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September 10, 2020

Data Portability and Interoperability

Geoffrey A. Manne & Samuel Bowman

While data portability may seem like an attractive option in certain markets, experience suggests it is not simple to impose even in cases where the trade-offs seem small.

Data Security & Privacy

September 10, 2020

tl;dr - Ending Qualified Immunity

Ben Sperry

Criminal justice reform efforts should focus on ending qualified immunity and restoring the constitutional balance between empowering officers to protect the public while also deterring violations of civil liberties.

September 4, 2020

tl;dr - NTIA § 230 FCC Petition: A Poor Solution to an Ill-Defined Problem

Kristian Stout

While there are possible useful reforms to be made to Section 230, forcing major changes to an important law on the basis of a political quarrel would let petty politics reshape one of the most important laws that governs the Internet.

Telecommunications

September 2, 2020

ICLE Pole Attachment Comments

Kristian Stout & Ian Adams

I. Introduction Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this important, though often underappreciated, issue. All parties concerned believe that rural broadband connectivity must remain a top priority for…

Telecommunications

August 31, 2020

tl;dr - Do injunctions for patents promote or impede innovation?

Julian Morris & Dirk Auer

Over the past 15 years, court decisions have weakened patent protections in the US. While some academics support such weakening, the evidence suggests that it may be having a detrimental effect on innovation.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

August 25, 2020

tl;dr - The First Amendment and Section 230: Protecting free speech on the internet

Ben Sperry

The First Amendment and Section 230 immunity work together to protect free speech on the Internet. Attempts at Section 230 reform based on how online platforms use their editorial discretion will run into Constitutional limitations.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

August 11, 2020

The Deterioration of Appropriate Remedies in Patent Disputes

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

Property rights are an essential economic institution. As the great UCLA economist Harold Demsetz famously argued, property rights spur specialization, investment, and competition, which in turn increase productivity, innovation, and wealth throughout the economy.

Intellectual Property

July 31, 2020

Digital Markets Taskforce Consultation Response

Samuel Bowman

There is a danger that the UK is heading for a significant and potentially damaging overhaul of its competition policy on the basis of thin evidence, rushed analysis, and no attempt to measure the costs, benefits and risks of the approach being undertaken.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

July 21, 2020

tl;dr - Vertical integration: economies of scope

Samuel Bowman & Geoffrey A. Manne

Vertical integration allows businesses to innovate more. It may be bad for certain competitors, but it is rarely bad for competition.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection