Thursday, May 31, 2018

Unternehmensberatung soll Renault und Peugeot bei Preisabsprachen geholfen haben

Spiegel.de, hier

An American Alternative to Europe’s Privacy Law

T. Wu, here.

Privacy by Design

EDPS, Opinion here.

Antitrust via Rulemaking: Competition Catalysts

T. Wu, here.

Consumer Costs of Anticompetitive Regulations

Open Markets Institute, Comments here.

Vestager: “Tiene sentido que las empresas paguen a los usuarios por sus datos”

ElPais, aquì.

A framework for the moderation of user-generated online content that puts human rights at the very centre

Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, here

Susan Athey: Why Business Leaders Shouldn’t Have Blind Faith in AI

Gsb.stanford.edu, here

Europe’s bank bosses stress need for consolidation

FT, here

Los bancos europeos piden poner coto a las tecnológicas

Expansion, aquì.

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Fintech Developments: FTC, FDIC, OCC and More

Manatt, here

Keine Verfahrenseinleitung gegen die Lufthansa wegen Preishöhenmissbrauchs

Bundeskartellamt, Fallbericht hier

Bayern-Fußballstar James führt eigene Kryptowährung ein

FAZ, hier

Brad Smith:"the single greatest cost was the distraction...we missed search"

Recode, Video here (at (8:32).
Missed: not aware or didn't dare (to hamper Google et al. because of the annoying DoJ's antitrust laser beam)?

Going to show this video to my students...forever.

Funny though that antitrust might be considered a distraction by Big Tech, while many of their tools are generally considered weapons of mass distraction.

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

On First Day of GDPR, Ad Industry's Fears About Google Come True

Bloomberg, here

Cyber crooks claim to hit two big Canadian banks

Reuters, here

Justice department approves Bayer-Monsanto merger in landmark settlement

Washington Post, here. DoJ here

BancoEstado reabre cuenta a plataforma de criptomonedas

LaTercera, aquì. Background here.
TDCL: Demanda aquì; Resolución, aquí

Die Buchpreisbindung in einem sich ändernden Marktumfeld

Monopolkommission, hier. S. auch hier

From Open Banking to Open Everything

J. Fingleton, here

Microsoft is creating an oracle for catching biased AI algorithms

MIT Technology Review, here

DATENRECHTE – EINE RECHTS - UND SOZIALWISSENSCHA FTLICHE ANALYSE IM VERGLEICH DEUTSCHLAND - USA

L. Specht, W. Kerber, hier

ICANN goes to Court

Hier

Legal Engineering on the Blockchain: 'Smart Contracts' as Legal Conduct

J. Goldenfein, A. Leiter, here

Angela Merkel fordert Besteuerung von Daten

Zeit.de, hier

Why China’s Payment Apps Give U.S. Bankers Nightmares

Bloomberg, here

Friday, May 25, 2018

Google employees are being targeted with this ad urging them to consider their role in making search rankings more fair

Recode.net, here.

More effective than competition enforcement?

How Can Humans Keep the Upper Hand? The ethical matters raised by algorithms and artificial intelligence

CNIL, here

Antitrust Enforcement Against Platform MFNs

J. Baker, F. Scott Morton, here.

Multisided Platforms and Antitrust Enforcement

M. Katz and J. Sallet, here

Beyond Brooke Group: Bringing Reality to the Law of Predatory Pricing

C. Hemphill and P. Weiser, here

Invigorating Vertical Merger Enforcement

S. Salop, here

AI IN FINANCIAL SERVICES: NEXT STEPS TO REALISING THE POTENTIAL

FinExtra, here

#GDPRDay

HT to @GMamdani

Insurance 2030—The impact of AI on the future of insurance

McKinsey, here

DSGVO-Beschwerden gegen Android, Instagram, Whatsapp und Facebook: Max Schrems legt los

Heise.de, hier. See also here.

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Amazon confirms that Echo device secretly shared user’s private audio

ArsTechnica, here.

Dutch lender ABN Amro’s website slowed by cyber attack

FT, here

Making Sense of the Intricacies of Online Advertising Market: The French Autorité de la concurrence ’s Take

I. de Silva, here

Amazon’s Finance Ambitions Are Drawing Attention From the Fed

Bloomberg, here

Zuckerberg set up fraudulent scheme to 'weaponise' data, court case alleges

The Guardian, here.

Cryptocurrencies: Commodity Dynamics and Cartelization

P. Heilberg, here.

U.S. Launches Criminal Probe into Bitcoin Price Manipulation

Reuters, here.

Russia’s Gazprom dodges fine in EU antitrust settlement

FT, here.

Commission imposes binding obligations on Gazprom to enable free flow of gas at competitive prices in Central and Eastern European gas markets

EC, Press Release here

Are all these GDPR-consent emails even necessary?

iapp. here

Whatsapp gibt Nutzerdaten an Facebook weiter

SZ.de, hier. S. auch hier.

Privacy and Freedom of Expression In the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Article 19 and Privacy International, here

The International Impact of the General Data Protection Regulation

I. Rubinstein, B. Petkova, here

Legal and regulatory issues businesses should be thinking about now when it comes to AI.

Hogan Lovells, here

GOOGLE’S SELFISH LEDGER IS AN UNSETTLING VISION OF SILICON VALLEY SOCIAL ENGINEERING

The Verge, here

Big Brother Goes Digital

NYBooks, here

Sustainable Financial Services in the Digital Age

UK Finance, here

Online platforms and exclusionary abuses – Unlockd vs. Google- a seminal case in the making?

Coreblog, here

The need for a new personal data infrastructure

Mydex, here.

Google says India anti-trust ruling could cause 'irreparable" harm': document

Reuters, here

Antitrust nearly slew Microsoft. Can it adapt to tech giants like Facebook?

San Francisco Chronicle, here

Tech Platforms and the Knowledge Problem

F. Pasquale, here

Diskussionen zwischen KI-Systemen sollen Entscheidungen nachvollziehbar machen

Heise.de, hier

Brokers, dealers and the regulation of markets: Applying finreg to the giant tech platforms

Synthetic Assets, here

‘60 Minutes’ Report Targets on Google Antitrust Risks

Bloomberg, here

‘Crush Them’: An Oral History of the Lawsuit That Upended Silicon Valley

The Ringer, here.

BIG DATA IM BEREICH HEIM UND FREIZEIT

ABIDA, hier

Deutsche vertrauen Algorithmen nicht

Zeit.de, hier

Activists turn tables on companies as EU privacy law comes in

Reuters, here

All Roads Lead to Rome: Enforcing the Consumer Welfare Standard in Digital Media Markets

M. Delrahim, here

Is Blockchain Hype, Revolutionary, or Both? What We Need to Know

S. Oh, S. Wallsten. here

Platforms and Infrastructures in the Digital Age

P. Constantinides, O. Henfridsson, G. Parker, here