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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

Understanding Competition in Markets Involving Data or Personal or Commercial Information (FTC Hearings, ICLE Comment 7)

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

FTC Hearings on Competition & Consumer Protection in the 21 st Century. Comments of the International Center for Law & Economics: Understanding Competition in Markets Involving Data or Personal or Commercial Information. Hearing # 6 (Nov. 6-8, 2018). Submitted January 7, 2019.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

December 31, 2018

The Continued Viability and Flexibility of the Consumer Welfare Standard (FTC Hearings, ICLE Comment 6)

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

FTC Hearings on Competition & Consumer Protection in the 21st Century. Comments of the International Center for Law & Economics: The Continued Viability and Flexibility of the Consumer Welfare Standard, and the Weakness of Its Alternatives. Hearing # 5 (Nov. 1, 2018). Submitted December 31, 2018.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

December 19, 2018

Geoffrey Manne Oral Senate Testimony on why US antitrust law should not emulate the EU

ICLE

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

Antitrust Principles and Evidence-Based Antitrust Under the Consumer Welfare Standard (FTC Hearings, ICLE Comment 5)

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

FTC Hearings on Competition & Consumer Protection in the 21 st Century. Comments of the International Center for Law & Economics: Antitrust Principles and Evidence-Based Antitrust Under the Consumer Welfare Standard. Hearing #1 (Sep. 13, 2018). Submitted October 14, 2018.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

October 14, 2018

Privacy, Antitrust, and the Economic Approach to the Regulation of Consumer Data (FTC Hearings, ICLE Comment 4)

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

FTC Hearings on Competition & Consumer Protection in the 21 st Century. Comments of the International Center for Law & Economics: Privacy, Antitrust, and the Economic Approach to the Regulation of Consumer Data. Hearing #1 (Sep. 13, 2018). Submitted October 14, 2018.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

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