Category: Global Blogs

US: DOJ talks with publishers has eBooks market anxious again (Competition Policy International)

The eBooks industry is feeling anxious over reports that the US Department of Justice has been in contact with several publishers that were once the target of an eBooks price-fixing investigation.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the DOJ spoke with Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins to discuss …read more

US: DOJ talks with publishers have eBooks market anxious again (Competition Policy International)

The eBooks industry is feeling anxious over reports that the US Department of Justice has been in contact with several publishers that were once the target of an eBooks price-fixing investigation.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the DOJ spoke with Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins to discuss …read more

Competition Law Compliance & Awareness: Competition Agencies Growing Digital Channels (Canadian Competition and Regulatory Law)

June 3, 2014

Recently I had the opportunity to chat with some competition law colleagues about some of the ways Canadian and international competition/antitrust agencies were increasingly using social media, video and other digital channels for compliance and outreach.

After this conversation, I became a bit curious about just what some of …read more

On Privacy, Big Data and Competition Law (Post 1/2) (Chillin’ Competition)

As I self-advertised in my previous post, I participated yesterday at the European Data Protection Supervisor’s impressive workshop on Privacy, Consumers, Competition and Big Data, where, by the way, this blog received a few mentions.

My impression is that it provided a useful opportunity for …read more