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Chokepoint Capitalism

by Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow ...

A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big MediaCorporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An ever-expanding constellation of industries are now monopolies (where sellers have excessive power over buyers) or monopsonies (where buyers hold the whip hand over sellers)-or both.In Chokepoint ... Read more

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A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big MediaCorporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An ever-expanding constellation of industries are now monopolies (where sellers have excessive power over buyers) or monopsonies (where buyers hold the whip hand over sellers)-or both.In Chokepoint
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The Internet Con

How to Seize the Means of Computation

by Cory Doctorow ...

When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us safe, but those were prison walls.The platforms locked us into their systems and made us easy pickings, ripe for extaction. Twitter, Facebook and other Big Tech platforms hard to leave by design. They hold hostage the people we love, the communities that matter to us, the ... Read more

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When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us safe, but those were prison walls.The platforms locked us into their systems and made us easy pickings, ripe for extaction. Twitter, Facebook and other Big Tech platforms hard to leave by design. They hold hostage the people we love, the communities that matter to us, the
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Bent Coppers

by Graeme McLagan ...

The inside story of a secret unit that has worked under cover to expose corruption in the Metropolitan Police since the early 1990s - written by Graeme McLagan, contributor to THE REAL LINE OF DUTY.'If you want a book that is genuinely 'unputdownable' read BENT COPPERS' Johnny Vaughan, THE SUN'A very engaging read - the outrageous nature of bent cops' behaviour guarantees that' SUNDAY ... Read more

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The inside story of a secret unit that has worked under cover to expose corruption in the Metropolitan Police since the early 1990s - written by Graeme McLagan, contributor to THE REAL LINE OF DUTY.'If you want a book that is genuinely 'unputdownable' read BENT COPPERS' Johnny Vaughan, THE SUN'A very engaging read - the outrageous nature of bent cops' behaviour guarantees that' SUNDAY
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The Power of Awareness

by Neville ...

Becoming aware of . . . one great emotion permeates your being. You live with a perpetual feeling of reverence. The knowledge that your creator is the very self of yourself and never would have made you had he not loved you must fill your heart with devotion, yes, with adoration. One knowing glimpse of the world about you at any single instant of time is sufficient to fill you with profound awe ... Read more

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Becoming aware of . . . one great emotion permeates your being. You live with a perpetual feeling of reverence. The knowledge that your creator is the very self of yourself and never would have made you had he not loved you must fill your heart with devotion, yes, with adoration. One knowing glimpse of the world about you at any single instant of time is sufficient to fill you with profound awe
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The Deal of the Century

The Breakup of AT&T

by Steve Coll ...

**A New York Times–bestselling author's "superbly reported" account of the dismantling of the world's largest corporation ( The Washington Post).Written by the two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Ghost Wars and Private Empire, The Deal of the Century chronicles the decade-long war for control of AT&T.When the US Department of Justice brought an antitrust lawsuit against AT&T in 1974, the ... Read more

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**A New York Times–bestselling author's "superbly reported" account of the dismantling of the world's largest corporation ( The Washington Post).Written by the two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Ghost Wars and Private Empire, The Deal of the Century chronicles the decade-long war for control of AT&T.When the US Department of Justice brought an antitrust lawsuit against AT&T in 1974, the
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Virtual Competition

The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy

by Ariel Ezrachi, Maurice E. Stucke ...

“A fascinating book about how platform internet companies (Amazon, Facebook, and so on) are changing the norms of economic competition.”—Fast CompanyShoppers with a bargain-hunting impulse and internet access can find a universe of products at their fingertips. But is there a dark side to internet commerce? This thought-provoking exposé invites us to explore how sophisticated algorithms and data ... Read more

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“A fascinating book about how platform internet companies (Amazon, Facebook, and so on) are changing the norms of economic competition.”—Fast CompanyShoppers with a bargain-hunting impulse and internet access can find a universe of products at their fingertips. But is there a dark side to internet commerce? This thought-provoking exposé invites us to explore how sophisticated algorithms and data
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Regulating Big Tech

Policy Responses to Digital Dominance

Edited by Martin Moore, Damian Tambini ...

Selected chapters from this book are published open access and free to read or download from Oxford Scholarship Online, https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/. Since Digital Dominance was published in 2018, a global consensus has emerged that technology platforms should be regulated. Governments from the United States to Australia have sought to reduce the power of these platforms and ... Read more

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Selected chapters from this book are published open access and free to read or download from Oxford Scholarship Online, https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/. Since Digital Dominance was published in 2018, a global consensus has emerged that technology platforms should be regulated. Governments from the United States to Australia have sought to reduce the power of these platforms and
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Australian Cartel Regulation

Law, Policy and Practice in an International Context

by Caron Beaton-Wells, Brent Fisse ...

Cartel regulation is a prime element of competition policy and an essential means of minimising the adverse effects of cartel activity on economic welfare. However, effective cartel regulation poses distinct challenges for governments, competition authorities and commentators across the globe. In Australian Cartel Regulation, leading competition law experts Caron Beaton-Wells and Brent Fisse ... Read more

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Cartel regulation is a prime element of competition policy and an essential means of minimising the adverse effects of cartel activity on economic welfare. However, effective cartel regulation poses distinct challenges for governments, competition authorities and commentators across the globe. In Australian Cartel Regulation, leading competition law experts Caron Beaton-Wells and Brent Fisse
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Antitrust Procedural Fairness

Edited by D. Daniel Sokol, Andrew T. Guzman ...

Much of antitrust law scholarship has focused on substantive legal issues - theories of harm and changing law and policy. Surprisingly, there has been very little work that is comparative, on a fundamental element that is a critical building block to effective policy - procedural fairness. Procedural fairness encompasses issues of transparency and due process. Procedural fairness has been an ... Read more

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Much of antitrust law scholarship has focused on substantive legal issues - theories of harm and changing law and policy. Surprisingly, there has been very little work that is comparative, on a fundamental element that is a critical building block to effective policy - procedural fairness. Procedural fairness encompasses issues of transparency and due process. Procedural fairness has been an
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United States v. Apple

Competition in America

by Chris Sagers ...

One of the most-followed antitrust cases of recent times—United States v. Apple—reveals an often-missed truth: what Americans most fear is competition itself.In 2012 the Department of Justice accused Apple and five book publishers of conspiring to fix ebook prices. The evidence overwhelmingly showed an unadorned price-fixing conspiracy that cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars. Yet ... Read more

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One of the most-followed antitrust cases of recent times—United States v. Apple—reveals an often-missed truth: what Americans most fear is competition itself.In 2012 the Department of Justice accused Apple and five book publishers of conspiring to fix ebook prices. The evidence overwhelmingly showed an unadorned price-fixing conspiracy that cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars. Yet
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The Antitrust Paradigm

Restoring a Competitive Economy

by Jonathan B. Baker ...

A new and urgently needed guide to making the American economy more competitive at a time when tech giants have amassed vast market power.The U.S. economy is growing less competitive. Large businesses increasingly profit by taking advantage of their customers and suppliers. These firms can also use sophisticated pricing algorithms and customer data to secure substantial and persistent advantages ... Read more

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A new and urgently needed guide to making the American economy more competitive at a time when tech giants have amassed vast market power.The U.S. economy is growing less competitive. Large businesses increasingly profit by taking advantage of their customers and suppliers. These firms can also use sophisticated pricing algorithms and customer data to secure substantial and persistent advantages
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Practitioner's Guide to Antitrust in China

by Becky Nao Koblitz ...

Management and legal counsel of foreign companies operating in China as well as those outside China with Chinese business desperately need to keep up with the fast-paced antitrust developments in the most dynamic market in the world.The author of this book, Becky Koblitz, is a seasoned antitrust lawyer for a major U.S. law firm in Beijing. She has decades of legal experience as a prosecutor at the ... Read more

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Management and legal counsel of foreign companies operating in China as well as those outside China with Chinese business desperately need to keep up with the fast-paced antitrust developments in the most dynamic market in the world.The author of this book, Becky Koblitz, is a seasoned antitrust lawyer for a major U.S. law firm in Beijing. She has decades of legal experience as a prosecutor at the
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Data Privacy and Competition Law in the Age of Big Data

Unpacking the Interface Through Complexity Science

by Samson Y. Esayas ...

Series series Oxford Data Protection & Privacy Law
The monetization of personal data has become an increasingly common business practice, igniting global debate on the interface between data privacy law and competition law. Data Privacy and Competition Law in the Age of Big Data provides a comprehensive, novel, and interdisciplinary analysis of this nexus. Drawing insights from emergent properties and complexity science, the book exposes the ... Read more

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The monetization of personal data has become an increasingly common business practice, igniting global debate on the interface between data privacy law and competition law. Data Privacy and Competition Law in the Age of Big Data provides a comprehensive, novel, and interdisciplinary analysis of this nexus. Drawing insights from emergent properties and complexity science, the book exposes the
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Mulheres no antitruste Volume 05

by Amanda Athayde, Priscila Brolio Gonçalves, Anna Binotto, Camila Leite Contri, Débora Schwartz, Leticiá Hecktheuer, Tanise Brandão Bussmann ...

Nesse quinto volume, o leitor encontrará vários dos temas-chave do Antitruste na atualidade, incluindo discussões sobre atos de concentração, concorrência diante dos mercados digitais e da tecnologia, reparação de danos concorrenciais e os desafios do passado, presente e futuro diante dos dez anos da Lei 12.529/2011. Todos esses assuntos são desenvolvidos com competência pelas autoras, a partir de ... Read more

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Nesse quinto volume, o leitor encontrará vários dos temas-chave do Antitruste na atualidade, incluindo discussões sobre atos de concentração, concorrência diante dos mercados digitais e da tecnologia, reparação de danos concorrenciais e os desafios do passado, presente e futuro diante dos dez anos da Lei 12.529/2011. Todos esses assuntos são desenvolvidos com competência pelas autoras, a partir de
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Code des juridictions financières

Code intégral (droit français)

by Various ...

Découvrez le Code des juridictions financières, un ouvrage incontournable pour tous les professionnels du droit. Ce recueil exhaustif regroupe l'intégralité des dispositions réglementaires et des textes officiels, offrant ainsi une référence précieuse pour les praticiens et les chercheurs. Grâce à sa présentation claire et structurée, cet ouvrage facilite l'accès à l'information juridique ... Read more

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Découvrez le Code des juridictions financières, un ouvrage incontournable pour tous les professionnels du droit. Ce recueil exhaustif regroupe l'intégralité des dispositions réglementaires et des textes officiels, offrant ainsi une référence précieuse pour les praticiens et les chercheurs. Grâce à sa présentation claire et structurée, cet ouvrage facilite l'accès à l'information juridique
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Code des juridictions financières

Partie réglementaire - Livre Ier : La Cour des comptes (droit français)

by Various ...

Découvrez le Code des juridictions financières, Partie réglementaire - Livre Ier : La Cour des comptes, un ouvrage incontournable pour les professionnels du droit. Ce recueil exhaustif vous plonge au cœur des dispositions réglementaires et des textes officiels qui régissent l'une des institutions les plus essentielles de notre système judiciaire. Conçu pour répondre aux besoins des juristes, ... Read more

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Découvrez le Code des juridictions financières, Partie réglementaire - Livre Ier : La Cour des comptes, un ouvrage incontournable pour les professionnels du droit. Ce recueil exhaustif vous plonge au cœur des dispositions réglementaires et des textes officiels qui régissent l'une des institutions les plus essentielles de notre système judiciaire. Conçu pour répondre aux besoins des juristes,
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Code de l'énergie

Code intégral (droit français)

by Various ...

Découvrez le Code de l'énergie, un ouvrage incontournable pour tous les professionnels du droit désireux de maîtriser les enjeux réglementaires du secteur énergétique. Ce code intégral regroupe de manière exhaustive l'ensemble des dispositions réglementaires et des textes officiels, offrant ainsi une référence précieuse pour les avocats, juristes et experts en énergie. Grâce à sa présentation ... Read more

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Découvrez le Code de l'énergie, un ouvrage incontournable pour tous les professionnels du droit désireux de maîtriser les enjeux réglementaires du secteur énergétique. Ce code intégral regroupe de manière exhaustive l'ensemble des dispositions réglementaires et des textes officiels, offrant ainsi une référence précieuse pour les avocats, juristes et experts en énergie. Grâce à sa présentation
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Competition Law in Ecuador

by Josemaria Bustamante ...

p>Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of competition law and its interpretation in Ecuador covers every aspect of the subject the various forms of restrictive agreements and abuse of dominance prohibited by law and the rules on merger control; tests of illegality; filing obligations; administrative investigation and enforcement ... Read more

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p>Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of competition law and its interpretation in Ecuador covers every aspect of the subject the various forms of restrictive agreements and abuse of dominance prohibited by law and the rules on merger control; tests of illegality; filing obligations; administrative investigation and enforcement
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Intellectual Property and EU Competition Law

by Jonathan D. C. Turner ...

The interface between intellectual property rights and competition policy is one of the most important and difficult areas of EU commercial law and corresponding national laws. The exploitation of exclusive rights can conflict with competition law, which aims to preserve competition as the driving force in efficient markets. These conflicts have to be resolved against the background of a ... Read more

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The interface between intellectual property rights and competition policy is one of the most important and difficult areas of EU commercial law and corresponding national laws. The exploitation of exclusive rights can conflict with competition law, which aims to preserve competition as the driving force in efficient markets. These conflicts have to be resolved against the background of a
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Law for Sale

A Philosophical Critique of Regulatory Competition

by Johanna Stark ...

Common markets, open borders, air traffic, and the internet have made it faster and less expensive to change places and jurisdictions. As a result, legal forums are increasingly treated as a good that is subject to the market mechanism. Individuals and corporations increasingly have free reign to choose which legal rules to apply to their company, their contract, their marriage, or their ... Read more

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Common markets, open borders, air traffic, and the internet have made it faster and less expensive to change places and jurisdictions. As a result, legal forums are increasingly treated as a good that is subject to the market mechanism. Individuals and corporations increasingly have free reign to choose which legal rules to apply to their company, their contract, their marriage, or their
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Damages Claims for the Infringement of EU Competition Law

by Ioannis Lianos, Peter Davis, Paolisa Nebbia ...

Damages Claims for the Infringement of Competition Law addresses the current state of the law in the EU on damages claims for the infringement of EU competition law by combining a theoretical with a practical perspective. The work first focuses on the relevant EU acquis, examining all aspects of EU law that may be relevant to damages claims (whether brought by a consumer or not) such as those ... Read more

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Damages Claims for the Infringement of Competition Law addresses the current state of the law in the EU on damages claims for the infringement of EU competition law by combining a theoretical with a practical perspective. The work first focuses on the relevant EU acquis, examining all aspects of EU law that may be relevant to damages claims (whether brought by a consumer or not) such as those
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L’innovation prédatrice en droit de la concurrence

by Thibault Schrepel, Philippe Aghion ...

Series series Competition Law/Droit de la concurrence
L’innovation est la clé de voûte des économies numériques, mais elle est aussi parfois un prétexte pour maquiller des pratiques qui, ayant l’apparence de réelles innovations, sont en réalité des stratégies anti-concurrentielles qui ont pour objectif d’éliminer la concurrence sans pour autant être bénéfiques aux consommateurs.Pour cette raison, reconnaître un régime propre à l’innovation prédatrice ... Read more

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L’innovation est la clé de voûte des économies numériques, mais elle est aussi parfois un prétexte pour maquiller des pratiques qui, ayant l’apparence de réelles innovations, sont en réalité des stratégies anti-concurrentielles qui ont pour objectif d’éliminer la concurrence sans pour autant être bénéfiques aux consommateurs.Pour cette raison, reconnaître un régime propre à l’innovation prédatrice
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Dawn Raids Under Challenge

Due Process Aspects on the European Commission's Dawn Raid Practices

by Helene Andersson ...

Series series Hart Studies in Competition Law
The 2nd edition of this book provides an updated comprehensive analysis of the European Commission's dawn raid practices from a due process perspective.Examining the obligations imposed by the Charter and the ECHR and the response of the Luxembourg and Strasbourg Courts, the book shows that whereas the Strasbourg Court manages to strike a balance between efficiency concerns and fundamental rights, ... Read more

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The 2nd edition of this book provides an updated comprehensive analysis of the European Commission's dawn raid practices from a due process perspective.Examining the obligations imposed by the Charter and the ECHR and the response of the Luxembourg and Strasbourg Courts, the book shows that whereas the Strasbourg Court manages to strike a balance between efficiency concerns and fundamental rights,
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EU State Aid Control of Infrastructure Funding

by Corinne Ruechardt ...

The elements of infrastructure - roads, transportation, electricity, water, communications, schools, hospitals - are so ingrained in the fabric of daily life that few people give a second thought to who provides them, and how. Yet, they are controlled by an extensive and complex regulatory system. Moreover, the EU's State aid modernization plan has made infrastructure a crucial aspect of ... Read more

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The elements of infrastructure - roads, transportation, electricity, water, communications, schools, hospitals - are so ingrained in the fabric of daily life that few people give a second thought to who provides them, and how. Yet, they are controlled by an extensive and complex regulatory system. Moreover, the EU's State aid modernization plan has made infrastructure a crucial aspect of
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