Privacy, Antitrust, and the Economic Approach to the Regulation of Consumer Data (FTC Hearings, ICLE Comment 4)

Privacy, Antitrust, and the Economic Approach to the Regulation of Consumer Data (FTC Hearings, ICLE Comment 4)

FTC Hearings on Competition & Consumer Protection in the 21 st Century. Comments of the International Center for Law & Economics: Privacy, Antitrust, and the Economic Approach to the Regulation of Consumer Data. Hearing #1 (Sep. 13, 2018). Submitted October 14, 2018.

Written Testimonies & Filings

The Current Landscape of Competition and Consumer Protection Law and Policy (FTC Hearings, ICLE Comment 2)

FTC Hearings on Competition & Consumer Protection in the 21st Century. Comments of the International Center for Law & Economics: The current landscape of competition and consumer protection law and policy. Hearing #1 (Sep. 13, 2018). Submitted October 14, 2018.

Written Testimonies & Filings

Comments to the FCC on T-Mobile-Sprint Merger

ICLE submitted Comments to the Federal Communications Commission in Opposition to Petitions to Deny the T-Mobile-Sprint Merger. ICLE's comments argue that the petitions to deny fail to provide any compelling reason to adopt a presumption against this merger. To the contrary, there are good reasons to think that this transaction will benefit consumers and the economy.

Regulatory Comments

The Rise of Neo-Brandeisian Competition Policy and the Threat to Evidence-Based Regulation: (FTC Hearings, ICLE Comment 1)

FTC Hearings on Competition & Consumer Protection in the 21st Century. Comments of the International Center for Law & Economics: The Rise of Neo-Brandeisian Competition Policy: Populism and Political Power and the Threat to Economically Grounded, Evidence-Based. Competition Law and Consumer Protection Regulation. Submitted August 20, 2018.

Written Testimonies & Filings

Comments on the NTIA’s International Internet Policy Priorities Notice of Inquiry

Properly considered, there is no novel conflict between promoting the flow of information and protecting intellectual property rights online. While the specific mechanisms employed to mediate between these two principles may differ, the fundamental principles that determine the dividing line between “legal” and “illegal” content and its distribution offline can and should be respected online, as well.

Regulatory Comments

ICLE Letter to Senate Judiciary re T-Mobile-Sprint Merger

We are a group of eight scholars of antitrust law and economics affiliated with the International Center for Law & Economics, a nonprofit, nonpartisan policy research center based in Portland, OR. Without taking a position on the merits of the proposed T-Mobile/Sprint merger, this letter provides a brief explication of our views on some of the important economic issues involved in the transaction’s antitrust review.

Written Testimonies & Filings