Can This Be the New Normal? 10 Questions on the Proposed...
By: Alfonso Lamadrid (Chilling Competition)
Last week the European Commission launched a public consultation in relation to a proposed “new competition tool”. The impact of this “tool”...
Germany’s Digital Strategy – Digitalisation Of The Telecommunications Infrastructure – The...
By: Andreas Schuler (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer)
The German government published the second draft of its long-awaited Digital Strategy on 18 August 2022. As a combined project of...
CPI Blog o’ blogs April 2012
April 2012, Volume 2, Number 4
Two stories dominated this month's blog sphere. The DOJ's case on eBooks is becoming a Medusa-like story -- issues...
My Proposal to Amend Section 1 of the Sherman Act
By: Robert Connolly (Cartel Capers)
In the coming months there will be many proposals advanced to amend the Sherman Act. My offering is to amend...
Would You Rather: Merger or Nationalization?
By: Eric Fruits (Truth on the Market)
While much of the world of competition policy has focused on mergers in the COVID-19 era. Some observers...
AI-gatha Christie: What Clues Does The AI Policy Paper Provide About...
By: Coran Darling, Gareth Stokes & Lisa Urwin (Technology's Leading Edge/DLA Piper)
As AI intersects into ever more areas of everyday life, legislators across the world are increasingly...
UK IPO Proposes New Copyright Exception For Text And Data Mining
By: Claire O'Brien (Mills & Reeve)
On the 28 June, the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) issued its response to its previous consultation on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and...
Warner Music Group Signs On To SoundCloud’s Artist-Friendly Payment Model
By: Amanda Silberling (TechCrunch)
When Soundcloud launched its artist-friendly fan-powered royalty system last year, the model was only available for independent artists subscribed to the streamer’s paid...
Biden’s Antitrust Revolutionaries
By: Eric Posner (Project Syndicate)
With the prominent anti-monopoly advocate Lina Khan having been appointed the new chair of the Federal Trade Commission, it is...
When Climate Collaboration Is Treated as an Antitrust Violation
By: Matteo Gasparini, Knut Haanaes & Peter Tufano (Harvard Business Review)
What do Covid-19, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the climate crisis have in...