Innovation & the New Economy

Exploring how established legal principles should apply to new paradigms that emerge from technological change

About the Research Program

ICLE’s Innovation Policy Program examines the challenges of applying existing legal principles and processes to new economic paradigms — especially those enabled by rapid technological change. While regulatory restraint is essential to enabling technological and business model innovation in the digital age, ICLE’s program also evaluates whether and how to modify the law and facilitate the development of private arrangements to address the evolving needs of societies, workers, and businesses in the new economy. Particular areas of study include: e-commerce, mobile technology, advanced search technology, virtual reality, connected devices, driverless vehicles, medical and harm-reduction technologies, the sharing economy, and drones.

Program
Experts

Ian Adams headshot

Ian Adams
Executive Director

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Brian Albrecht
Chief Economist

Dean Alderucci headshot

Dean Alderucci
Director of Research, Center for AI and Patent Analysis
Carnegie Mellon University

Yonathan A. Arbel headshot

Yonathan A. Arbel
William Alfred Rose Professor of Law
University of Alabama School of Law

Mikołaj Barczentewicz headshot

Mikołaj Barczentewicz
Senior Scholar, Innovation Policy

Giuseppe Colangelo headshot

Giuseppe Colangelo
Senior Scholar, Competition Policy

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Gus Hurwitz
Director of Law & Economics Programs

Yunsieg P. Kim headshot

Yunsieg P. Kim
Associate Professor
Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law

Geoffrey A. Manne headshot

Geoffrey A. Manne
President and Founder
International Center for Law & Economics

Julian Morris headshot

Julian Morris
Senior Scholar
International Center for Law & Economics

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Ben Sperry
Senior Scholar, Innovation Policy

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Kristian Stout
Director of Innovation Policy