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March 28, 2022

ICLE Brief for D.C. Circuit in State of New York v Facebook

Henry N. Butler & Richard Epstein & Thomas Hazlett & Gus Hurwitz & Jonathan Klick & Thomas Lambert & Dan Lyons & Geoffrey A. Manne & Alan J. Meese & Paul Rubin & Michael Sykuta & John M. Yun

In this amicus brief for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, ICLE and a dozen scholars of law & economics address the broad consensus disfavoring how New York and other states seek to apply the “unilateral refusal to deal” doctrine in an antitrust case against Facebook.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

March 25, 2022

Final DMA: Now We Know Where We’re Going, but We Still Don’t Know Why

Lazar Radic

After years of debate and negotiations, European Lawmakers have agreed upon what will most likely be the final iteration of the Digital Markets Act (“DMA”), following the March 24 final round of “trilogue”…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

March 25, 2022

Senate Bill Looks to Rebalance ‘Internet Freedom’ and Creators’ Rights

Kristian Stout

All too frequently, vocal advocates for “Internet Freedom” imagine it exists along just a single dimension: the extent to which it permits individuals and firms to interact in new and…

Intellectual Property

March 24, 2022

Toward a Dynamic Consumer Welfare Standard for Contemporary U.S. Antitrust Enforcement

Alden Abbott

For decades, consumer-welfare enhancement appeared to be a key enforcement goal of competition policy (antitrust, in the U.S. usage) in most jurisdictions: The U.S. Supreme Court famously proclaimed American antitrust…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

March 23, 2022

The DMA and Antitrust: A Liaison Dangereuse

Giuseppe Colangelo

As the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) has entered the final stage of its approval process, one matter the inter-institutional negotiations appears likely to leave unresolved is how the DMA’s the…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

March 23, 2022

The Digital Markets Act and EU Antitrust Enforcement: Double & Triple Jeopardy

Giuseppe Colangelo

The European Union's Digital Markets Act will intersect with EU and national-level competition law in ways that subject tech platforms to the risk of double jeopardy and conflicting decisions for the same activity.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

March 8, 2022

Antitrust Policy and National Security Interests

Alden Abbott

U.S. antitrust policy seeks to promote vigorous marketplace competition in order to enhance consumer welfare. For more than four decades, mainstream antitrust enforcers have taken their cue from the U.S.…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

March 7, 2022

What Does the Growth of Intangible Capital Mean for Competition Policy?

Stian Westlake & Jonathan Haskel

Stian Westlake and Jonathan Haskel find that recent changes in interfirm competition are driven not by less competitive markets, but by the growing importance of intangible capital like R&D, brands, software, and organizational development.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

March 4, 2022

The Effects of Price Controls on Payment-Card Interchange Fees: A Review and Update

Todd Zywicki & Julian Morris & Geoffrey A. Manne

A review of the literature demonstrates that interchange-fee caps do more harm than good, especially for lower-income consumers.

Financial Regulation