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February 14, 2022

Guiding Principles and a Legislative Checklist for Consumer Privacy Regulation

State legislatures are now tackling consumers’ digital privacy. Given the Internet’s inherently international character, a federal bill setting a national standard for digital privacy would be ideal. Yet, in the…

Data Security & Privacy

February 10, 2022

Does the Market Know Something the FTC Doesn’t?

Jonathan Barnett

During the exceptional rise in stock-market valuations from March 2020 to January 2022, both equity investors and antitrust regulators have implicitly agreed that so-called “Big Tech” firms enjoyed unbeatable competitive…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

February 10, 2022

tl;dr – State App Store Bills

Kristian Stout & Ben Sperry

Background… While Congress is considering legislation that would dictate the terms that major app stores can offer to app developers, several states have similarly pursued legislation to regulate app stores.…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

February 8, 2022

EU’s Compromise AI Legislation Remains Fundamentally Flawed

Mikołaj Barczentewicz

European Union (EU) legislators are now considering an Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA)—the original draft of which was published by the European Commission in April 2021—that aims to ensure AI systems are safe…

Data Security & Privacy

February 8, 2022

Unpacking the Flawed 2021 Draft USPTO, NIST, & DOJ Policy Statement on Standard-Essential Patents (SEPs)

Geoffrey A. Manne

Responding to a new draft policy statement from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (DOJ)…

Intellectual Property

February 8, 2022

The Return of (De Facto) Rate Regulation: Title II Will Slow Broadband Deployment and Access

Geoffrey A. Manne & Kristian Stout & Ben Sperry

President Joe Biden’s nomination of Gigi Sohn to serve on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)—scheduled for a second hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee Feb. 9—has been met with speculation that it…

Telecommunications

February 8, 2022

Comments of Scholars of Law, Economics, and Business on Draft SEP Policy Statement

Geoffrey A. Manne & Vernon L. Smith & Richard Epstein & Daniel Spulber & Jonathan Barnett & David Teece & Adam Mossoff & Joshua Wright & John M. Yun & Thomas Lambert & Gus Hurwitz & Stan Liebowitz & Alden Abbott & Giuseppe Colangelo

Comments of Scholars of Law, Economics, and Business Draft USPTO, NIST, & DOJ Policy Statement on Licensing Negotiations and Remedies for Standard-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary F/RAND Commitments Docket ATR-2021-0001…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

February 4, 2022

FTC-DOJ RFI on Merger Guidelines: The Agencies Should Proceed with Caution

Alden Abbott

The Jan. 18 Request for Information on Merger Enforcement (RFI)—issued jointly by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ)—sets forth 91 sets of questions (subsumed under 15 headings)…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

February 4, 2022

Fleites v. MindGeek Contemplates Significant Expansion of Collateral Liability

Geoffrey A. Manne & Kristian Stout & Ben Sperry

In Fleites v. MindGeek—currently before the U.S. District Court for the District of Central California, Southern Division—plaintiffs seek to hold MindGeek subsidiary PornHub liable for alleged instances of human trafficking under…

Financial Regulation