Written Testimonies & Filings Archives - International Center for Law & Economics

March 9, 2020

ICLE Comments Regarding European Commission Guidelines on Certain State Aid Measures in the Context of the System for Greenhouse Gas Emission Allowance Trading Post 2021

Julian Morris & Dirk Auer

Emission trading programs have the potential dramatically to reduce the costs of abating pollution. When such programs are well designed, they can reduce abatement costs by as much as 50%.…

Innovation & The New Economy

February 24, 2020

Comments of ICLE on the Draft Vertical Merger Guidelines (Matter Number P810034)

Geoffrey A. Manne & Kristian Stout

Although it is doubtless correct that the 1984 Nonhorizontal Merger Guidelines require updates in light of the last three decades of legal and economic developments, it is by no means…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

February 24, 2020

Comment by Various Antitrust Scholars from the Truth on the Market Blog Symposium on the VMGs (Matter Number P810034)

Tim Brennan & Luke Froeb & Eric Fruits & Douglas Ginsburg & Herbert Hovenkamp & Jonathon Jacobson & William Kolasky & Tad Lipsky & Geoffrey A. Manne & Kristian Stout & Joshua Wright

In response to the Draft Vertical Merger Guidelines released by DOJ and the FTC on January 10, 2020,1 the International Center for Law & Economics convened a blog symposium to…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

January 17, 2020

ICLE STATEMENT TO USTR on the 2019 GSP REVIEW of South Africa

Kristian Stout & Geoffrey A. Manne & Julian Morris

We submit this statement in support of IIPA’s petition to review South Africa’s GSP eligibility in light of South Africa’s failure to provide “adequate and effective protection” to intellectual property…

Intellectual Property

December 10, 2019

Comments on the Federal Trade Commission’s Implementation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule

Ben Sperry

In this comment, we address the first question presented by the Commission (“Is there a continuing need for the Rule as currently promulgated? Why or why not?”). This comment answers that question in the negative, arguing the FTC should return to the pre-2013 version of the COPPA Rule.

Data Security & Privacy

December 6, 2019

Comments on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

Kristian Stout & Alec Stapp

We begin our analysis of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) with a discussion of the standardized regulatory impact assessment (SRIA) prepared for the AG’s Office by Berkeley Economic Advising and Research, LLC.

Data Security & Privacy

October 1, 2019

Comments of ICLE, re: Tunney Act Review of the Sprint-T-Mobile Merger

Eric Fruits & Gus Hurwitz & Geoffrey A. Manne & Julian Morris & Alec Stapp

ICLE filed a letter summarizing its analysis of the relevant empirical literature on mobile carrier mergers as part of the Tunney Act review process.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

September 12, 2019

Submission on the final report of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Digital Platforms Inquiry

Dirk Auer & Chris Berg & Gus Hurwitz & Geoffrey A. Manne & Julian Morris

In a submission to the Australian Treasury on 12 September 2019, a group of esteemed international scholars critiqued the recently published Final Report of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Digital Platforms Inquiry.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

August 9, 2019

ICLE COMMENTS ON Department of Justice Antitrust Consent Decree Review: ASCAP and BMI 2019

Kristian Stout & Julian Morris & Geoffrey A. Manne

Introduction These comments seek to address the questions raised by the Department of Justice in its current review of the ASCAP and BMI consent decrees. The origin of the decrees…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

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