Online sales of posters and frames

CMA, Decision, here.

'Maintaining good relationships with customers is a legitimate objective, however where such an objective is achieved by means of an anti- competitive arrangement, that arrangement can be regarded as having an anti-competitive object.'

'Repricing software is normally used by online
sellers to compete with other online sellers by automatically adjusting
the prices of their products in response to the live prices of competitors’
products...However, in the present case the repricing software was
configured by the Parties to restrict price competition between them in
order to give effect to the Infringing Agreement'.

Fighting bid rigging in public procurement

Report on implementing the OECD Recommendation, here. 

Geographic market definition across national borders

OECD Background Paper, here. 

PCW Report

UK Regulators Network, here.
Letter to the CMA, here.
Notes from an acedemic seminar, here. 

Indirect Evidence in Cartel Cases

J. Kloub, Presentation here. 

Filmmakers Stealing From Painters: 20 Examples of Films That “Remixed” a Painting

Mentorless, here. 

Survey and data gathering to support the evaluation of the Satellite and Cable Directive 93/83/EEC and assessment of its possible extension

Study prepared for the European Commission, here.

Exploring Data Portability

The White House, here. 

EU wants Google to stop anti-competitive Android practices, fine expected

Reuters, here.

Google’s Uber Competitor Is Finally Here

Fortune, here.

EU Court Confirms European Commission’s Decision on Pay-for-Delay Agreement

McDermott, here.

A Comparative Analysis of the Perception Differences between Competition Law and Anti-corruption Law

G. Gürkaynak, Ç. Olgu Kama, C. Özkanlı, & B. Ergün, here.

Price discrimination

OECD Background Paper, here.

BIG DATA: BRINGING COMPETITION POLICY TO THE DIGITAL ERA

OECD Background Paper, here.

Boehringer ordered to turn over documents in antitrust probe

Reuters, here.

55 percent of online shoppers start their product searches on Amazon

Recode, here. 

Movie Piracy and Displaced Sales in Europe: Evidence from Six Countries

B. Herz, K. Kiljański, here. 

Schär­fere Fusi­ons­kon­trolle für Internet-Unter­nehmen geplant

LTO.de, hier. 

Wer im Netz Milliarden mit unseren Daten macht

FutureZone.at, hier. 

A robot could get you the cheapest energy deal - forever

Aol, here. 

REALITY CHECK: THE REGULATORY LANDSCAPE FOR VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY

A. Hobson, here. 

Cartel bosses must be prosecuted

Iol.co.za, here. 

Networks of Control: A Report on Corporate Surveillance, Digital Tracking, Big Data & Privacy

W. Christl, S. Spiekermann, here. 

Facebook’s privacy head attacks ‘negative’ views around its use of WhatsApp data

MarketingWeek, here. 

Geo-blocking: BEUC Position Paper

Here.

Wer haftet, wenn selbstfahrende Autos Unfälle bauen?

FAZ, hier. 

Commissioner: UK 'must avoid data protection Brexit'

BBC, here.

Can a competition policy Brexit be avoided?

HP issues non-apology for blocking third-party ink cartridges

TechCrunch, here. 

Novel But a Long Time Coming: The Bundeskartellamt Takes on Facebook

R. McLeod, here. 

Vestager says EU may review small but data-rich M&A deals

Reuters, here. 

An Algorithm Gives This 3D-Printed Table Countless Permutations

FastCompany, here. 

Why almost everyone who tries to build an MSP business fails

R. Schmalensee, Audio here. 

Salesforce Is Said to Question Microsoft-LinkedIn Deal in Europe

NYTimes, here.

Learning to trust artificial intelligence systems

IBM, here.

Connect Peers

Deloitte, here. 

'Partnership on AI' formed by Google, Facebook, Amazon, IBM and Microsoft

TheGuardian, here. 

What Facebook Knows About You

ProPublica, here. 

Opinion on coherent enforcement of fundamental rights in the age of big data

EDPS, here. 

Big Data individual rights and enforcement

G. Buttarelli, here.

Pokémon Go menacé par les sculpteurs et architectes

Numerama, ici.

Tech Giants Team Up To Devise An Ethics Of Artificial Intelligence

FastCompany, here.

Principal syndicat professionnel du secteur du mannequinat et 37 agences: entente

Autorité de la concurrence, Décision ici.

EU’s Vestager ‘Exploring’ Need to Probe Deals With Valuable Data

Bloomberg, here.

Big Data and Competition

M. Vestager, here.

CMA launches study into digital comparison tools

CMA, here. Statement of scope, here.

Market Definition in Online Markets: Mission Impossible?

P. Akman, Presentation here. 

Vertical Restraints and e-Commerce: The Divergence of Economic Analysis and Competition Enforcement

K.-U. Kuehn, here. 

Uber, competition and regulation

D. Geradin, Presentation here. 

The European Commission extends its settlement procedure to abuse of dominance cases under Article 102 TFEU

White & Case, here. 

Why data is the new coal

TheGuardian, here. 

Fintech: The Regulatory Risks & Opportunities

Mlexmarketinsight.com, here, 

Neuer Ordnungsrahmen für den Wettbewerb in einer digitalisierten Welt

bmwi.de, hier,

How I Changed My Mind on Intellectual Property

FEE.org, here. 

Taxi and private hire regulation: CMA letter to City of Sheffield

CMA, here.

Using Behavioral Economics and Field Experiments To Make The World A Better Place

Vienna Behavioral Economics Network, here. 

Facebook and Google: most powerful and secretive empires we've ever known

TheGuardian, here.   

Italian Privacy watchdog probing WhatsApp

Ansa, here.

The Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017

WEF, here.

Facebook darf WhatsApp-Daten nicht nutzen

Tagesspiegel, hier.

Anordnung gegen Massendatenabgleich zwischen WhatsApp und Facebook

hier.

Statement of Objections to International Skating Union on its eligibility rules

EC, here.

Getty Images to Commissioner Vestager re Google Images

Letter, here.

AmEx can bar merchants from steering card customers elsewhere

Reuters, here.
Ruling here.

How Can Antitrust Be Used to Protect Competition in the Digital Marketplace?

ProMarket, here.

The Competence of the EU to Create a Neighbouring Right for Publishers

A. Ramahlo, here.

American Antitrust Is Having a Moment: Some Reactions to Commissioner Ohlhausen’s Recent Views

ProMarket,here.

A 3% boost to GDP from blockchain? It’s a real possibility

WEForum, here.

Marriott's next battle: the Expedia war

DailyHerald, here.

Taking a closer look at online video platforms

ACM, here.

Bias in, bias out

Nature, here.

An ode to the night train

Politico.eu, here.

Japan's antitrust watchdog considers action against Apple, carriers - sources

Reuters, here.

Bahamas Leaks : la trahison morale des élites

LeMonde,  ici.

The Social and Economic Implications of Artificial Intelligence Technologies in the Near-Term

AI Now, here.

Stealing an AI algorithm and its underlying data is a “high-school level exercise”

QZ, here.

Liebe OTAs, habt ihr das denn wirklich nötig?

TopHotel.de, hier.

Matchmaking to Find Homes for Refugees

Bloomberg, here.

Grote Platforms, grote Problemen?

ACM.nl, hier.

Ex-EU commissioner Neelie Kroes failed to declare directorship of offshore firm

TheGuardian, here.

Still hoping that this isn't as bad as it might seem...

Abuse of dominance by firms charging excessive or unfair prices: an assessment

F. Jenny, here.

Wie das Hotelportal HRS seine Kunden manipuliert

Correctiv.org, hier.

The Untold EpiPen Story: How Mylan Hiked Prices by Blocking Rivals

M. Carrier, C. Minniti, here.

Cartel Detection: Introducing the V-023

ACM, Video here. 

Data Control – monopoly or individual control

Videos here. 

5 to 4, 4 to 3, 3 to 2: Lessons to be learned?

RBB Economics, here.

The Businesses That Platforms Are Actually Disrupting

D. Evans, R. Schmalensee, here.

UK watchdog drops plans for review of Big Data use by insurers

Reuters, here. 

Amazon’s algorithms are misleading customers and causing them to spend way more than they should

Qz.com, here.

Desorden judicial en defensa de la competencia

F. Marcos, aquì.

Personalisierte Preise

Vzbv, hier.

Amazon Says It Puts Customers First. But Its Pricing Algorithm Doesn’t.

ProPublica, here. 

Consolidation and Competition in the U.S. Seed and Agrochemical Industry

US Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing, written testimonies here.

U.S. – E.U. Convergence: Can We Bridge the Atlantic?

M. Ohlhausen, here. 

Competition as Fair Process – the shared language of popular and expert antitrust

R. Hesse, here. 

Federalberghi: Booking "vìola palesemente le regole"

Corrierecomunicazioni.it, qui.

Competition for a Fairer Society

M. Vestager, here.

"Here in the United States, the Council of Economic Advisors has warned about the risks of markets that are increasingly dominated by a few large companies".

Commissioner Vestager on Recode Decode

Podcast, here.

Monopolkommission: Hauptgutachten XXI - Wettbewerb 2016

Hier.

Zentralvermarktung in der Fußball-Bundesliga S. 80 ff.
Digitale Märkte: Sharing Economy und FinTechs S. 363 ff.

Libre installation des notaires

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Google Steps Up Travel Presence With Trip-Planning App

Bloomberg, here.