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February 3, 2022

Political Philosophy, Competition, and Competition Law: The Road to and from Neoliberalism, Part 2

This post is the second in a planned series. The first installment can be found here. In just over a century since its dawn, liberalism had reshaped much of the world…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

February 2, 2022

tl;dr – The Open App Markets Act

Dirk Auer & Geoffrey A. Manne

Background… The U.S. Senate is considering legislation—S. 2710, the Open App Markets Act—that would, among other restrictions, bar app stores from requiring app developers to use the store’s own in-app…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

February 2, 2022

In Harm's Way: Why Online Safety Regulation Needs an Independent Reviewer

Mikołaj Barczentewicz

The attached was originally published by the Institute of Economic Affairs. Summary The draft Online Safety Bill presents a significant threat to freedom of speech, privacy, and innovation. "Safety" has…

Data Security & Privacy

January 26, 2022

Privacy and Security Risks of Interoperability and Sideloading Mandates

Mikołaj Barczentewicz

There has been a wave of legislative proposals on both sides of the Atlantic that purport to improve consumer choice and the competitiveness of digital markets. In a new working paper published by…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

January 24, 2022

Privacy and Security Implications of Regulation of Digital Services in the EU and in the US

Mikołaj Barczentewicz

Written for the Transatlantic Technology Law Forum (TTLF) Working Paper Series, ICLE Senior Scholar Mikołaj Barczentewicz assesses privacy and security risks raised by U.S. and EU legislative proposals to regulate digital platforms.

Data Security & Privacy

January 19, 2022

App Stores as Public Utilities?

Giuseppe Colangelo & Oscar Borgogno

In a new paper, Giuseppe Colangelo and Oscar Borgogno investigate whether antitrust policy is sufficiently flexible to keep up with the dynamics of digital app stores, and whether regulatory interventions are…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

January 19, 2022

Testimony of Geoffrey A. Manne, 'Reviving Competition, Part 5: Addressing the Effects of Economic Concentration on America’s Food Supply'

Geoffrey A. Manne

ICLE President Geoffrey Manne testified to the House Judiciary Committee Antitrust Subcommittee on the role of competition in America's food-supply chain.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

January 18, 2022

10 Things the American Innovation and Choice Online Act Gets Wrong

Dirk Auer

The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to debate S. 2992, the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (or AICOA) during a markup session Thursday. If passed into law, the bill would force online platforms…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

January 12, 2022

Intermediaries: The Hero We Need?

Dirk Auer

Intermediaries may not be the consumer welfare hero we want, but more often than not, they are one that we need. In policy discussions about the digital economy, a background…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection