TechFreedom Letter Re: FTC’s Proposed Negative Option Rule
We write to express our concerns about two aspects of the proposed rule that would, as drafted, disrupt the careful balance Congress struck in crafting . . .
We write to express our concerns about two aspects of the proposed rule that would, as drafted, disrupt the careful balance Congress struck in crafting . . .
Background… In December 2022, the European Commission launched a public consultation on the regulation to implement the Digital Markets Act, including how the DMA will . . .
Pursuant to the House Judiciary Committee’s request for information to aid its inquiry concerning the state of existing antitrust laws, Antitrust Economists, Legal Scholars, and Practitioners offer the following joint submission.
Executive Summary In recent years, there has been growing interest among economists, lawyers, and policymakers in the concept of monopsony power, particularly in labor markets. . . .
Sherlocking refers to an online platform’s use of nonpublic third-party business data to improve its own business decisions—for instance, by mimicking the successful products . . .
“If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in . . .
Executive Summary This study assesses the likely consequences of implementing the Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA), which proposes to require issuers of most Visa and . . .
Executive Summary California voters passed Proposition 103 in 1988. Since that time, California’s insurance market has struggled to keep pace with national trends and product . . .
Executive Summary In October 2022, the Kroger Co. and Albertsons Cos. Inc. announced their intent to merge in a deal valued at $24.6 billion.[1] Given . . .
A bill recently introduced in the U.S. Senate would fundamentally remake the online digital-display advertising market by forcing the physical separation of a vertically . . .
Executive Summary A well-placed cadre of progressive scholars and advocates—several of whom have in more recent years come to occupy top positions in America’s antitrust . . .
The concept of fairness is not foreign to competition law, nor are considerations of fairness new to it. Persistent uncertainty regarding what constitutes fairness . . .