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FTC Commissioner Wright Proposes Long Overdue Standards for Prosecuting Unfair Methods of Competition 19 Jun 2013 | 07:50 pm
Today, Federal Trade Commissioner Josh Wright released a draft Policy Statement on Unfair Methods of Competition in a speech to the New York State Bar Association's Antitrust Section. Wright had ...
Manne to Testify at House Hearing on State of Video Competition 12 Jun 2013 | 03:05 am
On Wednesday, Executive Director of the International Center for Law & Economics, Geoffrey Manne, will present testimony at the US House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Communications and Technology S...
FTC Must Provide More Guidance for Unfairness Argues ICLE/TechFreedom Amicus Brief in Wyndham Case 4 May 2013 | 12:43 am
Today, the International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) and TechFreedom filed an amici curiae brief in the federal District Court of New Jersey arguing that the FTC’s unfairness claim against Wyndh...
Humility Should Be Chief Virtue of FCC & FTC Commissioners, Urges Coalition Letter 24 Apr 2013 | 07:44 am
Today, the International Center for Law & Economics joined a coalition of think tanks, academics and commentators on technology policy in a letter urging the President, Senate Republicans and Senate...
ICANN Should Leave Concerns about Closed gTLDs to Antitrust Regulators 8 Mar 2013 | 11:32 pm
The International Center for Law & Economics and TechFreedom filed comments yesterday urging ICANN to approve applications for “closed” generic Top Level Domains (gTLD) like .BOOK and .BLOG. Closed gT...
CNET Op-ed Details Silliness of Fine Levied by European Commission Against Microsoft 8 Mar 2013 | 09:25 am
International Center for Law & Economics Executive Director Geoffrey Manne has penned an op-ed in CNET with Berin Szoka of TechFreedom in response to the European Commission's recent fine of Microsoft...
Criticizing the FTC’s Proposed Order in the Google Patent Antitrust Case 23 Feb 2013 | 09:01 am
I filed comments today on the FTC’s proposed Settlement Order in the Google standards-essential patents (SEPs) antitrust case. The Order imposes limits on the allowable process for enforcing FRAND lic...
The price of closing the Google search antitrust case: questionable precedent on patents 5 Jan 2013 | 09:45 am
The Federal Trade Commission yesterday closed its investigation of Google’s search business (see my comment here) without taking action. The FTC did, however, enter into a settlement with Google over ...
The Senate Confirms Josh Wright as the FTC's Next Commissioner 2 Jan 2013 | 07:23 am
The International Center for Law & Economics is delighted to announce that the Senate today confirmed Joshua Wright to be the next Commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. As we wrote upon Josh’...
Manne Signs onto Brief Asking Court to not Create a New Brand of “Judicial Hostility to Arbitration Agreements" 31 Dec 2012 | 09:46 pm
Geoffrey Manne, Executive Director of the International Center for Law and Economics, along with ICLE Board Member Richard Epstein and ICLE Affiliates M. Todd Henderson and Todd Zywicki have signed on...
