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October 27, 2017

Comments, In the Matter of Informational Injury Workshop

Kristian Stout & Geoffrey A. Manne

In its description of this workshop, the Commission notes that “consumers may suffer injury when information about them is misused,” and suggests that this workshop “will address questions such as how to best characterize these injuries, how to accurately measure such injuries,” and so on.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

August 30, 2017

Privacy Comments, Restoring Internet Freedom NPRM

Kristian Stout & Geoffrey A. Manne & Allen Gibby

As the Commission’s NPRM notes, the 2015 Open Internet Order “has weakened Americans’ online privacy by stripping the Federal Trade Commission — the nation’s premier consumer protection agency — of its jurisdiction over ISPs’ privacy and data security practices.”

Telecommunications

July 17, 2017

Policy Comments, Restoring Internet Freedom NPRM

Kristian Stout & Geoffrey A. Manne & Allen Gibby

"Federal administrative agencies are required to engage in “reasoned decisionmaking” based on a thorough review and accurate characterization of the record. Their analysis must be based on facts and reasoned predictions; it must be rooted in sound economic reasoning: it must be logically coherent..."

Telecommunications

April 24, 2017

Comments, California DMC Autonomous Vehicle Rules, California DMV

Geoffrey A. Manne

"On behalf of the R Street Institute, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, TechFreedom, and the International Center for Law & Economics, we respectfully submit these comments in response to the California Department of Motor Vehicles’ proposed Driverless Testing and Deployment Regulations released on March 10, 2017..."

Innovation & The New Economy

February 2, 2017

Response, Expertise Needed by the Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress

Kristian Stout & Neil Turkewitz & Geoffrey A. Manne

"What are the knowledge, skills, and abilities you believe are the most important for the Register of Copyrights?"

Intellectual Property

February 1, 2017

Comments, In the Matter of Certain Carbon and Steel Alloy Products, ITC

Kristian Stout & Geoffrey A. Manne

"A cornerstone of the Initial Determination is that “[u]nder TianRui, the Commission’s discretion cannot be exercised in a way that conflicts with applicable federal law,”1 and, therefore, that “the dispute between U.S. Steel and Respondents in this case must be resolved using the same substantive law that governs federal antitrust cases.”

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

January 31, 2017

Policy Response, First Proposal on Copyright Reform

Kristian Stout & Geoffrey A. Manne & Neil Turkewitz

"Given the importance of copyright protection to the US national interest, including from an economic, political and social perspective (on which, please see our response to the Register’s request for comments, attached), we strongly agree with the proposal set forth by the Committee to reform the Copyright Office..."

Intellectual Property

October 20, 2016

Letter, Deviations from the FTC Privacy Framework, FTC

Geoffrey A. Manne

"Dear Ms. Dortch: I write to express my concerns regarding the consumer welfare effects of the revised broadband privacy proposal summarized in a Fact Sheet by Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) Chairman Tom Wheeler earlier this month..."

Data Security & Privacy

September 28, 2016

The DOJ-FTC IP Guidelines: Suggestions for Promoting Innovation

Kristian Stout

This week, the International Center for Law & Economics filed comments on the proposed revision to the joint U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust-IP Licensing Guidelines.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

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