The EU fining Google over Android is too little, too late, say experts

The Guardian, here.

Microsoft-GitHub Deal Poses New ‘Data Eavesdropping’ Questions

Bloomberg, here and here. 

EC’s Android Suit: the Stupidest Antitrust Suit of All Time?

Tech Freedom, here.

Google Shrugs Off EU Fine; Damage to Hinge on Rivals' Next Moves

Bloomberg, here.

Europe is right to stand up to Google’s power

FT, here.

Oversight of the FTC

Energy and Commerce Committee, here.

FTC Chair Says Commission ‘Very Interested’ in EU's Google Fine

Bloomberg, here.

The Android decision is out: the exciting legal stuff beneath the noise

Chilling Competition, here.

The EU’s Google Android antitrust decision falls prey to the nirvana fallacy

G. Manne, here.

Android: Error 404 “Theory Not Found”

Baker McKenzie, here.

Android has created more choice, not less

Google, here.

Why the Commission’s Google Android decision harms competition and stifles innovation

D. Auer, here.

Commission fines Google €4.34 billion for illegal practices regarding Android mobile devices to strengthen dominance of Google's search engine

EC, Press Release, here. See also Commissioner Vestager’s Statement here.

EU Competition Commissioner Vestager: Press Conference on the Android Decision

Video here.

Global regulators start monitoring crypto assets

Reuters, here.
FSB's Report here.

Why millennials are driving cashless revolution in China

FT, here. 

Why a US v. Google-Android Antitrust Case Is Stronger than US v. Microsoft

S. Cleland, here. 

Die nächste Milliardengeldbuße für Google steht bevor

FAZ, hier. 

DoubleClick in sights of ACCC for abusing market position

The Australian, here. 

Winners & Losers in the Digital Age: Kara Swisher on data privacy, data deals and mobile addiction

Video here. 

RISE OF THE API COPYRIGHT DEAD?: AN UPDATED EPITAPH FOR COPYRIGHT PROTECTION OF NETWORK AND FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE

P. Menell, here. 

Google should give away a free Home smart speaker to every US household, Morgan Stanley suggests

CNBC, here. 

OHIO V. AMERICAN EXPRESS: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY

J. Newman, here. 

Why Android is Google’s Trojan horse.

T. Vinje, here. 

Rapprochements à l'achat dans le secteur de la grande distribution à dominante alimentaire: L'Autorité de la concurrence renforce ses investigations et ouvre des enquêtes

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

EU consumer rules: The European Commission and EU consumer authorities push Airbnb to comply

EC, here. 

Vestager’s misguided Google crusade

Politico.eu, here. 

Regulatory Challenges in Digital Markets: Trust Online

BCCP 2018 Conference, videos here. 

Competition issues in the Area of Financial Technology (FinTech)

EP, Study requested by the ECON committee, here. 

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.