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October 15, 2021

tl;dr – Platform Self-Preferencing: Benefits to Consumers and to Competition

Background… Four months after a similar antitrust measure was advanced to the floor of the U.S. House, a bipartisan group of senators, led by Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Chuck…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

October 14, 2021

5 Thoughts on the Senate’s Proposed Platform Self-Preferencing Ban

Samuel Bowman & Geoffrey A. Manne

A bipartisan group of senators unveiled legislation today that would dramatically curtail the ability of online platforms to “self-preference” their own services—for example, when Apple pre-installs its own Weather or Podcasts apps…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

October 13, 2021

Broad-Based FTC Data-Privacy and Security Rulemaking Would Flunk a Cost-Benefit Test

Alden Abbott

A debate has broken out among the four sitting members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in connection with the recently submitted FTC Report to Congress on Privacy and Security. Chair Lina…

Data Security & Privacy

October 12, 2021

Why There Needs to Be More, not Less, Consolidation in Video Streaming

Dirk Auer

Recent commentary on the proposed merger between WarnerMedia and Discovery, as well as Amazon’s acquisition of MGM, often has included the suggestion that the online content-creation and video-streaming markets are excessively consolidated,…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

October 8, 2021

Is There Any Market Power in Online Display Advertising?

Eric Fruits & Samuel Bowman & Geoffrey A. Manne

A lawsuit filed by the State of Texas and nine other states in December 2020 alleges, among other things, that Google has engaged in anticompetitive conduct related to its online display-advertising…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

October 7, 2021

Issue Brief: The Great Transatlantic Data Disruption

Kristian Stout & Michael Mandel & Mikołaj Barczentewicz

A new issue brief published jointly by ICLE and the Progressive Policy Institute looks at looming threats to transatlantic data flows between the U.S. and EU that power an estimated $333 billion in annual trade of digitally enabled services.

Data Security & Privacy

October 1, 2021

BETTER TOGETHER: THE PROCOMPETITIVE EFFECTS OF MERGERS IN TECH

Samuel Bowman & Sam Dumitriu

A joint publication of ICLE and The Entrepreneurs Network makes the case that the U.K. government's plan to crack down on Big Tech mergers would harm the British start-up ecosystem.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

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

September 27, 2021

Khan’s ‘Vision and Priorities for the FTC’ Statement Lacks Humility and Strategic Insight

Alden Abbott

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan’s Sept. 22 memorandum to FTC commissioners and staff—entitled “Vision and Priorities for the FTC” (VP Memo)—offers valuable insights into the chair’s strategy and policy agenda…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection