May 15, 2019

A Bargaining Model v. Reality in FTC v. Qualcomm: A Reply to Kattan & Muris

Joshua Wright & Douglas Ginsburg

In a recent article[1] Joe Kattan and Tim Muris (K&M) criticize our article[2] on the predictive power of bargaining models in antitrust, in which we used two recent applications to explore implications for uses of bargaining models in courts and antitrust agencies moving forward.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

April 25, 2017

New ICLE study finds the Durbin Amendment still harms poorer Americans and small businesses

Geoffrey A. Manne

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…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

January 30, 2017

How to Regulate: An Overview

Thomas Lambert

So I’ve just finished writing a book (hence my long hiatus from Truth on the Market).  Now that the draft is out of my hands and with the publisher (Cambridge…

Financial Regulation

December 9, 2016

Public Knowledge’s Lonely Echo Chamber of Copyright Advocacy

Geoffrey A. Manne & Neil Turkewitz

Yesterday the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee issued the first set of policy proposals following their long-running copyright review process. These proposals were principally aimed at…

Intellectual Property

November 23, 2016

The Internet Association’s vision for the future looks a lot like the past

Neil Turkewitz

Last week, the Internet Association (“IA”) — a trade group representing some of America’s most dynamic and fastest growing tech companies, including the likes of Google, Facebook, Amazon, and eBay…

Intellectual Property

June 14, 2016

Senator Lee’s prescription for regulatory failure in the generic drug market

Geoffrey A. Manne

Brand drug manufacturers are no strangers to antitrust accusations when it comes to their complicated relationship with generic competitors — most obviously with respect to reverse payment settlements. But the…

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

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

June 1, 2011

Competition Policy and Patent Law Under Uncertainty: Regulating Innovation (Book)

Geoffrey A. Manne & Joshua Wright

The regulation of innovation and the optimal design of legal institutions in an environment of uncertainty are two of the most important policy challenges of the twenty-first century. Innovation is critical to economic growth.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection