August 29, 2017

ABA Teleconference: Teleconference on Newspaper Antitrust Immunity

Geoffrey A. Manne

Summary David Chavern (News Media Alliance, whose members include NYT, WSJ, Tronc (Chicago Tribune, LA Times)), in a July 9, 2017 Wall Street Journal op-ed and subsequent press release, called…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

July 10, 2017

The Washington Post editorial board understands online competition better than the European Commission does

Geoffrey A. Manne

Last week the editorial board of the Washington Post penned an excellent editorial responding to the European Commission’s announcement of its decision in its Google Shopping investigation. Here’s the key…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

October 21, 2016

FCC Chairman Wheeler’s claimed fealty to FTC privacy standards is belied by the rules he actually proposes

Geoffrey A. Manne

Next week the FCC is slated to vote on the second iteration of Chairman Wheeler’s proposed broadband privacy rules. Of course, as has become all too common, none of us…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

July 7, 2016

The FCC’s proposed broadband privacy rules are still devoid of sufficient evidence or analysis

Geoffrey A. Manne

Yesterday, the International Center for Law & Economics filed reply comments in the docket of the FCC’s Broadband Privacy NPRM. ICLE was joined in its comments by the following scholars…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

May 26, 2016

Congressional testimony on legislative reform proposals for the FTC

Geoffrey A. Manne

Earlier this week I testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade regarding several proposed FTC reform bills. You can find my written testimony here. That testimony…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

May 10, 2016

Pushing Ad Networks Out of Business: Yershov v. Gannett and the War Against Online Platforms

Kristian Stout

The lifecycle of a law is a curious one; born to fanfare, a great solution to a great problem, but ultimately doomed to age badly as lawyers seek to shoehorn…

Innovation & The New Economy

April 1, 2014

The Law and Economics of Data and Privacy in Antitrust Analysis

Geoffrey A. Manne & Ben Sperry

While several scholars and policymakers have proposed that threats to privacy and competition from concentration of data be incorporated into antitrust analysis, no one has yet articulated a coherent theory as to how degrading privacy or aggregating data can be anticompetitive...

Data Security & Privacy

November 20, 2013

Senator Markey’s Do Not Track Kids Act of 2013 Raises the Question: What’s the Point of COPPA?

Ben Sperry

The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) continues to be a hot button issue for many online businesses and privacy advocates. On November 14, Senator Markey, along with Senator Kirk…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

October 11, 2013

Google: Great Deal or Greatest Deal?

Ben Sperry

Critics of Google have argued that users overvalue Google’s services in relation to the data they give away.  One breath-taking headline asked Who Would Pay $5,000 to Use Google?, suggesting that…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection