August 21, 2018

ICLE's Comments to the FTC as part of the "HEARINGS ON COMPETITION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION IN THE 21ST CENTURY"

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Yesterday ICLE filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission in response to its request for comments in its recently announced Hearings On Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century.…

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February 26, 2018

ICLE Affiliate Douglas H. Ginsburg, Focus of a New Book of Essays

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This March, Concurrences will be releasing a volume of essays that pay tribute to ICLE affiliate Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg. From the publisher's announcement: This first volume of Douglas H.…

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January 29, 2018

ICLE Scholars Co-Author Supreme Court Amicus Brief in American Express Platform Antitrust Case

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This week, a prestigious group of fifteen scholars of antitrust law and economics — ten of whom are affiliated with ICLE — submitted an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court in State…

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November 15, 2017

New Report: Canadian Interchange Fee Caps Would Hurt Consumers

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Canada’s large merchants have called on the government to impose price controls on interchange fees, claiming this would benefit not only merchants but also consumers. But experience elsewhere contradicts this…

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November 9, 2017

ICLE Files Ex Parte Notice With FCC on Restoring Internet Freedom NPRM

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This week, the International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) filed an ex parte notice in the FCC’s Restoring Internet Freedom docket. In it, we reviewed two of the major…

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November 8, 2017

ICLE Comments: The FTC should consider how (and whether) it assesses causation as it defines “informational injury”

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The FTC will hold an “Informational Injury Workshop” in December “to examine consumer injury in the context of privacy and data security.” Defining the scope of cognizable harm that may…

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September 1, 2017

ICLE advises FCC to reject economically insupportable 2015 Open Internet Order

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The International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) filed two sets of comments with the Federal Communications Commission supporting the reversal of former Chairman Wheeler's controversial 2015 Open Internet Order…

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May 31, 2017

The FCC’s proposed broadband privacy rules: The harmful effects of regulating without evidence or analysis

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Last week the International Center for Law & Economics filed comments on the FCC’s Broadband Privacy NPRM. ICLE was joined in its comments by the following scholars of law & economics: Babette E. Boliek, Associate…

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April 25, 2017

Unreasonable and Disproportionate: How the Durbin Amendment Harms Poorer Americans and Small Businesses

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Today, the International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) released a study updating our 2014 analysis of the economic effects of the Durbin Amendment to the Dodd-Frank Act. The new…

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