NYTimes, here.
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Examining the Fintech Landscape
US SENATE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS, Testimonies and Video here.
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Fairness in platform-to-business relations: Feedback Received by the EC
Here.
Google in praise of competition policy? "This decision, which hinges on specific facts related to online shopping ads, is under appeal to the European Union General Court. It shows that in situations where ranking is a matter of concern,
competition authorities have the appropriate tools to determine legal compliance
and therefore an additional ex ante regulation is not needed."
Google in praise of competition policy? "This decision, which hinges on specific facts related to online shopping ads, is under appeal to the European Union General Court. It shows that in situations where ranking is a matter of concern,
competition authorities have the appropriate tools to determine legal compliance
and therefore an additional ex ante regulation is not needed."
Monday, November 27, 2017
Algorithms: How Companies’ Decisions About Data and Content Impact Consumers
House of Representatives, COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE, Hearing Info here.
Testimonies and Video available here.
The following issues may be examined at the hearing:
• How is personal information about consumers collected through the Internet, and how do companies use that information?
• How do companies make decisions about content that consumers see online?
• How effective are current policies and communications with consumers regarding the collection and use of personal data?
Sunday, November 26, 2017
Saturday, November 25, 2017
Friday, November 24, 2017
Thursday, November 23, 2017
CJEU on commitment decisions
C‑547/16, here.
28 It follows that a decision taken on the basis of Article 9(1) of Regulation No 1/2003 cannot create a legitimate expectation in respect of the undertakings concerned as to whether their conduct complies with Article 101 TFEU. As the Advocate General observed in point 39 of her Opinion, the commitment decision cannot ‘legalise’ the market behaviour of the undertaking concerned, and certainly not retroactively.
29 Nonetheless, national courts cannot overlook that type of decision. Such acts are, in any event, in the nature of a decision. In addition, both the principle of sincere cooperation laid down in Article 4(3) TEU and the objective of applying EU competition law effectively and uniformly require the national court to take into account the preliminary assessment carried out by the Commission and regard it as an indication, if not prima facie evidence, of the anticompetitive nature of the agreement at issue in the light of Article 101(1) TFEU.
30 In those circumstances, the answer to the first question is that Article 16(1) of Regulation No 1/2003 must be interpreted as meaning that a commitment decision concerning certain agreements between undertakings, adopted by the Commission under Article 9(1) of that regulation, does not preclude national courts from examining whether those agreements comply with the competition rules and, if necessary, declaring those agreements void pursuant to Article 101(2) TFEU.
Tracking Walls, Take-It-Or-Leave-It Choices, the GDPR, and the ePrivacy Regulation
F. Borgesius, S. Kruikemeier, S. Boerman, N. Helberger, here.
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Monday, November 20, 2017
Legal and Regulatory Challenges Facing Platforms in Europe
Conf call with Alec Burnside, Transcript here.
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Appleinsider.com, here . Appellate Opening Brief here (Scribd).