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

January 19, 2022

Testimony of Geoffrey A. Manne, 'Reviving Competition, Part 5: Addressing the Effects of Economic Concentration on America’s Food Supply'

ICLE President Geoffrey Manne testified to the House Judiciary Committee Antitrust Subcommittee on the role of competition in America's food-supply chain.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

October 25, 2021

Comments on the Advanced Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking, Re: Executive Order 13984, 'Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities'

Kristian Stout

Intro and summary As one of his final acts in office, former President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 13984 (the EO), “Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With…

Data Security & Privacy

September 30, 2021

Comments of the International Center for Law & Economics Regarding Contract Terms That May Harm Fair Competition

Geoffrey A. Manne & Dirk Auer

ICLE submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission about potential rulemaking to prohibit employee non-compete clauses and various other forms of exclusive dealing.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

June 30, 2021

Written Comments for July 1, 2021 FTC Open Meeting

Samuel Bowman

The following comments were submitted to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for consideration in the commission's scheduled July 1 vote on whether to rescind the 2015 Statement of Enforcement Principles…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

May 18, 2021

Testimony of R.J. Lehmann to the Senate Banking Committee: The Case to Reform the NFIP

R.J. Lehmann

Introduction Chairman Brown, Ranking Member Toomey, and Members of the Committee, My name is R.J. Lehmann, and I am a Senior Fellow with and Editor-in-Chief of the International Center for…

Financial Regulation

April 14, 2021

Open Letter by Public Interest Organizations in Favor of Direct EV Sales and Service

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The signatories of this letter represent a broad range of public interest organizations who urge that any state laws still prohibiting car companies from selling their cars directly to consumers, or opening service centers for those vehicles, be amended to permit direct sales and service of EVs

Innovation & The New Economy

April 14, 2021

Open Letter by Academics in Favor of Direct EV Sales and Service

Geoffrey A. Manne & Gus Hurwitz & Joshua Wright & Benjamin Klein & Kenneth Elzinga & Thomas Hazlett & Thomas Lambert & Scott Masten & Salil K. Mehra & Michael Sykuta

The signatories of this letter, active or emeritus professors employed at public or private universities in the United States, come from across the political spectrum, and have a wide variety of views on regulation, environmental and consumer protection, and free enterprise as a general matter, but find common ground on the important issue of automotive direct sales.

Innovation & The New Economy

March 24, 2021

Re: The Federal Communications Commission’s Bipartisan 5.9 GHz Order

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Dear Secretary Buttigieg, Secretary Raimondo, and Director Deese: The International Center for Law & Economics, New America’s Open Technology Institute, Public Knowledge and the R Street Institute represent organizations that…

Telecommunications

February 1, 2021

Comments to FTC: ANPR Concerning Future Amendments to the HSR Rules

Dirk Auer & Geoffrey A. Manne & Samuel Bowman

ICLE comments filed Feb. 1, 2021, to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in response to the FTC's Advance Notice of Public Rulemaking concerning future amendments to the premerger notification rules under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

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