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May 20, 2021

Response to Ramsi Woodcock's The Hidden Rules of a Modern Antitrust

Woodcock’s bold claims ignore or misconstrue several critical aspects of the modern antitrust apparatus. Chief among these is the uncertainty that underpins antitrust enforcement, and the rule of reason’s role in decreasing this uncertainty.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

May 18, 2021

Testimony of R.J. Lehmann to the Senate Banking Committee: The Case to Reform the NFIP

R.J. Lehmann

Introduction Chairman Brown, Ranking Member Toomey, and Members of the Committee, My name is R.J. Lehmann, and I am a Senior Fellow with and Editor-in-Chief of the International Center for…

Financial Regulation

May 14, 2021

tl;dr - Lessons for the United States from the EU’s Approach to Antitrust

Geoffrey A. Manne & Samuel Bowman

Background... Some U.S. antitrust advocates, including members of Congress, recently have advocated the United States adopt a more European approach to antitrust policy. This comes as the European Commission itself…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

May 12, 2021

tl;dr - Impact of the Durbin Amendment’s Cap on Interchange Fees

Geoffrey A. Manne & Kristian Stout

Background... The Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 set price controls for debit-card interchange fees charged by banks with more than $10 billion in assets. Known colloquially as the “Durbin Amendment” after…

Financial Regulation

May 11, 2021

tl;dr - Principles to Guide Broadband Infrastructure Build-Out

Kristian Stout & Geoffrey A. Manne

Background... The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the resilience of U.S. broadband infrastructure, the extent to which we rely on that infrastructure, and the geographies and communities where broadband build-out lags…

Telecommunications

April 29, 2021

ICLE’s Principles for the Future of Broadband Infrastructure

Geoffrey A. Manne & Kristian Stout

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the resilience of U.S. broadband infrastructure, the extent to which we rely on that infrastructure, and the geographies and communities where broadband build-out lags behind.…

Telecommunications

April 23, 2021

What You Need to Know About the EU’s New AI Regulation

Jason Pilkington

The European Commission this week published its proposed Artificial Intelligence Regulation, setting out new rules for “artificial intelligence systems” used within the European Union. The regulation—the commission’s attempt to limit…

Innovation & The New Economy

April 23, 2021

An L&E Defense of the First Amendment’s Protection of Private Ordering

Ben Sperry

In his recent concurrence in Biden v. Knight, Justice Clarence Thomas sketched a roadmap for how to regulate social-media platforms. The animating factor for Thomas, much like for other conservatives,…

Innovation & The New Economy

April 22, 2021

The Future of FTC Equitable Monetary Relief after AMG Capital Management

Alden Abbott

The U.S. Supreme Court’s just-published unanimous decision in AMG Capital Management LLC v. FTC—holding that Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act does not authorize the commission to obtain…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection