Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Ofgem issues statement of objections under the Competition Act to Economy Energy, E, and Dyball Associates

Ofgem, here

German Federal Court of Justice hands down landmark judgment in Cement Cartel Case

CDC, here

La Liga quiere usar móviles de particulares como espías a través de su aplicación

El Pais, aquì

Unlockd falls in face of Google threat and enters administration

Financial Review, here

Yahoo! fined £250,000 after systemic failures put customer data at risk

ICO, here

Le Conseil de la concurrence (LU) exempte l’accord mis en place par Webtaxi S.à.r.l. sur le marché de la réservation préalable de taxis

Décision n. 2018-FO-01, ici

Bedeutung digitaler Infrastrukturen in Deutschland. Chancen und Herausforderungen für Rechenzentren im internationalen Wettbewerb

R. Hintemann, J. Clausen, hier

Competition Commission of India may suggest structural changes in Walmart-Flipkart deal

Economic Times, here

Saturday, June 09, 2018

IBM's world-class Summit supercomputer gooses speed with AI abilities

 Cnet, here.

Merkel auf digitalem Glatteis

FAZ, hier

Microsoft will ‘lose developers for a generation’ if it stuffs up GitHub, says future CEO

The Register, here

Survey: Consumer trust may be Amazon’s true competitive advantage

Search Engine Land, here

Australia’s cozy banking market feels some heat

FT, here

Reference re digital exhaustion

Case C-263/18, here

‘Big Tech’ Isn’t One Big Monopoly

Project Disco, here

The Value of Everything review: How to end the we make, they take economy

The Irish Times, here

How Ant Financial grew larger than Goldman Sachs

Cnbc, here

Chart of the Week: The Rise of Corporate Giants

IMF Blog, here

Technology, Political Economy, and the Role(s) of Law

J. Cohen, here

Thursday, June 07, 2018

Google Pay startet Ende Juni in Deutschland – mit der Commerzbank

Handelsblatt, hier

Several measures announced aimed at streamlining and simplifying mergers' procedures for companies

Autorité de la concurrence, here

The Internet: To Regulate or Not to Regulate?

CMA, here.

Inquiry here

The effect of market consolidation on innovation in the HDD industry

A.R. Bennato, S. Davies, F. Mariuzzo, P. Osmosi, here

Taxi, ride-sourcing and ride-sharing services - Summaries of Contributions

OECD, here

The Facebook comma


Transparency and the Marketplace for Student Data

C. Russell, J. Reidenberg, E. Martin, T. Norton, here

Airbnb removes 80% of Japan home-share listings

Asian Review, here

Wednesday, June 06, 2018

EU Competition Law Goals and the Digital Economy

A. Ezrachi, here.

Facebook Gave Device Makers Deep Access to Data on Users and Friends

NYTimes, here. See also 

It’s all happening in Australian competition law

Australian Competition Law, here.

Paul Francis: “We can achieve very good anonymity and still provide useful analytics”

LINC, here.

Automated individual decision-making and profiling?

ICO, here.

Google’s mobile web dominance raises competition eyebrows

Politico, here.

The Cost of Developers

Stratechery, here.

Control, Alt or Delete?

Which,.here..

Citi opens API sandbox

Finextra, h.

The Guardian view on Amazon: not a normal monopoly

The Guardian, here.

Deutsche Verbände zur ePrivacy-Verordnung

DATENHANDEL UND PLATTFORMEN

R. Dewenter, H.Lüth, hier.

Killer Acquisitions

C. Cunningham, F. Ederer, S. Ma, here.

Unlockd will 'cease to exist' if Google blocks the app

Financial Review, here

Monday, June 04, 2018

A Letter to the FTC re Google

K. Ellison, here

Entry, Innovation and Productivity Growth in the U.S. Economy: Facts and Open Questions (i.e., Puzzles)

J. Haltiwanger, Presentation here

GitHub users are already fuming about the company’s sale to Microsoft for $7.5bn

Quartz, here.
Heise.de, hier: "Mal losgelöst von steuerlichen Erwägungen, die aus Microsoft-Sicht für die Akquisition sprechen, mag es für die Redmonder wohl auch darum gehen, die riesige Zahl der registrierten GitHub-Anwender – die Rede ist von 27 Millionen – zu den eigenen Angeboten insbesondere im Azure-Umfeld zu locken. Wie verheißend mag für Microsoft ein direkt aus GitHub nach Azure führender Deploy-Button sein!"

(Follow the data?)

Amazon and PayPal more trusted amongst younger generation than banks to hold their personal data

RFi Group, here

The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda

NBER, Conference Papers here

Taking control of personal data is about your rights, not owning it

J. Tennison, here

A Study of NASA Scientists Shows How to Overcome Barriers to Open Innovation

HBR, here

Could the Steward Health v. BCBS Trial Revitalize Monopolization Law?

C. Sagers, here

So you think Alipay is just for the Chinese?

The Finanser, here

La rivoluzione copernicana del 25 maggio 2018 in materia di privacy

G. Buttarelli, here

U.S. Antitrust Law Could Break OPEC's Collusion On Oil Production Deals

Seeking Alpha, here

Evident Internet Market Failure To Protect Consumer Welfare

S. Cleland, here

Digital Capitalism’s War on Leisure

Democracy Journal, here

N26 will im Herbst in Amerika starten

FAZ, hier

Facebook Gave Device Makers Deep Access to Data on Users and Friends

NYTimes, here

Erste Bank will Google Pay anbieten

Die Zeit, hier

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Unternehmensberatung soll Renault und Peugeot bei Preisabsprachen geholfen haben

Spiegel.de, hier

An American Alternative to Europe’s Privacy Law

T. Wu, here.

Privacy by Design

EDPS, Opinion here.

Antitrust via Rulemaking: Competition Catalysts

T. Wu, here.

Consumer Costs of Anticompetitive Regulations

Open Markets Institute, Comments here.

Vestager: “Tiene sentido que las empresas paguen a los usuarios por sus datos”

ElPais, aquì.

A framework for the moderation of user-generated online content that puts human rights at the very centre

Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, here

Susan Athey: Why Business Leaders Shouldn’t Have Blind Faith in AI

Gsb.stanford.edu, here

Europe’s bank bosses stress need for consolidation

FT, here

Los bancos europeos piden poner coto a las tecnológicas

Expansion, aquì.

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

On First Day of GDPR, Ad Industry's Fears About Google Come True

Bloomberg, here

Cyber crooks claim to hit two big Canadian banks

Reuters, here

Justice department approves Bayer-Monsanto merger in landmark settlement

Washington Post, here. DoJ here

BancoEstado reabre cuenta a plataforma de criptomonedas

LaTercera, aquì. Background here.
TDCL: Demanda aquì; Resolución, aquí

Die Buchpreisbindung in einem sich ändernden Marktumfeld

Monopolkommission, hier. S. auch hier

From Open Banking to Open Everything

J. Fingleton, here

Microsoft is creating an oracle for catching biased AI algorithms

MIT Technology Review, here

DATENRECHTE – EINE RECHTS - UND SOZIALWISSENSCHA FTLICHE ANALYSE IM VERGLEICH DEUTSCHLAND - USA

L. Specht, W. Kerber, hier

ICANN goes to Court

Hier

Legal Engineering on the Blockchain: 'Smart Contracts' as Legal Conduct

J. Goldenfein, A. Leiter, here

Angela Merkel fordert Besteuerung von Daten

Zeit.de, hier

Why China’s Payment Apps Give U.S. Bankers Nightmares

Bloomberg, here

Friday, May 25, 2018

Google employees are being targeted with this ad urging them to consider their role in making search rankings more fair

Recode.net, here.

More effective than competition enforcement?

How Can Humans Keep the Upper Hand? The ethical matters raised by algorithms and artificial intelligence

CNIL, here

Antitrust Enforcement Against Platform MFNs

J. Baker, F. Scott Morton, here.

Multisided Platforms and Antitrust Enforcement

M. Katz and J. Sallet, here

Beyond Brooke Group: Bringing Reality to the Law of Predatory Pricing

C. Hemphill and P. Weiser, here

Invigorating Vertical Merger Enforcement

S. Salop, here

AI IN FINANCIAL SERVICES: NEXT STEPS TO REALISING THE POTENTIAL

FinExtra, here

#GDPRDay

HT to @GMamdani

Insurance 2030—The impact of AI on the future of insurance

McKinsey, here

DSGVO-Beschwerden gegen Android, Instagram, Whatsapp und Facebook: Max Schrems legt los

Heise.de, hier. See also here.

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Amazon confirms that Echo device secretly shared user’s private audio

ArsTechnica, here.

Dutch lender ABN Amro’s website slowed by cyber attack

FT, here

Making Sense of the Intricacies of Online Advertising Market: The French Autorité de la concurrence ’s Take

I. de Silva, here

Amazon’s Finance Ambitions Are Drawing Attention From the Fed

Bloomberg, here

Zuckerberg set up fraudulent scheme to 'weaponise' data, court case alleges

The Guardian, here.

Cryptocurrencies: Commodity Dynamics and Cartelization

P. Heilberg, here.

U.S. Launches Criminal Probe into Bitcoin Price Manipulation

Reuters, here.

Russia’s Gazprom dodges fine in EU antitrust settlement

FT, here.

Commission imposes binding obligations on Gazprom to enable free flow of gas at competitive prices in Central and Eastern European gas markets

EC, Press Release here

Are all these GDPR-consent emails even necessary?

iapp. here

Whatsapp gibt Nutzerdaten an Facebook weiter

SZ.de, hier. S. auch hier.

Privacy and Freedom of Expression In the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Article 19 and Privacy International, here

The International Impact of the General Data Protection Regulation

I. Rubinstein, B. Petkova, here

Legal and regulatory issues businesses should be thinking about now when it comes to AI.

Hogan Lovells, here

GOOGLE’S SELFISH LEDGER IS AN UNSETTLING VISION OF SILICON VALLEY SOCIAL ENGINEERING

The Verge, here

Big Brother Goes Digital

NYBooks, here

Sustainable Financial Services in the Digital Age

UK Finance, here

Online platforms and exclusionary abuses – Unlockd vs. Google- a seminal case in the making?

Coreblog, here

The need for a new personal data infrastructure

Mydex, here.

Google says India anti-trust ruling could cause 'irreparable" harm': document

Reuters, here

Antitrust nearly slew Microsoft. Can it adapt to tech giants like Facebook?

San Francisco Chronicle, here

Tech Platforms and the Knowledge Problem

F. Pasquale, here

Diskussionen zwischen KI-Systemen sollen Entscheidungen nachvollziehbar machen

Heise.de, hier

Brokers, dealers and the regulation of markets: Applying finreg to the giant tech platforms

Synthetic Assets, here

‘60 Minutes’ Report Targets on Google Antitrust Risks

Bloomberg, here

‘Crush Them’: An Oral History of the Lawsuit That Upended Silicon Valley

The Ringer, here.

BIG DATA IM BEREICH HEIM UND FREIZEIT

ABIDA, hier

Deutsche vertrauen Algorithmen nicht

Zeit.de, hier

Activists turn tables on companies as EU privacy law comes in

Reuters, here

All Roads Lead to Rome: Enforcing the Consumer Welfare Standard in Digital Media Markets

M. Delrahim, here

Is Blockchain Hype, Revolutionary, or Both? What We Need to Know

S. Oh, S. Wallsten. here

Platforms and Infrastructures in the Digital Age

P. Constantinides, O. Henfridsson, G. Parker, here

Monday, May 14, 2018

U.S. vs. Microsoft: 20 Years Later, Lessons Learned and the Path Ahead

Yelp Video, here.

Highest exposure to antitrust enforcement (Panel 1)?
G x x x x
Apple
F x
Amazon x x x

(Gary Reback getting more depressed after each panel).

BLUMENTHAL & MARKEY CALL FOR INVESTIGATION INTO GOOGLE’S COVERT LOCATION TRACKING

Markey.senate.gov, here

Corralling the Info-Monopolists

Project Syndicate, here

New Commissioner Says FTC Should Get Tough on Companies Like Facebook and Google

ProPublica, here.

Algorithmic Accountability

ABIDA, hier

The GDPR was never going to change behaviour overnight

G. Buttarelli, here

Australian regulator investigates Google data harvesting from Android phones

The Guardian, here.
No Oracle's submission to be found here.
I think Gary Reback mentioned that "they" tried to bring data protection into the EU Android investigation but didn't succeed in convincing the EC (check here si jamais).

Google's plans to use AI to help the blind

CNN, here

Morgan Stanley to Follow Goldman in Bet on Brazilian Fintech

Bloomberg, here.
"Lively" competition enforcement factored in by investors, or competition authorities getting active because of the economic relevance of the sector?

GDPR will pop the adtech bubble

D. Searls, here.

Asus to pay 65m euro settlement for price manipulation

Asia Nikkei, here. Case here

Guidance on Transaction Value Thresholds for Mandatory Pre-merger Notification

Bundeskartellamt, here. Draft for public consultation.

Why so much debate about personal data misses the point

Mydex, here

Facebook Plans to Create Its Own Cryptocurrency

Cheddar, here

'Big Brother' AIB now spying on customers' social media accounts

Irish Independent, here

Quel menu pour nourrir l’intelligence artificielle? Pouvez-vous passer la carte?

A. Strowel, ici

Artificial Intelligence for the American People

The White House, here. See also here.


Saturday, May 12, 2018

Google now says controversial AI voice calling system will identify itself to humans

The Verge, here.

ICOs are Cancer

M. Flaxman, here.

Some Android features not coming to Samsung

Economic Times, here.

Unlockd wins first battle of Google legal war for survival

AFR, here.

Unfolding the New-Born Right to Data Portability: Four Gateways to Data Subject Control

H. Uršič, here.

I am a data factory (and so are you)

Rough Type, here.

Three Fintechs leading Open banking initiatives in the UK

DailyFintech, here.

White House Assures Google, Goldman AI Won't Get Heavy Hand

Bloomberg, here.

CCI brings algorithms used to price air tickets under the scanner

Business Standard, here.

EPIC Seeks Records from FTC Regarding Irish Audits of Facebook

EPIC, here..

DOJ’s Brief in Apple V. Robert Pepper

Tuesday, May 08, 2018

Europa lädt das Update hoch

Die Zeit, hier. 🐌

Ticketmaster could replace tickets with facial recognition

The Verge, here.

ETH-Professor zu umstrittenen Belohn-Apps von Krankenkassen: «Mir sind sie zu intransparent»

AZ, hier.

Uber/Grab merger: Appointment of monitoring trustee to monitor compliance with CCCS’s Interim Measures Directions

CCCS, here

Uber’s self-driving car saw the pedestrian but didn’t swerve – report

The Guardian here

What is edge computing?

TheVerge, here. 🐌

Jan Philipp Albrecht: "Ein großer Schritt voran"

BR.de, hier

Study on emerging issues of data ownership, interoperability, (re-)usability and access to data, and liability

Deloitte for DG Communications Networks, Content & Technology, here.
(rating: 🐌🐌 medium slow reading required).

AUSWIRKUNGEN VON BIG DATA AUF DEN MARKT DER ONLINEMEDIEN

ABIDA.de, hier

Algorithms as Illegal Agreements

M. Gal, here.
🐌🐌🐌

Amazon, the Elephant in the Antitrust Room

NYTimes, here

Amazon Offers Retailers Discounts to Adopt Payment System

Bloomberg, here

Radical Markets and...the Blockchain

E. Posner, G. Weyl, here (from 5:33:16).

Entwurf der ePrivacy Verordnung – Neue Fassung zum aktuellen Stand im Rat der Europäischen Union

De Lege Data, hier

La défense de la création passe par la régulation

F. Nissen, ici

Digitalisierung im Alltag: 4 von 5 Deutschen verwenden Online-Bezahldienste

WiWo, hier

GOOGLE AND GDPR HAND PUBLISHERS A HARD CHOICE

AdAge, here

Online platforms under fire as EU pushes for transparency on search results

EurActiv, here

Big tech, power and responsibility

FT, Big Picture, Audio here

Is Blockchain Hype, Revolutionary, or Both? What We Need to Know.

TPI, here

Why the net giants are worried about the Web 3.0

G. Zago, here

ACCC chair Rod Sims puts Google, Facebook on notice

Theaustralian.com.au, here

Canberra creates a brave new data world

The Mandarin, here

It’s not just monopoly and monopsony

EPI, here

Analyse: Warum an den Payment-Coup der Deutschen Bank ein paar Fragezeichen gehören

Finanz-Szene.de, hier

Microsoft Pay comes to Outlook, integrating Stripe, Braintree, Sage, Wave and more

TechCrunch, here

Friday, May 04, 2018

Ripple Sued for Securities Law Violations

CryptoLaw, here

Questions and Answers: Directive on Security of Network and Information systems, the first EU-wide legislation on cybersecurity

EC, here. 

JPMorgan files blockchain interbank payment patent

FinExtra, here

How Essential are Standard-Essential Patents?

M. Lemley, T. Simcoe, here

Instagram quietly launches payments for commerce

TechCrunch, here.
...and data quietly going to Facebook?

EU considers using algorithms to detect anti-competitive acts

Reuters, here

A Comparative Study of Competition Law Relating to the New Economy: A Case Law in the European Union

J. Sop Choi, here

Amazon and the Unwisdom of the Populist Crowd

Truth on the Market, here

Gegenentwürfe zum Datenkapitalismus sind nötig

Netzpolitik, hier

Conditions d'application du droit de la concurrence au secteur agricole

Autorité de la concurrence, ici

A fair deal for consumers in Belgium

M. Vestager, here. And, not mentioned in the text:


How Much Is It Worth to Use Facebook? It Depends

C. Sunstein, here

Jack Ma's Free Spending Ways Are Spooking Alibaba Investors

Bloomberg, here

I TRIED LEAVING FACEBOOK. I COULDN’T

S. Jeong, here. 

Karl Marx: Bewunderer und Verächter des Kapitalismus

FAZ, hier

Comcast’s bid to acquire Sky and its effects on competition in the EU

D. Geradin, here

The Fallacy of the Free Market

J. Kwak, here

Thursday, May 03, 2018

Facebook hired eHarmony's chief scientist for...God knows what

TechCrunch, here.
"But Facebook has confirmed to us that Carter is not working on the new dating service, and the company declined to say what he is doing."

IBM buys aggregation and analytics software provider Armanta

FinExtra, here

Data Analytics and The Death of The Modern Banking Industry

The Financial Brand, here

Inovação Tecnológica e Concorrência no Setor Financeiro em Portugal

Autoridade da Concorrência, aqui

Aadhaar doesn't pose any privacy issue: Bill Gates

The Times of India, here

Who should hold the keys to our data?

The Guardian, here

Durchsetzung nach Datenlage

FAZ, hier

Digital platforms inquiry submissions published

ACCC, here

Wednesday, May 02, 2018

Tim Cook’s company is a rock of common sense in an industry that’s gone rogue.

Bloomberg, here

Blockchain insiders tell us why we don't need blockchain

FT, here

Australia's Largest Bank Lost The Personal Financial Histories Of 12 Million Customers

BuzzFeedNews, here

ARE GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK UNDERMINING EUROPE'S PRIVACY RULES?

Wired, here

The Rise and Development of FinTech

R. Teigland et al., here

Taxi, ride-sourcing and ride-sharing services

OECD Secretariat, Background Note, here

Competition Policy and the Tech Industry – What’s at stake?

B. Hoffman, here

Facebook is taking on Tinder with new dating features

The Verge, here

2018 Global Payments Insight Survey: Retail Banking

Ovum, here

Tuesday, May 01, 2018

PTO's Iancu: AI Algorithms Generally Patentable

Broadcastingcable, here.

The Australian Government’s response to the Productivity Commission Data Availability and Use Inquiry

Out of the DOJ Ashes Rises the FTC Phoenix: How to Enhance Antitrust Enforcement by Eliminating an Antitrust Enforcement Agency

D. Bush,  here.

WhatsApp founder plans to leave after broad clashes with parent Facebook

Washington Post, here.

"The founders also clashed with Facebook over building a mobile payments system on WhatsApp in India"

Consumer groups publish Open Banking Manifesto

Finextra, here. Manifesto here.

Sprint and T-Mobile Try Again, but Antitrust Hurdles Remain the Same

NYTimes, here.

First person convicted under Malaysia’s fake news law gets month in jail

The Verge, here.

The economics of artificial intelligence

A. Agrawal, here.