DOJ breaks with well-established economics in AT&T/Time Warner challenge
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 20, 2017 The following statement is attributable to Geoffrey A. Manne, Executive Director, ICLE: PORTLAND, OR — Today the US Department of . . .
DOJ breaks with well-established economics in AT&T/Time Warner merger challenge
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Canadian Interchange Fee Caps Would Hurt Consumers
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. . . .
ICLE Files Ex Parte Notice With FCC on Restoring Internet Freedom NPRM
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 . . .
ICLE Comments: The FTC should consider how (and whether) it assesses causation as it defines “informational injury”
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 . . .
ICLE advises FCC to reject economically insupportable 2015 Open Internet Order
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 . . .
The FCC’s proposed broadband privacy rules: The harmful effects of regulating without evidence or analysis
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 . . .
ICLE Statement on FCC Chairman Pai’s Proposal to “Reverse the Mistake of Title II”
Today, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced the initiation of a rulemaking that could lay the groundwork for a reversal of his predecessor’s controversial . . .
Unreasonable and Disproportionate: How the Durbin Amendment Harms Poorer Americans and Small Businesses
Today, the International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) released a study updating our 2014 analysis of the economic effects of the Durbin Amendment to . . .
Statement from ICLE Senior Policy Counsel Neil Turkewitz on the Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017
WASHINGTON — The following is a statement from Neil Turkewitz, Senior Policy Counsel, Intellectual Property and the Digital Economy at the International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) . . .