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October 18, 2018

Amicus Brief, Mozilla v. FCC

Geoffrey A. Manne & Gus Hurwitz & Kristian Stout

ICLE filed a brief in support of Petitioners in the D.C. Circuit case, Mozilla v. FCC, a case that challenged the FCC's authority to issue the Restoring Internet Freedom Order ("RIFO").

Telecommunications

October 17, 2018

Reflections on the recent filings in Qualcomm/FTC dispute

Natasha Nayak

On Monday, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Qualcomm reportedly requested a 30 day delay to a preliminary ruling in their ongoing dispute over the terms of Qualcomm’s licensing agreements–indicating that they may seek a settlement.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

October 14, 2018

ICLE Comments, Antitrust law and the consumer welfare standard

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

Executive Summary Since the original Pitofsky hearings, much has fundamentally changed in the way the firms do businesses. Yet, despite these rapid and fundamental shifts in technology and behavior, we…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

October 14, 2018

ICLE Comments, the regulation of consumer data

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

Executive Summary These comments were submitted to the FTC as part of its hearings on “Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century.” In these comments, we analyze three overarching…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

October 14, 2018

ICLE COMMENTS, Whether the U.S. economy has become more concentrated and less competitive

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

Executive Summary These comments were submitted to the FTC as part of its hearings on “Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century.” In these comments, we note three high…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

October 14, 2018

ICLE Comments, The current landscape of competition and consumer protection law and policy

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

Executive Summary These comments were submitted to the FTC as part of its hearings on “Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century.” As part of our comments, we note the…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

October 4, 2018

Putting Politics over Policy at the FCC

Geoffrey A. Manne & Gus Hurwitz & Kristian Stout

FCC Commissioner Rosenworcel penned an article this week on the doublespeak coming out of the current administration with respect to trade and telecom policy. On one hand, she argues, the administration has proclaimed 5G to be an essential part of our future commercial and defense interests.

Telecommunications

October 3, 2018

Vapor products, harm reduction, and taxation: Principles, evidence, and a research agenda

Eric Fruits

ICLE has released a white paper entitled Vapor products, harm reduction, and taxation: Principles, evidence and a research agenda, authored by ICLE Chief Economist, Eric Fruits.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

October 1, 2018

ICLE response to the European commission’s public consultation on “shaping competition policy in the era of digitisation”

Dirk Auer & Geoffrey A. Manne & Aurelien Portuese & Thibault Schrepel

ICLE and a number of its European affiliates have recently responded to the European commission’s public consultation on “shaping competition policy in the era of digitisation.” In our submission, we…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection