies that have joined forces

Recode, here.

Voici à quoi ressemble l'ensemble des trajets européens de BlaBlaCar en une journée

LeFigaro,  Ici.

Taxi Messenger: Taxi-Bestellung jetzt auch über den Facebook Messenger

Heise.de, hier.