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Beyond soft regulation – Sanctions on digital platforms

Yseult Marique and I published a today a summary of our next paper accepted for publication in the Cambridge International Law Journal (December 2019 issue): “Beyond Soft-regulation – Sanctions on digital platforms“.

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NEW project SHINE

We are happy to announce that the CRIDES has been awarded with a grant by the European Commission (Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Actions) to conduct a research in the field of the sharing economy (SHINE. SHaring Economy and INequalities across Europe). The CRIDES is going to expand its consolidated line of investigation on the sharing economy […]

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Le point sur la situation d’Uber en Belgique et en Europe

Je publiais au cours du mois d’avril deux contributions sur le site de Justice-en-Ligne. J’y fais le point sur la situation d’Uber en Belgique (http://www.justice-en-ligne.be/article1173.html) et en Europe (http://www.justice-en-ligne.be/article1164.html).

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L’applicabilité du droit européen de la concurrence à l’économie collaborative

Il est clair que l’Internet et les technologies numériques ont largement transformé notre manière de vivre, tant du point de vue social et relationnel que du point de vue du travail[1]. Depuis plusieurs années, on peut ainsi constater une progression notable du secteur de l’économie numérique sur l’économie classique. L’économie collaborative fait partie de cette […]

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New article: Limitations to TDM and Consumer Empowerment. Making the Case for a Right to Machine Legibility

Author: Rossana Ducato and Alain Strowel Download : https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3278901 Citation: R. Ducato, A. Strowel, Limitations to Text and Data Mining and Consumer Empowerment: Making the Case for a Right to “Machine Legibility”, CRIDES Working Paper Series 1/2018, 31 October 2018. Abstract The paper focuses on the current legal barriers to text and data mining (TDM) […]

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New Article: The Collaborative Economy Legal Conundrum. A Way Forward Through Harmonization

A new article titled “The Collaborative Economy Legal Conundrum: A Way Forward Through Harmonization” has been recently published by Marco Inglese in Legal Issues of Economic Integration, 4/2018. More information at this link: http://www.kluwerlawonline.com/abstract.php?area=Journals&id=LEIE2018022

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Take part to our SURVEY on online platforms!

Protection of users in the platform economy: mapping the scenario   We have just launched a survey on the regulation of online platforms in the sharing economy and we would greatly appreciate your support! Please, take part to our survey! You will need just few minutes and you will greatly contribute to our research! The […]

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Fresh out of the press – Challenges related to law for the platform economy: a fresh look at some important dichotomies

Céline Wattecamps, Anne-Grace Kleczewski and I have just published an overview of the “Challenges related to law for the platform economy” and we propose to have a fresh look at some important legal dichotomies currently blurred by the platforms.   You can find the full text of the article here or on cairn.info (https://www.cairn.info/load_pdf.php?ID_ARTICLE=RPVE_563_0057)

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Collaborative law and business – Equal Day 31 May 2018

Equal is organizing a study day in Brussels on “Collaborative law and business”, which mixes panels on digital platforms, social economy, democratic participation and the future of work.   The full program is accessible at equalday.eu/en/. Inscription is compulsory.  

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Behavioural study on transparency in online platforms

The EU Commission has just published the results of the study on transparency in online platforms. The research has confirmed with empirical evidences that transparency is a precious value in today’s online transactions:    “70% said that the information about criteria for presenting search results was important in their decision and made them more confident and […]