July 4, 2019

ICLE Academic Affiliate Thibault Schrepel Appears on the Competition Lore Podcast

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In the episode Blockchain antitrust old wine, new bottles? ICLE Academic Affiliate Thibault Schrepel and Caron Beaton-Wells discuss anti-competition practices (collusions & abuses of dominance). The answer... "Old wine is…

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July 1, 2019

ICLE Research Fellow Alec Stapp & Affiliate Thibault Schrepel will be panelists at ITIF's "Big Tech and Antitrust: Making Sense of the Debate"

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Alec and Thibault will join other scholars as panelists to discuss the recent bipartisan push to use antitrust laws to break up the big tech companies at ITIF's Breaking Up…

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June 24, 2019

Gus Hurwitz on TMobile/Sprint Merger in MarketWatch Article

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ICLE Director of Law& Economics Programs Gus Hurwitz was interviewed in a recent MarketWatch article where spoke about T-Mobile's pending acquisition of Sprint, emphasizing that the transaction would position the…

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June 14, 2019

ICLE Affiliate Thibault Schrepel on Antitrust Without Romance on the Ipse Dixit Podcast

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ICLE Affiliate Thibault Schrepel joins host Brian L. Frye to discuss his article "Antitrust Without Romance." Summary from Ipse Dixit Podcast: Schrepel begins by explaining the concept of "public choice…

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May 31, 2019

Geoffrey Manne on Qualcomm's Potential Arguments in Appeal to Judge Koh's Decision

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ICLE President & Founder Geoffrey Manne says that Qualcomm may have strong arguments to win on appeal to the FTC's decision. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California…

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May 31, 2019

Geoffrey Manne Quoted on FTC v. Qualcomm in Apple Insider Article

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ICLE President & Founder Geoffrey Manne gave his take on the comparison between FTC v. Qualcomm and Aspen Skiing in a recent Apple Insider Article: University of Southern California law…

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May 23, 2019

Geoffrey Manne on Breaking Up Big Tech in Inc.com Article

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Preventing dominant incumbents from buying up newcomers--another favored fix--might create more competition, but it also might depress startup formation, since founders often see acquisition as their most reliable exit strategy.…

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April 30, 2019

Geoffrey Manne on Facebook and Google in Australian Financial Review Article

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In an Australian Financial Review article, ICLE President & Founder Geoffrey Manne states whether Facebook and Google should be absolved. Click here to read the article. (The website is paywalled.…

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April 15, 2019

New Paper: Consumer Welfare & the Rule of Law: The Case Against the New Populist Antitrust Movement, Pepperdine Law Review

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In this paper, forthcoming in the Pepperdine Law Review, Elyse Dorsey, Geoffrey A. Manne, Jan M. Rybnicek, Kristian Stout, and Joshua D. Wright argue that the modern consumer welfare standard…

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