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February 28, 2019

ICLE Letter on The proposed T-Mobile/Sprint merger and the state of the relevant economic literature

Geoffrey A. Manne & Eric Fruits & Gus Hurwitz & Julian Morris & Kristian Stout

We write to address a crucial question relevant to your upcoming, March 12 hearing on “The State of Competition in the Wireless Market: Examining the Impact of the Proposed Merger of T-Mobile and Sprint on Consumers, Workers, and the Internet.”

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

February 21, 2019

ICLE Comments, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Digital Platforms Inquiry

Gus Hurwitz & Chris Berg

The analysis in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Preliminary Report for the Digital Platforms Inquiry is inadequate in several ways. There is a real danger that if the policy recommendations outlined in the preliminary report were to be adopted, Australian consumers would be severely harmed.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

January 7, 2019

ICLE Comments, Competition in Markets Involving Consumer Data

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

In its sixth set of comments for the FTC’s Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century, ICLE scholars addressed the questions for comment raised by Hearing #6, “The Intersection of Big Data, Privacy, and Competition,” exposing several crucial misconceptions about the competitive dynamics of data-intensive markets.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

December 31, 2018

ICLE Comments, the Consumer Welfare Standard and the Role of Presumptions

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

We thank the Commission for this opportunity to comment on the November 1, 2018 hearing on “The Consumer Welfare Standard in Antitrust Law,” FTC-2018- 0091.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

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

November 13, 2018

ICLE urges NTIA to avoid heavy-handed privacy regulation that would stifle innovation and limit consumer choice

Geoffrey A. Manne & Kristian Stout & Dirk Auer

ICLE submitted comments to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on Developing the Administration’s Approach to Consumer Privacy.

Data Security & Privacy

October 14, 2018

ICLE Comments, Antitrust law and the consumer welfare standard

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

Executive Summary Since the original Pitofsky hearings, much has fundamentally changed in the way the firms do businesses. Yet, despite these rapid and fundamental shifts in technology and behavior, we…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

October 14, 2018

ICLE Comments, the regulation of consumer data

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

Executive Summary These comments were submitted to the FTC as part of its hearings on “Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century.” In these comments, we analyze three overarching…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

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