J.R.McHale

> [From Smoke-Filled Rooms to Computer Algorithms – The Evolution of Collusion](http://clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu/2015/05/14/from-smoke-filled-rooms-to-computer-algorithms-the-evolution-of-collusion/) – Ariel Ezrachi and Maurice Stucke at The CLS Blue Sky Blog

> [When Bots Collude](http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/when-bots-collude) – The New Yorker

> [The FTC is Worried about Algorithmic Transparency, and You Should be Too](http://www.pcworld.com/article/2908372/the-ftc-is-worried-about-algorithmic-transparency-and-you-should-be-too.html) – PCWorld

> **Academic Papers:**

> [Artificial Intelligence & Collusion: When Computers Inhibit Competition](http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2591874) – Ariel Ezrachi and Maurice Stucke (pdf available at the link; 38 pages)

> [Antitrust and the Robo-Seller: Competition in the Time of Algorithms](http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2576341) – Salil K. Mehra (pdf available at the link; 60 pages)

> **Recent DOJ Action:**

> [Former E-Commerce Executive Charged with Price Fixing in the Antitrust Division’s First Online Marketplace Prosecution](http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-e-commerce-executive-charged-price-fixing-antitrust-divisions-first-online-marketplace) – Department of Justice Press Release. The Topkins DOJ charges: – [pdf](http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/04/06/topkins_information.pdf) (5 pages)