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January 21, 2021

A Reflection on Commissioner Pai, Chairman Pai, and Public Service

Joshua Wright

Ajit Pai has been, in my view, the most successful, impactful minority commissioner in the history of the modern regulatory state. And it is that success that has led him to become the most successful and impactful chairman, too.

Telecommunications

January 19, 2021

Pai’s Legacy of Progress in Closing the Rural Digital Divide

Gus Hurwitz

The technical and business challenges of connecting rural America are different. Rural America needs different things out of its infrastructure than urban America. And the attitudes of both users and those providing service are different here than they are in urban America. Aji Pai gets this.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

January 14, 2021

Introductory Post: Retrospective on Ajit Pai’s Tenure as FCC Chairman

Kristian Stout

Ajit Pai will step down from his position as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) effective Jan. 20. Beginning Jan. 15, Truth on the Market will host a symposium exploring Pai’s tenure, with contributions from a range of scholars and practitioners.

Telecommunications

January 13, 2021

The Forgotten Strand of the Anti-Monopoly Tradition in Anglo-American Law

Ben Sperry

Admirers of the late Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis and other antitrust populists often trace the history of American anti-monopoly sentiments from the Founding Era through the Progressive Era’s passage…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

January 4, 2021

COVID-19 Vaccines Show the Patent System Works

Geoffrey A. Manne & Kristian Stout

ICLE President Geoffrey Manne and Director of Innovation Policy Kristian Stout's latest post on Truth on the Market about how the successful COVID-19 vaccine trials demonstrate the value of the patent system.

Intellectual Property

December 17, 2020

The Case Against Google Advertising: What’s the Relevant Market and How Many Are There?

Eric Fruits

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s complaint against Google’s advertising business, joined by the attorneys general of nine other states, continues a long tradition of narrowing market definition to shoehorn market dominance where it may not exist.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

December 16, 2020

Building the Digital Future: Can the EU Foster a Dynamic and Crime-Free Internet?

Geoffrey A. Manne & Dirk Auer

The European Commission has unveiled draft legislation that would overhaul the rules governing the online lives of its citizens. The draft rules are something of a mixed bag.

Innovation & The New Economy

December 16, 2020

Introductory Post: The United States v. Google

Samuel Bowman

Google is facing a series of lawsuits in 2020 and 2021 that challenge some of the most fundamental parts of its business, and of the internet itself — Search, Android, Chrome, Google’s digital-advertising business, and potentially other services as well.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

December 15, 2020

Rolled by Rewheel, Redux

Eric Fruits

The Finnish consultancy Rewheel periodically issues reports using mobile wireless pricing information to make claims about which countries’ markets are competitive and which are not. For example, Rewheel claims Canada and…

Telecommunications