WHERE DO VERTICALLY INTEGRATED DIGITAL PLATFORMS END?

ABA Antitrust Virtual Meeting, Video here.

(Covid-19, data protection and competition at 45:15 - you're welcome).

Scores of coronavirus vaccines are in competition — how will scientists choose the best?

Nature, here. 

Sabre : Issues Statement on its Merger Agreement with Farelogix

MarketScreener, here. 

BGH setzt dem Urhe­ber­recht neue Grenzen

LTO, hier.

Launch of public consultation of sector inquiry into Fintech

Hellenic Competition Authority, here. 

Relazione tecnico-giuridica sui profili connessi all’eventuale adozione di una soluzione di contact tracing per il contrasto al COVID-19

Sottogruppo di lavoro “Profili giuridici della gestione dei dati connessa all’emergenza”, qui. 

An Empirical Analysis of Privacy in the Lightning Network

G. Kappos et al., here. 

Metall auf Metall: BGH bleibt im Sampling-Streit auf EuGH-Linie

Heise, hier. 

The New Gatekeepers: Private Firms as Public Enforcers

R. Van Loo, here. 

Parere sulla proposta normativa per la previsione di una applicazione volta al tracciamento dei contagi da COVID-19

Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, qui. 

Exposing the Public Interest Dimension of the Digital Single Market: Public Undertakings as a Model for Regulating Data Sharing

H. Richter, here. 

Carrying [Giovanni's] torch in times of darkness

EDPS, here. 

Precio máximo para la prestación básica funeraria y la congelación de precio

ACCO, aquì.

GOOGLE AND MICROSOFT CHASE AFTER ZOOM WITH NEW FEATURES AND FREE SERVICES

The Verge, here. 

Analyzing one decade of blockchain litigation

T. Schrepel, here. 

The Coronavirus and the Future of Big Tech

NewYorker with @Vestager, here. 

10 ways of thinking about crisis resilience

Heinrich Böll Stiftung,  hier.

Reversing Turing

B. Frischmann, E. Selinger, here. 

Efectos de la fijación de un precio máximo

ACCO, aquì. 

Coronavirus: Implications For The EU [What Think Tanks Are Thinking]

EPRS Strategy, here. 

Datentreuhandmodelle: Themenpapier

A. Blankertz, hier. 

How a handful of Apple and Google employees came together to help health officials trace coronavirus

CNBC, here. 

May the Fourth Be With Disney (Terms and Conditions Apply)

NYTimes, here. 

Regierung will im Gesundheitssektor mehr Firmenbeteiligungen prüfen

Reuters, hier. 

The first EU Competition 's comfort letter (post-Regulation 1/2003)

Re Medicines for Europe, here. 

Deliveroo cuts ~15% of staff as coronavirus challenges food delivery

TechCrunch, here. 

Social Distancing, Internet Access and Inequality

L. Chiou, C. Tucker, here. 

The whole idea of global value chains will be reconsidered after coronavirus

The Conversation, here. 

Investors Bet Giant Companies Will Dominate After Crisis

NYTimes, here. 

The Anti-Amazon Alliance

Stratechery, here. 

Merger Breakups

M. Patel, here. 

GOP Sen. Hawley asks DOJ to open a criminal investigation into Amazon

CNBC, here. 

On the possible ex ante regulation of online platforms (I): lessons from the EU telecoms regime

Chillin'Competition, here. 

How the Tension Between Big Business and Antitrust Will Reshape Post-Covid America

M. Stoller, here. 

Supreme Court Says States Cannot Copyright Official Code Annotations

EPIC, here. 

The ethics of artificial intelligence: Issues and initiatives

Study for the EP, here. 

HHS Finalizes Historic Rules to Provide Patients More Control of Their Health Data

Here. 

Chinese company CRRC can acquire Vossloh’s shunter division

Bundeskartellamt, here. 

BIG DATA AS AN ANTITRUST ISSUE

ABA, with Andreas Mundt et al., here (at 00:19:12);
-- Mundt: German essential facilities doctrine's restyling at 00:38:39 (the Scandlines saga escalated to the Federal Supreme Court, see here);
--Swire: data sharing defined as "wholesale portability" 00:43:25; HHS interoperability here.

Common Issues Relating to the Digital Economy and Competition

IDCTF, here. 

Avis sur le développement de l'application StopCOVID

Conseil national du numérique, ici. 

BIG TECH: TOO BIG TO BREAK UP?

ABA Virtual Spring Meeting, here.

Kovacic
- "all of the remedies have side effects" 0:16:33
- lots of hybrids and blurred boundaries between structural and behavioural remedies 0:17:22 -
- in praise of the UK market investigation regime (heard already from @Vestager)
- "market power by itself" (55:36) - or going back to the roots, if I may add.
- humbling: in some instances, you don't know what the effects of the case and remedies are going to be for many years to come (decades!) (1:05:30) "I'm not sure and I'm not sure when" (1:06);
- Judge Jackson (Microsoft case) on remedies: 1 morning (1:10:02);
- "We suffered from a badly cramped and distorted debate about what consumer welfare means" (1:20:27) ;


Banasevic (*interesting*question, he repeats)
- in some instances, "the harm can materialize in such a way that there is no way back once the harm has reached a certain point" (36:50)
- not a fan of the attention market concept (50:00)
- burden of proof or standard of proof, this is the question (51:00) - academic perfection ain't the goal
- The US at times goes further than the EU (examples: Intel, Qualcomm) (1:13: 50)
- complementary regulatory agenda"- "systemic or structural issues...beyond the realm of individual, case by case antitrust enforcement" (1:14:30) -  his Commissioner sounded slightly more resolute and engaged, if I may ;-), here (1:00:48);

- "...days, weeks, and months" (1:15:26) - not YEARS, hopefully @EU_Competition;

- mentioning a "thread" from Microsoft to Google re remedies (1:17:10) - or is it more of a pernicious form of "path dependency"?
- ongoing Amazon case: "the data advantage that Amazon Retail has compared to rivals to compete on Amazon Marketplace is an example perhaps of the issue that given the greater importance of data might be more prevalent in platform markets in the future...Linked to that is artificial intelligence." *Interesting" would be to call AI a buzzword.

Ohlhausen
- "doing better than the other guy is now suspect" (54:19); "companies that looked unassailable at one point have fallen off from that pinnacle" (1.19:25), etc.: The strange case of the US antitrust regime.

ENFORCERS ROUNDTABLE

ABA Spring Meeting, here. 

MERGER ANALYSIS GONE DIGITAL: TIME TO REBOOT?

Our Curious Amalgam Podcast, here.

- Illumina/PacBio mentioned by Shapiro, here (CMA's file here);
- Carl Shapiro combining an ex ante regulatory approach with a stricter M&A regime (59:26) - the latter not at all pandemic related, in case you were wondering;
- Results from FTC Issues 6(b) Orders (here), soon. 

Google Ads by Adlc in English

Here. 

Covid-19 has blown apart the myth of Silicon Valley innovation

MIT Technology Review, here.

Embedded supervision: How to regulate Libra 2.0 and the token economy

R. Auer, here.

Avis sur un projet d’application mobile dénommée « StopCovid

CNIL, ici. 

Apple and Google update joint coronavirus tracing tech to improve user privacy and developer flexibility

TechCrunch, here. 

Congress Can Move Now to Stop Amazon’s Cloning Factory. Here’s How

H. Singer, here. 

A tiny selection of things it might be interesting to be part of, all CET (tbc)

Monday 4

14:00  MEPs to quiz Margrethe Vestager on the EU’s response to the pandemic, here.

Wednesday 6 
13:00 Ascola UK, Angus McCulloch, The 'public' wrong of cartels and the Article 101 TFEU 'object box'; you need to register here.
18:15 GAFA, 5G : Peut-on faire du numérique un bien commun ?, avec Sébastien Soriano, s'inscrire ici. 

Thursday 7 
13:00  Thriving: the role of culture in defining and advancing well-being, here. 

15:00  Virtual IO Seminar is Michael Kummer (University of East Anglia). He will present his paper "GDPR and the Lost Generation of Innovative Apps", joint work with Rebecca Janssen, Reinhold Kesler, and Joel Waldfogel, register here. 

Friday 8
Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Changed the Way We Should Think About Antitrust Law? here.

Saturday 9 
9:30 ASCOLA-India e-colloquium on "The Future of Hub-and-Spoke Cartels in India", to participate drop a line at vikaskathuria@gmail.com

Comunicazione sugli accordi di cooperazione e l’emergenza COVID-19

AGCM, qui. 

Here are the innovations we need to reopen the economy

B. Gates, here.

My almost daily dose of Margrethe's meditations (so important in times like these IMHO)

Madame de Vestager, une femme des Lumières en ces temps sombres.




👈

Contact tracing and tech

Very informative Webinar organized by Renew Europe, Here.

👈 Google.

Deliveroo and Just Eat deals show politics rules trustbuster

FT, here.

Amazon Scooped Up Data From Its Own Sellers to Launch Competing Products

WSJ, here. 

Competition Overdose

Ariel Ezrachi and Maurice Stucke present and discuss their new book, video here. 

Shock-proof: Building Resilient Systems in the 21st Century

Open Markets, NAEC OMI Roundtable live here NOW.

China's digital currency pilots pick up pace

Finextra, here. 

Will Libra Live Up To Its Initial Ambitions?

Binance Research, here. 

Nous devons rester maîtres de la politique sanitaire de l’Europe et de la France

LaCroix, ici. 

L'app Immuni cambia. Seguirà il modello decentralizzato di Apple e Google

Ilsole24ore, qui. 

The antitrust case against the Apple App Store

D. Geradin, D. Katsifis, here. 

CMA gives Just Eat and Takeaway.com deal the green light

CMA, here. 

„Tödlich für die Akzeptanz“ – Spahn entscheidet sich für umstrittenes Corona-App-Modell

Handelsblatt, hier. 

Facebook and Jio deal creates huge lake of Indian data

FT, here. 

Covid-19 is resetting the way we talk about the economy

W. Carlin, here. 

Time-limited availability of our modest contribution to the blockchain/antitrust discussion

Rob and I, here.

#pandemicantitrust: Dawn raids in the food sector

Hellenic Competition Commission, here. 

Pune’s mobile App Saiyam tracks Home Quarantined Citizens

India Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, here. 

Pourquoi Facebook investit 7,5 milliards de dollars en Inde

Le Monde, ici. 

Digital sovereignty in the age of pandemics

Live(ly) debate with Margrethe Vestager et al., 24/04/2020 - 14:00 to 15:00, live streaming here. 

Price-gouging suit filed against Amazon on behalf of California consumers

Here. 

Commission approves the merger of Mylan and Pfizer's Upjohn division, subject to conditions

EC, here. 

Feds Seize PPE Using Unlitigated Hoarding Statute

E. Tyler, here. 

Facebook invests $5.7B in India’s Reliance Jio Platforms

TechCrunch, here. 

Price regulation in times of crisis can be tricky

M. Motta, here. 

Coronavirus: Commission launches data sharing platform for researchers

EC, here.

Decisione FISE: inottemperanza agli impegni

AGCM, qui. 

Stopp Corona-App des Österreichischen Roten Kreuzes: Bericht über die Datenschutz-Folgenabschätzung für die Anwendung

Hier. 

Summary of CMA’s position on mergers involving ‘failing firms

CMA, here. 

First fuctioning European "Corona App" reviewed by noyb, epicenter.works and BSA Research

noyb, here. 

Setzt die Corona-App aus der Schweiz europaweit Standards?

Republik.ch, hier. 

First #AntitrustTeaBreak: password needed by default (?) 👇

Here.

@wavesblog is inviting you to the first (and last?) #AntitrustTeaBreak discussing blockchain, Libra and antitrust with Thibault Schrepel

As I wrote to Thibault:
"Hi! Thank you again, looking forward to our chat tomorrow [...] I would like us to discuss the *topic* of your paper and, of course, your perspective on it - as well as to investigate parallel perspectives, why not? -It’s really early days and curious to understand also how it could evolve. Perhaps I could get us started by briefly making a couple of general observations to which you could react and then everyone could jump in (by raising their hands) - to which you could react first but also others could have something to say...Too chaotic? Any suggestions? Thank you!"

Thibault agreed - settled.

Topic: #AntitrustTeaBreak
Time: Apr 23, 2020 05:00 PM CET

Door opens at 16.55 and closes at 17.05 (chi c'è, c'è) 

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/92793480270?pwd=dnhyNEI2ZWVqaTdVZVVmMFFub2pqUT09

Meeting ID: 927 9348 0270
Password: 003340

I don't expect it to be an issue AT ALL (also due to the reading pledge=barrier to entry), but I've a basic Zoom account (100 max).

Epic Games launches Fortnite on the Google Play Store and they’re not happy about it

TechCrunch, here. 

Privacy and Security Risk Evaluation of Digital Proximity Tracing Systems

The DP-3T Project, here. 

US Senator to Sundar and Tim

Here.

(Not much on the EU decentralized/centralized discussion in the letter) 

Guidelines 03/2020 on the processing of data concerning health for the purpose of scientific research in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak

EDPB, here. 

DNBulletin: Digital currency issued by central banks can protect public interests in payment systems

Here. 

Developing International Perspectives on Digital Competition Policy

S. Ennis, A. Fletcher, here. 

Mind the app - considerations on the ethical risks of COVID-19 apps

L. Floridi, here. 

France urges Apple and Google to ease privacy rules on contact tracing

The Guardian, here. 

La última víctima británica de la crisis es la política antitrust contra Amazon

CincoDías, aquí.

OS neutrality and Contact tracing apps: unfolding

Here.

Zorgverzekeraars mogen gezamenlijk zorgaanbieders financieel steunen tijdens coronacrisis

ACM, hier. 

Studenten protesteren tegen tentamensoftware die beelden van hun huiskamer opslaat

IusMentis, hier. 

A data trust for Covid-19 tracking data?

Policy Options, here. 

Machine learning could check if you’re social distancing properly at work

MIT Technology Review, here. 

AmerisourceBergen Corporation Business Review Request Pursuant to COVID-19 Expedited Procedure

DOJ, here. 

Amazon-owned Whole Foods is quietly tracking its employees with a heat map tool that ranks which stores are most at risk of unionizing

Business Insider, here.

Promote Tradition of Separating Banking and Commerce Regarding Dominant Platforms

AFR, here. 

Facebook just released its coronavirus symptom tracking map

CNBC, here. 

Scientists and researchers from across the globe: Joint Statement on Contact Tracing

Here. 

Amazons neue Systemrelevanz wird für Deutschland gefährlich

Welt, hier. 

Toward Trustworthy AI Development: Mechanisms for Supporting Verifiable Claims

M. Brundage et al., here. 

LIABILITY FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND OTHER EMERGING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

 Expert Group on Liability and New Technologies, here. 

CONVERGENCE OF BLOCKCHAIN, AI AND IOT

THE EUROPEAN UNION BLOCKCHAIN OBSERVATORY & FORUM, here.  

COMPLEXITY AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH IN THE EMERGING DIGITAL WORLD

H. Benbya et al., here. 

Exit through the App Store?

Ada Lovelace Institute, here. 

Will Covid-19 set the stage for new mergers in the digital world? Time for antitrust authorities to lend special attention to the role of data.

M. Schäfer, here. 

Facebook and Google to face mandatory code of conduct to 'level playing field' with traditional news media

ABC, here. 

Facebook and Google to be forced to share advertising revenue with Australian media companies

The Guardian, here. 

Life in the era of COVID-19

N. Modi, here. 

Apple and Google joint initiative on COVID-19 contact tracing technology

ICO, here. 

SALVIAMO I DATI ECONOMICI DAL COVID-19

Banca d'Italia, qui. 

Privacy-Protective Contact Tracing Depends on More Than an API

PublicKnowledge, here. 

Vestager: It’s not a choice between fighting the virus and protecting privacy

Euractiv, here. 

Facebook ändert Pläne für Libra

FAZ, hier. 

A Post-COVID-19 Digital Bretton Woods

R. Medhora, T. Owen, here. 

CMA provisionally clears Amazon’s investment in Deliveroo

CMA, here. Decision here. 

Lecturers condemn Durham University's plan to shift degrees online

The Guardian, here. 

Widerstandsfähiger durch mehr Technik!

Digitec, Podcast hier.

An Investigation Into PEPP-PT

N. Kobeissi, here. 

Ola opens its tech platform to Indian government to combat coronavirus crisis #BigTrackTech

TechCrunch, here. 

Les réseaux comme bien commun

S. Soriano, ici. 

Immuni: Ordinanza relativa alla stipula del contratto

Qui.

Guidance on Apps supporting the fight against COVID 19 pandemic in relation to data protection

EC, here. 

Principles for Technology-Assisted Contact-Tracing

ACLU, here. 

National Artificial Intelligence Strategies and Human Rights: A Review

Global Partners Digital, here. 

Antitrust Remedies and Dynamic Industries

P. Weiser, Zoom recording here (pw T4?!?=#c ) 

Facebook-Backed Libra Cryptocurrency Project Is Scaled Back

NYTimes, hier.
libra White Paper • v2.0 • From the Libra Association Members, here. 

COMMISSION CRACKS DOWN ON EXCESSIVE PRICING

CC, here. 

Institutional Design Issues and Policy Challenges

M. Berry, here (home made pdf here). 

Innovation Considerations in Horizontal Merger Control

I. Kokkoris, T. Valletti, here. 

Our Beloved EU Queen: "I think that it is very, very important that we're vigilant"

Bloomberg, here. 

Mobile applications to support contact tracing in the EU’s fight against COVID-19

EU eHealth Network, here. 

The Impact of Unfair Commercial Practices on Competition in the EU Passenger Transport Sector, in particular Air Transport

Study for the EP, here. 

Berliner Datenschutzaufsicht: Stellungnahme und Checkliste zum Datenschutz bei Videokonferenzen

Reuschlaw, hier. 

Ordoliberalism 2.0: Towards a New Regulatory Policy for the Information Age

M. Wörsdörfer, here.

(I actually forgot how viscerally ordoliberal I'm) ⇒ the 4th Chapter is so refreshing.

AI Breakfasts: Covid-19 - Myths and realities of tracking applications

Now, here. 

First #AntitrustTeaBreak

Thibault's paper here.
Zoom's invite here.

🦠 digcomp silver linings

Interoperability between OSs           ✅

Android forking issues                     ✅

Murky Amazon's dual role               ✅ (F)

App stores' regulatory oversight      ✅

When Google and Apple get privacy right, is there still something wrong?

T. Sharon, here. 

DATENTEILUNG & DATENZUGANG – WELCHE LÖSUNGEN BRAUCHEN WIR?

DatenDialog mit Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, am 16. April 2020 von 16:00 - 17:00 Uhr, hier. 

GSK and Sanofi join forces to work on coronavirus vaccine

The Guardian, here. 

Apple & Google Partner to Promote Coronavirus Contact Tracing. Should You be Worried?

The Radical AI Podcast, here (from 4:25).
The quoted "Long tail of contact tracing" here. 

Will the Pandemic Usher in an Era of Mass Surveillance in Higher Education?

Chronicle, here. 

THE STATE OF ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT AND COMPETITION POLICY IN THE U.S.

AAI, here. 

Letter concerning the European Commission's draft Guidance on apps supporting the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic

EDPB, here. 

Proceeding against Sky and DAZN discontinued – Award procedure relating to Champions League broadcasting rights

Corona Dump "Valley of Ashes" (Great Gatsby)

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

JOINT ANTITRUST STATEMENT REGARDING COVID-19 AND COMPETITION IN LABOR MARKETS

FTC, DOJ, here. 

Europe Must Take Urgent Copyright Law Action To Support Distance Learning & Research During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Liber, here. 

Amazon condamné à ne plus livrer que les produits alimentaires, médicaux et d’hygiène

Le Parisien, ici. 

Grubhub, DoorDash, Postmates, Uber Eats are sued over restaurant prices amid pandemic

Reuters, here. 

Wie weit dürfen Wettbewerber in der Krise kooperieren? – Kartellamtschef warnt vor Preisabsprachen

Handelsblatt, hier.

Will Google’s and Apple’s COVID Tracking Plan Protect Privacy?

J. Angwin, here. 

Payment aspects of financial inclusion in the fintech era

BIS, World Bank Group, here. 

Web of Things ist offizieller W3C-Standard

Heise.de, hier. 

Datenschutz-Folgenabschätzung für die Corona-App

FIfF, hier. 

Libra: A Concentrate of "Blockchain Antitrust"

T. Schrepel, here. 

There will be no 'back to normal'

Nesta, here. 

A letter to Prime Minister Rutte & Co on COVID-19 tracking- and tracing app and healt happ

Here. 

Give more data, awareness and control to individual citizens, and they will help COVID-19 containment

M. Nanni et al., here. 

U.S. v. Sabre Decision Is Wrong About Platform Markets

Public Knowledge, here. 

#AntitrustTeaBreak coming on Zoom (Zum Zum Zum) - soon!

Zum Zum Zum

Commission Statement on consulting Member States on proposal to further expand State aid Temporary Framework to recapitalisation measures

EC, here. 

Videokonferenzen und Datenschutz

GDD-Praxishilfe, hier. 

Platform Regulation Done Right

EDRi, here. 

CMA blocks airline booking merger

CMA, here. 

Droits voisins : l’Autorité fait droit aux demandes de mesures conservatoires présentées par les éditeurs de presse et l’AFP

Autorité de la concurrence, ici.
Décision ici. 

New app collects the sounds of COVID-19

University of Cambridge, here. 

Robin Klein: Don’t bail out the startups

Sifted, here. 

How to fight COVID-19 with machine learning

Towards data science, here. 

The Pandemic Feeds Tech Companies’ Power

NYTimes, here.

Competition during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic

ICN, here. 

Answering 8 Privacy Questions About SafeTrace

Enigma, here. 

Privacy Cannot Be a Casualty of the Coronavirus

NYTimes Editorial Board, here. 

In many ways, we [in the US] have the worst of all possible worlds

S. Waller, here. 

Uso delle nuove tecnologie e della rete per contrastare l'emergenza epidemiologica da Coronavirus

Garante per la protezione dei dati personali , qui. 

Europäische Corona-Warn-App soll in zehn Tagen fertig sein

Der Spiegel, hier. 

Coronavirus and the Future of Surveillance

Foreign Affairs, here. 

THE VACCINE RACE IN THE 21ST CENTURY

A. Santos Rutschman, here. 

Corona-Datenspende App: Datenschutzrechtliche Bedenken

EP Mitglied, hier.

Bank of England Discussion Paper on Central Bank Digital Currency

Bank of England, Webinar video here. 

Alipay offers boost to Covid-19-hit Wuhan merchants

FinExtra, here. 

Comment penser l’alternative au capitalisme de plateforme dans une logique de réencastrement polanyien ?

L. Aufrère et al. ici. 

Generic drugmakers win EU okay to cooperate in coronavirus fight

Reuters, here. 

Fair data economy standardisation is proceeding

Sitra, here. 

Intellectual Property Justification for Artificial Intelligence

R. Hilty, J. Hoffmann, S. Scheuerer, here. 

Lax Antitrust Enforcement Has Made America’s Medical Supply Shortages So Much Worse

Slate, here. 

Competition and Risk

D. Bloomfield, here. 

How Tech’s Lobbyists Are Using the Pandemic to Make Gains

NYTimes, here. 

Open letter asking 37 WTO Members to declare themselves eligible to import medicines manufactured under compulsory license in another country, under 31bis of TRIPS Agreement

KEIOnline, here. 

Sabre wins court fight with Justice Dept over Farelogix acquisition

Reuters, here.
Decision here.

ABA Antitrust: Virtual Spring Meeting 💗

Here. 

Commission Recommendation on a common Union toolbox for the use of technology and data to combat and exit from the COVID-19 crisis

EC, here. 

Guidance on allowing limited cooperation among businesses during the coronavirus outbreak

EC, here.
The comfort letter's blessed recipient, here. 

Responses to the CMA interim report

Here. 

Antitrust review at the FTC: staying the course during uncertain times

FTC, here. 

Patents Cannot Impede Canada’s Response to COVID-19 Crisis

CIGI, here. 

10 requirements for the evaluation of "Contact Tracing" apps

CCC, here. 

How Dutch activists got an invasive fraud detection algorithm banned

AlgorithmWatch, here. 

Gurry COVID Letter

Here. 

LEAK: EU in push for digital transformation after COVID-19 crisis

Euractiv, here. 

Here are the side projects fintechs are launching to ease strain of coronavirus

Altfi, here. 

La libre competencia y la peste

F. Irarrázabal, here. 

COVID-19 – implications for consumers and BEUC recommendations for policy responses

BEUC, here. 

EU Digital Solidarity: a call for a pan-European approach against the pandemic

EDPS, Video here. 

EU focuses antitrust probe on Facebook’s online classifieds service

FT, here. 

South Africa: TRIBUNAL DIRECTIVE FOR COVID-19 EXCESSIVE PRICING COMPLAINT REFERRALS

Here.

If we don’t protect small businesses during and after the pandemic, corporate America will swallow them whole

Business Insider, here. 

POWER: Trust and Distrust

E. Fox, here. 

Feds ramp up probe of $2.1B Google-Fitbit deal amid privacy worries

New York Post, here. 

Business Review Letter Under Expedited Procedure for COVID-19 Pandemic Response

DOJ, here.

EU competition law – market definition notice (evaluation): Valuation and Fitness Check Roadmap

EC, here. 

Was kann die geplante Corona-App?

LTO, hier. 

Bonnes pratiques pour les initiatives tech contre le COVID19

Conseil national du numérique, ici.

Hilfe…ist „Zoom“ etwa eine Datenschleuder?

Datenschutz Guru, hier. 

Covid-19: What has Open Banking (ever) Done for "Us"?

Here. 

Amazon Pushes Into Making Video Games, Not Just Streaming Their Play

NYTimes, here. 

Evaluating COVID-19 contact tracing apps? Here are 8 privacy questions we think you should ask.

Computational Privacy Group, here. 

Re-Engineering Humanity in the 21st Century

B. Frischmann, TEDx here. 

Covid-19 Changed How the World Does Science, Together

NYTimes, here. 

The GDPR from a different perspective

M. Gal & O. Aviv, Zoom recording here.

Paper here.

Apple Lets Some Video Apps Sell Shows Without Taking 30% Cut

Bloomberg, here. 

Data and Competition: a General Framework with Applications to Mergers, Market Structure, and Privacy Policy

A. de Cornière, G. Taylor, here.
And at 3 pm Trento Time on Zoom, here.

The Doctrine of Exhaustion in Limbo - Critical Remarks on the CJEU’s Tom Kabinet Ruling

P. Mezei, here. 

Mergers in the Digital Economy

A. Gautier, J. Lamesch, here. 

From Principles to Practice>An interdisciplinary framework to operationalise AI ethics

AIEI Group, here. 

Aus der Krise lernen: Digitale Zivilgesellschaft stärken!

Dgitalezivilgesellschaft.org, hier. 

DPA guidance on COVID-19

iapp, here. 

EU Antitrust Watchdogs Quiz Daimler, Others on Failed Nokia Fee Talks

NYTimes, here.

Apple buys weather app Dark Sky

BBC, here. 

Can Competition Save Lives? The Intersection of COVID-19, Ventilators, and Antitrust Enforcement

AAI, here. 

Restrictions Are Slowing Coronavirus Infections, New Data Suggest

NYTimes, here. 

The Law of Informational Capitalism

A. Kapczynski, here. 

Data To Go: An FTC Workshop on Data Portability

FTC, here (hopefully on Zoom as alternative venue)

Der Handel sucht die Rettung auf Online-Plattformen

FAZ, hier. 

Tim Wu's THE CURSE OF BIGNESS reviewed by Lina Khan

Here. 

Medtronic Shares Ventilation Design Specifications to Accelerate Efforts to Increase Global Ventilator Production

Medtronic, here.
Permissive license here. 

Ventilator Maker’s 2012 Merger Spurs Query From FTC Official (1)

Bloomberg Law, here. 

New York Attorney General Looks Into Zoom’s Privacy Practices

NYTimes, here.

Mylan/Upjohn: Commitments submitted

Competition by Design, Compliance by Design oder Antitrust by Design?

S. Louven, hier. 

Data collaboratives and the COVID-19 pandemic: an interview with Alberto Alemanno

EuroConsumers, here. 

Access to In-Vehicle Data by Third-Party Service Providers: Is there a Market Failure and, if so, How Should it be Addressed?

D. Geradin, here. 

The Competitive Effects of the GDPR

M. Gal, O. Aviv, here. 

Zoom Faces Class Action Lawsuit for Sharing Data with Facebook

Vice, here. 

Hansel and Gretel and the Virus: Privacy Conscious Contact Tracing

J.-H., Hoepman, here. 

Economic Competition in a Time of Crisis

F. Scott Morton, here. 

Financial Operating Systems

Zetzsche et al., here. 

On the scope and limits of antitrust when it comes to policing dominant tech platforms.

H. Singer, Here. 

Competition Law in Isolation Series

Startup Acquisitions, Error Costs, and Antitrust Policy

K. Bryan, E. Hovenkamp, here. 

The Race to the Bottom: What Competition Overdose Does to Our Wallets and Well-Being

M. Stucke, A. Ezrachi, here (two Bolsheviks?).

Neglected infectious diseases: are push and pull incentive mechanisms suitable for promoting drug development research?

F. Mueller-Langer, here. 

Selecting a data sharing structure: a value-based choice

S. Delacroix et al., here. 

Joint statement by the European Competition Network (ECN) on application of competition law during the Corona crisis

Here. 

EU Competition Law and COVID-19

F. Costa-Cabral et al., here. 

Competition Law as a Form of Social Regulation

I. Lianos, here. 

Antitrust rules and coronavirus

EC, here. 

The U.S. Tried to Build a New Fleet of Ventilators. The Mission Failed.

NYTimes, here. 

Joint Statement on the right to data protection in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Council of Europe, here. 

Bottomline/EPG: Final Report

CMA, here. 

Covid-19 and the comeback of compulsory licensing

Medicine Law & Policy, here. 

Global Innovation, Local Regulation: Navigating Competition Rules in the Digital Economy

C. Wilson, here. 

Google v. Oracle: What is the Case About?

Santa Clara University, Video here.

WHO is asked to create a voluntary intellectual property pool to develop Covid-19 products

StatNews, here. 

Review of the two Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations

EC, here. 

Roche releases recipe, after European Commission considers intervention due to lack of coronavirus tests

FTM.nl, here. 

Society as a Broadband Network

W. Davies, here. 

Plattformökonomie: neue Wettbewerbsregeln – Renaissance der Missbrauchsaufsicht

J. Haucap, hier. 

Data Portability: Initial Reflections on an Ex Ante Approach

S. Vezzoso (me!), here. Very tentative first draft (any feedback?).

Riprendiamoci i dati

Speciale TG1, qui. 

Fair dealing and online learning in the time of coronavirus in South Africa

IPKat, here. 

Stellungnahmen der Bundesländer, Fachkreise, Verbände und Unternehmen zum GWB-Digitalisierungsgesetz

Hier.

Open Data for SME finance

Bank of England, here. 

DPAs issue reports on data processing related to COVID-19

Iapp, here. 

The Man With 17,700 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer Just Donated Them

NYTimes, here. 

Coronavirus, l’ingegnere italiano che sfida le multinazionali per salvare la vita ai pazienti con le sue valvole in stampa 3

TPI.it, qui. 

Verily’s coronavirus screening website launches with very limited access

The Verge, here. 

Cade investigates Bayer and Monsanto for alleged anti-competitive conduct

CADE, aqui.

Apple, Tech Data et Ingram Micro sanctionnés

Autorité de la concurrence, ici.

Some 2000 thoughts on the abus de dépendence écononique (en italien), qui. 

Formal GDPR complaint against Google’s internal data free-for-all

Brave, here. 

Venture Capital and Antitrust

Stanford/DOJ, here. 

Sharing data to create value in the private sector

ODI, here. 

Defining Artificial Intelligence

JRC, here. 

LinkedIn Appeals Important CFAA Ruling Regarding Scraping Public Info Just As Concerns Raised About Clearview

TechDirt, here. 

Digital markets taskforce: terms of reference

UK Gov, here. 

How Google kneecapped Amazon’s smart TV efforts

Protocol, here. 

Ad Tech Inquiry: Issues Paper

ACCC, here. 

Key Elements and Functions of a New Digital Regulatory Agency

Public Knowledge, here. 

Competition in Digital Technology Markets: Examining Self-Preferencing by Digital Platforms

Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, here.

A Commons Approach to Smart City Data Governance

New America, here. 

AUSTRALIAN INFORMATION COMMISSIONER v FACEBOOK INC & ANOR

Complaint, here. 

The Economic Impact of Open Data

European Data Portal, here. 

Mark Lemley: Innovation in tech suffers when we focus on the “exit”

Recode Decode, here. 

Die Digitalisierung der Missbrauchsaufsicht durch das „GWB-Digitalisierungsgesetz“ im Spannungsfeld von moderater Anpassung und Überregulierung

T. Körber, hier. 

Digital platforms and antitrust. Should competition law be updated and how?

Today, 13:00, Video here.

Copyright lessons on Machine Learning: what impact on algorithmic art?

T. Chiou, here. 

Go read about a law school’s ridiculous battle over YouTube copyright strikes

The Verge, here. 

On balancing personal privacy with public interest

Iapp, here.

All happy families are alike: The EDPS’ bridges between competition and privacy

S. Vezzoso, here (second draft, sorry folks).

Minor changes and new entries such as Cristina Caffarra, Agustin Reyna, A European strategy for data, etc.

Anti-competitive practices in specific social and economic conditions

Hellenic Competition Commission, here.

Should Antitrust Laws Tackle Privacy Issues? DOJ and State AGs Continue Google Investigations in Response to Privacy Concerns

BakerHostetler, here. 

Antitrust: sanzione di 116 mln a TIM per aver ostacolato lo sviluppo della fibra

AGCM, qui.

Technology with purpose

M. Vestager, here. 

The Myth of the Privacy Paradox

D. Solove, here. 

WIE DIE EUROPÄISCHE UNION IM GLOBALEN WETTBEWERB BESTEHEN KANN

Gastbeitrag von A. Schwab auf D'Kart, hier. 

„Soll das staatliche Geldmonopol gesichert werden? Ja!“

Dezernat Zukunft, hier. 

Draft Competition (Amendment) Bill Proposes Extension of Protection to IPR Holders in Abuse of Dominance Cases

V. Kathuria, here. 

IP and Artificial Intelligence: More than 250 Submissions to WIPO Consultation

EU IP Desk, here. 

THE ROMANO-GERMANIC SYSTEM OF LIABILITY AND ITS FORMULAS APPLIED TO AN ANTITRUST TRIAL, REGARDING THE FACEBOOK CASE

M. Velandia, here. 

Banking landscape in the 21st century

S. Das, here. 

Die Industrie für digitale Werbung verletzt die Privatsphäre der Verbraucher

Digitale Gesellschaft, hier. 

Tech and democracy

Pew, here.

Google and health data – Fitbit acquisition: privacy, GDPR and competition concerns in the activity-tracking wearable technology sector

EP Question, here. 

Defeating Tech Giants With Open Protocols, Interoperability, And Shared Stewardship

TechDirt, here. 

Cybersecurity: Hacking victims are uncovering cyberattacks faster - and GDPR is the reason why

ZDNet, here. 

Tech-over: Mergers and merger policy in digital markets

E. Argentesi et al., here.

...en anglais: The Autorité de la concurrence’s contribution to the debate on competition policy and digital challenges

Adlc, ici. 

The Search for (Artificial) Intelligence, in Capitalism

F. Engster, P. Moore, here. 

Réinventer la régulation pour le numérique : Regards croisés législateur-régulateur

P. Forteza, S. Soriano, ici. 

Why fairness cannot be automated: Bridging the gap between EU non-discrimination law and AI

S. Wachter et al., here. 

Case Studies on Principles for a Data Economy

 ALI-ELI Project, here. 

Programmable Infrastructures

TU Delft, here. 

Data Protection in the Time of Coronavirus: Business As Usual?

Iapp, here. 

Designing an EU Intervention Standard for Digital Platforms

P. Alexiadis, A. de Streel, here.

(With Vodafone's financial support).

Google/Fitbit review: Privacy IS a competition issue

C. Caffarrra, T. Valletti, here. 

Soft power with a hard edge: harnessing the benefits of fast-moving markets

A. Tyre, here. 

Antitrust Conference in the Time of Coronavirus

Keeping the EU competitive in a green and digital world

M. Vestager, here. 

The crystal ball: implications for future competition policy and practice

CMA, Live stream today at 3.00PM Trento Time,  here.

My crystal ball at Ascola NYU 2018

My notes on the run:

Big Tech Acquisitions: Competition & Innovation Effects and EU Merger Control

M. Bourreau, A. de Streel, here. 

Verlening vergunning onder voorschriften voor concentratie Sanoma Learning B.V. en Iddink Holding B.V.

ACM, hier. 

The Brussels Effect— The EU’s Digital Strategy Goes Global

Covington, here. 

Stellungnahmen der Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht

 Zu den mit dem Referentenentwurf vorgeschlagenen Änderungen im Kapitel 2 „Bußgeldsachen“ im dritten Teil des GWB, hier; zu den Regeln des EU-Kartellrechts für horizontale Vereinbarungen, hier.

10.GWB-Novelle: Unternehmen mit überragender marktübergreifender Bedeutung für den Wettbewerb

Competition Cast, hier.

ACCC Goes After Fitbit Google Deal Full Investigation

ChannelNews, here. 

Brink’s fica proibida de realizar novas aquisições no mercado de transporte de valores por três anos

CADE, aqui.

Coronavirus, l’Autorità interviene nel settore della vendita di prodotti igienizzanti e di mascherine

AGCM, qui.
V. anche here. 

Première victoire en France devant la justice contre la reconnaissance faciale !

La Quadrature du Net, ici. 

Consumer Data Rights rollout now a full-blown crisis

New Economy, here. 

The Value of Data

 Bennett Institute for Public Policy & Open Data Institute, Report here; Accompanying Literature Review here. 

Le canadien Shopify rejoint l’association Libra

Cryptonaute, ici. 

Who's responsible for what you buy on Amazon? A court is about to decide

CNN, here. 

FIRST ANALYSIS OF THE EU WHITEPAPER ON AI

Allai, here. 

Artificial Intelligence [What Think Tanks Are Thinking]

EPRS, here. 

Data Ecosystems: Sovereign Data Exchange among Organizations

C. Cappiello et al., here. 

AI and Facial Recognition: Challenges and Opportunities

EDPS, here. 

PSD2: So geht es mit den Banking-Schnittstellen weiter

Heise.de, hier. 

It’s Now or Never for National Data Strategies

D. Coyle, here. 

Gutachten zu 5G-Patenten: "Nicht vorhersehbare" Risiken für Automobilindustrie

Heise.de, hier. 

Study on Blockchains: Legal, governance and interoperability aspects

EC, here. 

Trust and the competition delusion

N. Gruen, here. 

„Wir sind auf dem direkten Weg ins digitale Mittelalter“

Tagesspiegel, hier. 

Wir brauchen EU-Regeln für die Digitalisierung

A. Wambach, hier.

Competition Policy and Data Sharing on Data-driven Markets

J. Prüfer, here. 

A Maussian bargain: Accumulation by gift in the digital economy

M. fourcade, D. Kluttz, here. 

Failure to enforce the GDPR enables Google’s monopoly

Brave, here.

OECD Competition Open Day 2020

Videos here (in case you need to watch them on your treadmill).

Bundeskartellamt begrüßt die vom BMWi geplante Modernisierung des Kartellrechts

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

The economics of Business-to-Government data sharing

JRC, here. 

GAFAM: le Sénat défend le libre choix du consommateur

Challenges, ici. 

Contribution au débat sur la politique de concurrence et les enjeux numériques

Autorité de la concurrence, ici.

SELF "PREFERENCING" ALERT: Recht und Ökonomie

J. Haucap, O. Budzinski, Vorwort hier. 

MyData Global’s comment on the European data strategy released 19 February 2020

MyData, here.