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

Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware

MotherBoard, here

Maurice Stucke discussing "Virtual Competition" at Harvard University

Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 06:00 pm Trento Time, Video here.

Alleged Collusion Cloud Over Airline Industry Shows Some Signs of Dissipation

Holland & Knight, here

Health Law, IP and Human Rights: Standardised Packaging of Tobacco

S. Palmer, Presentation here (slides and video)

Vestager: “We have found in more than one case, that there was a case of misleading information”

WSJ, here

Using Intellectual Property Tools to Achieve Human Rights Ends: The Example of the Marrakesh VIP Treaty

L. Helfer, Presentation here.

Big data in social sciences: a promise betrayed ?

The Undercover Historian, here

Mining Is The New Reading

IP-Watch, here

Banks and Tech Firms Battle Over Something Akin to Gold: Your Data

NYTimes, here

Monday, March 20, 2017

Case M.8323 - AT&T / TIME WARNER

EC, here.

“There Is Convincing Evidence That Concentration Has Been Rising”

Interview with J. Kwoka, here

Weißbuch Digitale Plattformen

BMWi, hier

Conference: Vestager, Posner, and Top Scholars Ask If There Is a Concentration Problem in America

ProMarket.org, here

Volvo autonomous cars ‘won’t make moral decisions’ for occupants

Caradvice.com.au, here

Merkel fordert einheitliche Regelung bei Eigentum an digitalen Daten

Heise.de, hier

Google ad controversy: what the row is all about

TheGuardian, here.

CMA launches campaign to crack down on cartels

Here

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Surveillance capitalism's companies disappointed by EU laws meant to protect people

Fortune, here

7 Reasons Why Europe's Antitrust Cases Against Google Are A Big Deal

Forbes, here

The Dystopian Future of Price Discrimination

C. O'Neil, here

Google DeepMind and healthcare in an age of algorithms

  • H. Hodson, J. Powles, here

New Study Is Scathing Of DeepMind’s Use Of Patient Data

HuffingtonPost, here

Algorithms and competition

M. Vestager, here.


Large friendly letters?
"It's true that the idea of automated systems getting together and reaching a meeting of minds is still science fiction (emphasis added)". This excruciatingly reminds me that it has been rather long since I've been back from a refreshing break and that I've still a couple of posts pending...

EC introduces new anonymous whistleblower tool

Press Release, here.

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

International Competition Policy Expert Group: Report and Recommendations

Here

Personalisierte Medizin und Datenschutz

V. Kull, hier

Streit um Bierpreis-Obergrenze für die Wiesn eskaliert

FAZ, hier

Russia finds Apple guilty of iPhone price-fixing, potentially facing fines

9to5mac, here

For a Facts-Based Analysis of Uber's Activities in the EU: Addressing Some Misconceptions

D. Geradin, here

The Implications of Brexit for Uk Competition Law: Practical Issues and Priorities

The City of London Law Society, here

Advertisers look forward to buying your Web browsing history from ISPs

ArsTechnica, here

EDPS sees opportunity for stronger consumer and data protection

Press Release, here.
Opinion here