Por qué es una mala noticia que las empresas rivales compartan accionistas

J. Azar, M. Schmalz, I. Tecu, aquì. 

El Gobierno portugués legaliza Uber

El Pais, aquì

Is Antitrust Enforcement Out of Date?

F. Scott Morton, here. 

Is capitalism just not radical enough? A long-read Q&A with Glen Weyl

AEI.org, here. 

The need for a new personal data infrastructure

D. Alexander, here. 

All EFF'd Up

J. Levine, here and here (Podcast). 

The Origins of the Chief Economist Team: Mission, early achievement and challenges

P. Lowe, here. 

Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation

United Nations, here. 

Justice Department Plans Appeal of AT&T-Time Warner Merger Approval

NYTimes, here. 

The AT&T–Time Warner Merger Is Already What the Government Feared

The New Republic, here. 

Google Play Store Rival Files Antitrust Complaint to EU

Bloomberg, here. 

Luxusprodukte rechtfertigen Vertriebsverbot auf Amazon.de

Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main, Urteil vom 12.07.2018, Az. 11 U 96/14 (Kart), Pressemitteilung hier. 

The Commission’s Meddling in Android Could Backfire

ITIF, here. 

El cálculo de los daños causados por el cártel de los fabricantes camiones

F. Marcos, aquí.

Datenkapitalismus – eine ökonomische Betrachtung

T. Kretschmer, L. Wiewiorra, J. Krämer, A. Oehler, M. Horn, J. Haucap, S. Klein, J. Hüllmann, hier.

The case for Open Healthcare: disrupting the NHS — but, like, in a good way

Fingleton Associates, here. 

Closing the investigation on the suspected violation of the Antimonopoly Act by Apple Inc. regarding its agreements with mobile network operators

Japan FTC, here.
S. also here.  

Apple changes Japanese iPhone sales contracts following antitrust probe

FT, here. 

Portability regulation – Letter sent to competent national authorities

DG CONNECT, here. 

Investigation into the use of data analytics in political campaigns: Update

ICO, here. 

Webtaxi: The Luxembourg Competition Authority exempts an algorithmic price-fixing arrangement on efficiency grounds

M. Giannino, here. 

Clausole di esclusiva applicate dai radiotaxi a propri tassisti violano la concorrenza

AGCM, qui. 

Internet Health Report 2018

Mozilla, here. 

Grab co-founder says Southeast Asia still has plenty of competition despite Uber’s exit

TechCrunch, here. 

After Uber buyout, Grab aims to go beyond rides to become Southeast Asia’s one-stop app

TechCrunch, here. 

What is the revenue generation model for DuckDuckGo?

G. Weinberg, here. 

Google may have to make major changes to Android in response to a forthcoming fine in Europe

The Washington Post, here. 

Shaping competition policy in the era of digitisation: Call for contributions

EC, here.

Max. 10 pages. Do you already know how you’re going to contribute?

Cade arquiva investigação no mercado de aplicativo de transporte individual de passageiros

Cade, aqui. 

Building the UK financial sector’s operational resilience

Bank of England, FCA, here. 

HOW AI IS DISRUPTING THE BANKING INDUSTRY

International Banker, here.

Brazil moves forward with online data protection efforts

ZDNet, here. 

PSD2 fully 'privacy proof'

EDPB, Letter here. 

Excessive Pricing And Sham Patent Litigation: The Pfizer And AbbVie Decisions

IP-Watch, here. 

Self-driving cars are headed toward an AI roadblock

The Verge, here. 

Smartphones: The Dark Side

BBC, Panorama, here. 

ICANN't get no respect: Europe throws Whois privacy plan in the trash

The Register, here. 

Supreme Court decision on credit cards undermines competition, celebrates price increases, and will contribute to economic inequality

M. Kades, here.

The Internet: to regulate or not to regulate? Written and Oral Evidence

UK Parliament, here.

Aka Online Platforms: to regulate or not to regulate?

EU-KOMMISSION : Neue Diskussion über Google-Zerschlagung

FAZ, hier.

Kartellrechtliche Ausnahmeregelungen

Monopolkommission, hier.

PREZZI FARMACI ANTITUMORALI RIDOTTI FINO ALL’80%: OTTEMPERANZA DI ASPEN

AGCM, here. 

Is Facebook a publisher? In public it says no, but in court it says yes

The Guardian, here. 

CMA demands pricing action from energy company

Press Release, here. 

EC consults stakeholders on draft guidelines to help national courts estimate the economic harm caused by cartels

Press Release, here.
Draft Guidelines for national courts on how to estimate the share of overcharge which was passed on to the indirect purchaser here. 

BEIS - Modernising Consumer Markets: Green Paper; CCP's Consultation Response

CCP, UEA, here.
Bruce Lyons, here. 

Singapore regulator says Uber-Grab merger may have been unlawful

FT, here. 

Grab/Uber merger: CCCS Provisionally Finds that the Merger Has Substantially Lessened Competition, Proposes Directions to Restore Market Contestability and to Impose Financial Penalties

CCCS, here.
PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON POSSIBLE REMEDIES TO ADDRESS POTENTIAL COMPETITION CONCERNS ARISING FROM GRAB/UBER MERGER here.

ANTITRUST IMPLICATIONS OF LABOR PLATFORMS

M. Steinbaum, Podcast here (while you're lying on the beach, you know).

Facebook fan pages and EU data protection law

L. Woods, here. 

Claudette meets GDPR

Study Report, Funded by The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), here.
See also TechCrunch, here.

When copyright goes wrong

R. Corrigan, here. 

Formal comments of the EDPS on a Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on copyright in the Digital Single Market

EDPS, here. 

Publication des statistiques agrégées sur le fonctionnement des algorithmes de recommandation, classement ou référencement de contenu

 Assemblée Nationale, ici.

Design et Attention : perspectives critiques

InternetActu, ici.

Control, Alt or Delete? The future of consumer data

Which?, here.

Consumer data in online markets

Oxera for Which?, here.

Modernising consumer markets: Consumer Green Paper

UK Gov, here (IMI: I missed it 😊).

Forscher: Android-Apps schicken Screenshots und Videos an Drittfirmen

Heise.de, hier. 

Government welcomes Lords AI report, vaunts industrial strategy

ComputerWeekly, here. 

Monopolkommission verteidigt Versandapotheken

FAZ, hier. 

Ohio v. Amex, Supply Chain Fairness, and the Inadequacy of Antitrust’s Consumer Welfare Standard

R. Woodcock, here. 

Facebook confirms that it’s acquiring Bloomsbury AI

TechCrunch, here. 

Data Ownership, Regulation, and Blockchain Dominate Platform Markets

G. Parker, M. Van Alstyne, P. Evans, here. 

COMPETITION WITHOUT COMPETITORS? A RESEARCH AGENDA FOR BIG TECH

N. Petit, Presentation here. 

Algorithms, Machine Learning, and Collusion

U. Schwalbe, here. 

Global Market Power

J. De Loecker, J. Eeckhout, here. 

Legal row between retailers and card processors faces fresh delay

FT, here. 

The Supreme Court just quietly gutted antitrust law

L. Khan, here.

Android Fine May Come in Mid-July as EU Dances Around Trump Trip

Bloomberg, here.

The Regulatory Compass: Towards a purpose-driven approach to financial regulation’

The Finance Innovation Lab, here.

UBS testet digitale Assistenten in der Vermögensverwaltung

FAZ, hier.

FCA welcomes firms working on crypto-assets to latest sandbox cohort

FinExtra, here. 

Report on the impact of Fintech on incumbent credit institutions' business models

EBA, here. 

Report on prudential risks and opportunities arising for institutions from FinTech

EBA, here. 

AT&T promised lower prices after Time Warner merger—it’s raising them instead

ArsTechnica, here.

Statement of FTC Chairman Joe Simons Regarding Federal Court Ruling in FTC v. AbbVie

FTC, here.
Ruling here.

Amazon Ran an die Pille

SZ, hier.

IPG Confirms $2.3 Billion Deal to Acquire Data Marketing Company Acxiom

AdWeek, here.

Stand und Entwicklung der Unternehmenskonzentration in Deutschland

Monopolkommission, hier.

Algorithmen und Kollusion

Monopolkommission, hier.

Big Business Keeps Winning at the Supreme Court

The Atlantic, here. 

Facebook Faces Broadened Federal Investigations Over Data and Privacy

NYTimes, here. 

The Paradox of Technological Déjà Vu

Digitopoly, here. 

La idea de misión

M. Mazzucato, aquì.

ÉCONOMIE AUGMENTÉE. NOUVELLES PERSPECTIVES.

Autorit de la concurrence, ici. 

Tech for TechLawyers: The Hardware

N. Brown, Video here. 

Jack Ma Embraces Blockchain for Ant But Warns of Bitcoin Bubble

Bloomberg, here. 

Festrede Andreas Mundt zur 53. Theodor Heuss Preisverleihung

Hier. 

Platforms and personal data processing : the potential for achieving systemic transparency

P.-O. Dehaye, I. Hahn, G. Jargalsaikhan, here.  J

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The state of the Internet in France

Arcep, here. 

Políticas de competencia para una economía digital: el marco regulatorio e institucional y el contexto internacional

G. Núñez, J. De Furquim, M. Pereira, here. 

A Nobel-winning economist’s guide to taming tech monopolies

Quartz, here. 

CMA launches enforcement action against hotel booking sites

CMA, here. 

Data in the payments industry

PSR, Discussion paper, here. 

How the Disney-Fox Deal Got DOJ’s Greenlight Quicker Than Expected

Variety, here. 

With Amex Ruling, Modern IO Theory Makes Important Inroads with SCOTUS

R. Picker, here. 

The future of banking is open

PWC, ODI, here. 

Big tech companies are looking at Hollywood as the next stage in their play for the cloud

TechCrunch, here. 

The seven-year legal fight between Apple and Samsung over smartphone patents has ended with a whimper

NYTimes, here.