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FTC Hearings on Competition & Consumer Protection in the 21st Century. Comments of the International Center for Law & Economics: Summing Up the FTC Hearings: Advocates for Increased Antitrust Intervention Failed to Make Their Case. Submitted Jun 30, 2019.

Concluding Comments: The Weaknesses of Interventionist Claims (FTC Hearings, ICLE Comment 11)

15 June 2019

ICLE Comments on Department of Justice Workshop on Competition in Television and Digital Advertising

13 May 2019

In Apple v Pepper, SCOTUS leaves home without its Amex

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July 15, 2019

The Third Circuit’s Oberdorf v. Amazon Opinion Offers a Good Approach to Reining in the Worst Abuses of Section 230

Gus Hurwitz

In a remarkable ruling issued earlier this month, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals held in Oberdorf v. Amazon that, under Pennsylvania products liability law, Amazon could be found liable for a third party vendor’s sale of a defective product via Amazon Marketplace.

Data Security & Privacy

July 15, 2019

There’s Nothing “Conservative” About Trump’s Views on Free Speech and the Regulation of Social Media

Ben Sperry

Despite the simplistic narrative tying President Trump’s vision of the world to conservatism, there is nothing conservative about his views on the First Amendment and how it applies to social media companies.

Data Security & Privacy

July 11, 2019

Section 230 Principles for Lawmakers and a Note of Caution as Trump Convenes his “Social Media Summit”

Geoffrey A. Manne

This morning a diverse group of more than 75 academics, scholars, and civil society organizations — including ICLE and several of its academic affiliates — published a set of seven “Principles for Lawmakers” on liability for user-generated content online, aimed at guiding discussions around potential amendments to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996.

Data Security & Privacy

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Ben Sperry

Associate Director, Legal Research

Ben Sperry is a former Associate Director of the International Center for Law & Economics, where he worked on FTC reform, competition policy, data and privacy, telecommunications, and net neutrality. He is returning to ICLE after spending three years in his hometown, first serving as a judicial law clerk and then as a public defender in western Pennsylvania.

Ben received his Bachelor’s degree in political science from Allegheny College and his Juris Doctor from George Mason University Law School, where he was a member of the George Mason Law Review. He is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Concluding Comments: The Weaknesses of Interventionist Claims (FTC Hearings, ICLE Comment 11)

ICLE Comments on Department of Justice Workshop on Competition in Television and Digital Advertising

In Apple v Pepper, SCOTUS leaves home without its Amex

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The Third Circuit’s Oberdorf v. Amazon Opinion Offers a Good Approach to Reining in the Worst Abuses of Section 230

There’s Nothing “Conservative” About Trump’s Views on Free Speech and the Regulation of Social Media

Section 230 Principles for Lawmakers and a Note of Caution as Trump Convenes his “Social Media Summit”

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Ben Sperry