April 25, 2016

Opening Pandora’s set-top box: ICLE’s comments on the FCC’s “unlocking the box” NPRM

Geoffrey A. Manne

On Friday the the International Center for Law & Economics filed comments with the FCC in response to Chairman Wheeler’s NPRM (proposed rules) to “unlock” the MVPD (i.e., cable and…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

April 20, 2016

O competition, we stand on guard for thee

Geoffrey A. Manne

Today’s Canadian Competition Bureau (CCB) Google decision marks yet another regulator joining the chorus of competition agencies around the world that have already dismissed similar complaints relating to Google’s Search…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

April 19, 2016

The Essential Facility of Obama’s Competition Policy

Kristian Stout

It appears that White House’s zeal for progressive-era legal theory has … progressed (or regressed?) further. Late last week President Obama signed an Executive Order that nominally claims to direct…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

February 16, 2016

Day two of TOTM’s blog symposium on the Apple e-books antitrust case

Geoffrey A. Manne

The Apple E-Books Antitrust Case: Implications for Antitrust Law and for the Economy — Day 2 February 16, 2016 truthonthemarket.com We will have a few more posts today to round…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

February 15, 2016

Manne on the Apple e-books case: The Second Circuit’s decision has no support in the law and/or economics

Geoffrey A. Manne

As ICLE argued in its amicus brief, the Second Circuit’s ruling in United States v. Apple Inc. is in direct conflict with the Supreme Court’s 2007 Leegin decision, and creates a circuit split with the…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

February 15, 2016

Apple e-books Symposium

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The Apple E-Books Antitrust Case: Implications for Antitrust Law and for the Economy February 15, 2016 truthonthemarket.com The appellate court’s 2015 decision affirming the district court’s finding of per se…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

February 15, 2016

Epstein on the Apple e-books case: The hidden traps in the Apple ebook case

Richard Epstein

On balance the Second Circuit was right to apply the antitrust laws to Apple. Right now the Supreme Court has before it a petition for Certiorari, brought by Apple, Inc.,…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

February 13, 2016

Blog symposium on the Apple e-books antitrust case: Implications for antitrust law and for the economy

Geoffrey A. Manne

The Apple E-Books Antitrust Case: Implications for Antitrust Law and for the Economy February 15, 2016 truthonthemarket.com The appellate court’s 2015 decision affirming the district court’s finding of per se…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

December 3, 2015

ICLE and leading antitrust scholars urge Supreme Court to review 2nd Circuit ruling in Apple e-books case

Geoffrey A. Manne

Today the International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States supporting Apple’s petition for certiorari in its e-books antitrust…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection