Monday, March 27, 2017

Commission clears merger between Dow and DuPont, subject to conditions

Press Release, here

Winner-Take-All Digital Platforms / Big Data and Competition

Stigler Center, 28 March 2017, 3.30 pm Trento Time, live streamed, links here

The online advertising market in the EU

European Audiovisual Observatory, here

Conduct in the modelling sector

CMA, Case CE/9859-14, Decision here

Booking.com suspected of cartel activity in GVH probe

BBJ, here

Defining 'Big Data' in Antitrust

X. Boutin, G. Clemens, here.



What giants?" Asked Sancho Panza.
"The ones you can see over there," answered his master, "with the huge arms, some of which are very nearly two leagues long."
"Now look, your grace," said Sancho, "what you see over there aren't giants, but windmills, and what seems to be arms are just their sails, that go around in the wind and turn the millstone."
"Obviously," replied Don Quijote, "you don't know much about adventures.

Elon Musk’s Billion-Dollar Crusade To Stop The A.I. Apocalypse

VanityFair, here

BT to be fined £42m for breaching contracts with telecoms providers

OFcom, here

Whither Antitrust Enforcement in the Trump Administration?

S. Salop, C. Shapiro, here

Friday, March 24, 2017