Resources Archive - International Center for Law & Economics

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

January 8, 2020

Making Sense of the Google Android Decision (part 3): Where is the Harm?

Dirk Auer

This is the third in a series of TOTM blog posts discussing the Commission’s recently published Google Android decision. It draws on research from a soon-to-be published ICLE white paper.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

December 31, 2019

The Evolution of Antitrust Doctrine After Ohio v. Amex and the Apple v. Pepper Decision That Should Have Been

Kristian Stout & Geoffrey A. Manne

If the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Apple Inc. v. Pepper (Apple) had hewed to the precedent established by Ohio v. American Express Co. (Amex), it would have begun its…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

December 14, 2019

What if rising concentration were an indication of more competition, not less?

Geoffrey A. Manne

An oft-repeated claim of conferences, media, and left-wing think tanks is that lax antitrust enforcement has led to a substantial increase in concentration in the US economy of late, strangling…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

December 12, 2019

Making Sense of the Google Android Decision (part 2): Ignoring Google’s Competitors

Dirk Auer

This is the second in a series of TOTM blog posts discussing the Commission’s recently published Google Android decision. It draws on research from a soon-to-be published ICLE white paper.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

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

November 21, 2019

Private Antitrust: What Hipsters Can Learn from Hulk Hogan

Eric Fruits

The antitrust populist ranks are chock-a-block with economists, policy wonks, and go-getter attorneys. If they are so confident in their claims of rising concentration, bad behavior, and harm to consumers, suppliers, and workers, then they should put those ideas to the test with some slam dunk litigation.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

November 14, 2019

Making Sense of the Google Android Decision (part 1): Four Problems with the EU Commission’s Market Definition

Dirk Auer

This is the first in a series of TOTM blog posts discussing the Commission’s recently published Google Android decision. It draws on research from a soon-to-be published ICLE white paper.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection