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Highlights from our Luncheon on the FTC’s Use of Economics

August 4, 2014

First Apple, Now Amazon: Where is the FTC Heading on Digital Consumer Protection? TechFreedom and the International Center for Law and Economics (ICLE) hosted a...


FTC Cmr. Wright to Keynote Luncheon on FTC’s Use of Economics in Consumer Protection

July 23, 2014

FTC Commissioner Joshua Wright will be the keynote speaker at TechFreedom and ICLE’s latest installment in their year-long project “FTC: Technology and Reform,” launched in...


Wyndham Decision Unsurprising but Misses the Point

April 7, 2014

Today, a federal court denied Wyndham’s Motion to Dismiss the FTC’s charges that the hotel chain failed to provide “reasonable” security for customer data. The...


“Big Data” Inquiry Should Study Economics & Free Speech: TF urges reform of blanket surveillance and FTC processes

April 1, 2014

Yesterday, TechFreedom submitted comments urging the White House to apply economic thinking to its inquiry into “Big Data,” also pointing out that the worst abuses...


FTC’s Administrative Litigation Process: Should the Commission Be Both Prosecutor and Judge?

March 11, 2014

This morning, the Washington Legal Foundation hosted a panel on how the FTC uses its administrative litigation process as an alternative to suing in court, “FTC’s...


Geoff Manne’s oral remarks for House Energy & Commerce Committee’s FTC hearing

February 28, 2014

The following is a transcription of Geoff Manne’s oral remarks before the House Energy & Commerce Committee: Chairman Terry, Ranking member Schakowsky, and members of...