Tag: Digital Platforms
Antitrust Chronicle – Interoperability
Dear Readers,
Interoperability has long been a controversial issue in antitrust law and related regulatory disciplines.
The concept refers, essentially, to the ability for systems controlled...
Interoperability: The Wrong Prescription for Platform Competition
In this paper we assess the potential effects of recent proposals to mandate interoperability as a competition remedy for digital platforms. We find that...
Invigorating Competition in Social Networking: An Interoperability Remedy That Addresses Data...
The persistent dominance of Facebook has led many scholars and policymakers to generate proposals to invigorate competition in social networking. In this piece we...
Antitrust in a Digital World: Does It Work? – Episode 4
Below, we have provided the full transcript of the final episode of our series Antitrust in a Digital World: Does It Work?. Read below...
Competition in Online Markets
Across the globe, regulators continue to question the extent of current competition laws and policies following the rise of digital platforms, big data, fintechs,...
The Digital Coase Theorem and the News
The rise of news aggregator apps has spurred legislative initiative across the globe due to the lawmakers’ ability to represent the interest of local...
Platform Markets: The Antitrust Challenge in India
Universality of antitrust abuse is discernable in decisions of Competition Commission of India “abuse of dominance” of Google and global giants of platform markets....
The Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets: Looking in the Wrong...
The majority staff of the House Judiciary Committee recently released its Report and Recommendations (“MSRR”) following an investigation of competition in digital markets. It...
Using the Portability and Other Required Transfers Impact Assessment (“PORT-IA”) in...
Data portability is attracting attention, especially due to recent portability laws in Europe and California, and the hope that it can reduce the market...
Online Search Competition and the Risk of Unintended Consequences of Data...
Mandatory access to digital platforms’ data is one of the remedies proposed to address potential failures in digital markets. In addition to the high...
