May 15, 2020

Joint Submission of Antitrust Economists, Legal Scholars, and Practitioners to the House Judiciary Committee on the State of Antitrust Law and Implications for Protecting Competition in Digital Markets

Jonathan Barnett & Michael Baye & James Cooper & Daniel Crane & Kenneth Elzinga & Richard Epstein & Deborah A. Garza & Thomas Hazlett & Gus Hurwitz & Benjamin Klein & Jonathan Klick & Thomas Lambert & Tad Lipsky & Geoffrey A. Manne & Scott Masten & Maureen K. Ohlhausen & James F. Rill & Jan M. Rybnicek & Vernon L. Smith & David Teece & Robert Willig & Joshua Wright & John M. Yun

Pursuant to the House Judiciary Committee’s request for information to aid its inquiry concerning the state of existing antitrust laws, Antitrust Economists, Legal Scholars, and Practitioners offer the following joint submission.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

May 1, 2020

Consumer Welfare & the Rule of Law: The Case Against the New Populist Antitrust Movement

Elyse Dorsey & Geoffrey A. Manne & Jan M. Rybnicek & Kristian Stout & Joshua Wright

This Article makes the case in support of the current consumer welfare standard and against a sweeping set of unsupported populist antitrust reforms.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

April 17, 2020

Correcting Common Misperceptions About the State of Antitrust Law and Enforcement

Geoffrey A. Manne

On Friday, April 17, 2020, ICLE President and Founder, Geoffrey A. Manne, submitted written testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

November 21, 2019

Private Antitrust: What Hipsters Can Learn from Hulk Hogan

Eric Fruits

The antitrust populist ranks are chock-a-block with economists, policy wonks, and go-getter attorneys. If they are so confident in their claims of rising concentration, bad behavior, and harm to consumers, suppliers, and workers, then they should put those ideas to the test with some slam dunk litigation.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

September 13, 2019

The Real Story about Amazon, Counterfeit Listings, and Minimum Advertised Price (MAP) Policies

Geoffrey A. Manne & Kristian Stout & Alec Stapp

Amazon is again accused of being a predatory pricer, once again the evidence and theory to support this is nonexistent. Shaoul Sussman's complicated argument that the use of grey market sellers to force higher prices throughout the economy, doesn't add up.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

August 27, 2019

Dynamic Competition and Online Platforms: Evaluating Recent Government Reports

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Join us for our third annual international competition policy conference on December 4th, 2019.

December 19, 2018

Geoffrey Manne Oral Senate Testimony on why US antitrust law should not emulate the EU

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On December 19, 2018, ICLE President and Founder, Geoffrey A. Manne testified before the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights to discuss the differences between the antitrust regimes in the US and the EU, and the inadvisability of importing EU policy into the US.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

December 18, 2018

Senate Testimony on why US antitrust law should not emulate the EU

Geoffrey A. Manne

On December 19, 2018, ICLE President and Founder, Geoffrey A. Manne testified before the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights to discuss the differences between the antitrust regimes in the US and the EU, and the inadvisability of importing EU policy into the US.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

October 14, 2018

Antitrust Principles and Evidence-Based Antitrust Under the Consumer Welfare Standard (FTC Hearings, ICLE Comment 5)

Dirk Auer & Gus Hurwitz & Geoffrey A. Manne & Julian Morris & Kristian Stout

FTC Hearings on Competition & Consumer Protection in the 21 st Century. Comments of the International Center for Law & Economics: Antitrust Principles and Evidence-Based Antitrust Under the Consumer Welfare Standard. Hearing #1 (Sep. 13, 2018). Submitted October 14, 2018.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection