Resources Archive - Page 9 of 245 - International Center for Law & Economics

November 30, 2020

Adding a Warning Label to Rewheel’s International Price Comparison and Competitiveness Rankings

Geoffrey A. Manne & Gus Hurwitz & Eric Fruits

The Internet is a fabulous means of communication. However, the Digital Fuel Monitor by Rewheel/research is a prime example of misinformation on the Internet

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

November 19, 2020

Pandemic Risk Insurance Act Hearing

R.J. Lehmann

"It is profoundly more important that Congress do its job to get assistance to the businesses, workers and communities who need that help right now that it is to pretend to have the answers in 2020 to a crisis of unknown and unknowable dimensions that may befall us in 2025 or 2050 or 2100."

Financial Regulation

November 17, 2020

The Dishonesty of Conservative Attacks on Section 230

Ben Sperry

President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for repeal of Section 230. But while Trump and fellow conservatives decry Big Tech companies for their alleged anti-conservative bias, including at yet more recent hearings, their…

Innovation & The New Economy

November 10, 2020

tl;dr - Congressman Buck’s Third Way

Samuel Bowman & Geoffrey A. Manne

U.S. Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) has proposed what he calls a “Third Way” to improve competition in digital markets.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

October 27, 2020

Buck’s 'Third Way': A Different Road to the Same Destination

Samuel Bowman

Congressman Buck’s “Third Way” report offers a compromise between the House Judiciary Committee’s majority report, which proposes sweeping new regulation of tech companies, and the status quo, which Buck argues is unfair and…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

October 27, 2020

The Dangerous Implications of Changing Antitrust Presumptions

Ben Sperry

One of the key recommendations of the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust report which seems to have bipartisan support (see Rep. Buck’s report) is shifting evidentiary burdens of proof to defendants with “monopoly power.”…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

October 27, 2020

tl;dr - Online Intermediaries and “Know Your Business Customer” Requirements

Julian Morris & Kristian Stout

It comes as no surprise to anyone that illegal conduct occurs online. Unfortunately, the individuals and businesses engaging in illegal activity may avoid detection by using tools that hide their identity. This makes enforcement difficult or even impossible.

Innovation & The New Economy

October 22, 2020

tl;dr - The DOJ's Antitrust Case Against Google

Samuel Bowman & Geoffrey A. Manne

The Department of Justice and a few Republican state attorneys general have filed an antitrust suit against Google. But… The DOJ case will struggle.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

October 13, 2020

Brief of Amici Curiae Scholars of Economics and Antitrust in Support of Petitioners in COMCAST CORPORATION, ET AL. v. VIAMEDIA, INC.

Geoffrey A. Manne & Joshua Wright

ICLE President Geoffrey A. Manne and amici, scholars of economics and antitrust, submitted this brief to address the broad consensus in the academic literature disfavoring the theory underlying plaintiff’s case—so-called “unilateral refusal to deal” doctrine.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection