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FTC Rightly Closes Google Antitrust Investigation Yet Sets Dangerous Precedent

January 3, 2013

Today, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it found no grounds for legal action on complaints about Google’s search and advertising practices. (The agency did,...


FTC’s Revised COPPA Rule Invites Court Challenge, Will Cripple Kids’ Sites

December 19, 2012

Today the Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz announced final amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule. The following statement can be attributed to...


“The Spectrum Must Flow!”: The Need for Rule of Reason Analysis of Spectrum Transfers at the FCC

November 29, 2012

In comments on the FCC’s Policies Regarding Mobile Spectrum Holdings Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, TechFreedom urged the FCC to facilitate transfers of spectrum by eliminating the spectrum screen...


TechFreedom Files Comments Urging FCC to Revamp Its Spectrum Transfer Review Process

November 28, 2012

In comments on the FCC’s Policies Regarding Mobile Spectrum Holdings Notice of Proposed Rulemaking , TechFreedom urged the FCC to facilitate transfers of spectrum by...


Section 5 of the FTC Act and Monopolization Cases: A Brief Primer

November 26, 2012

In the past two weeks, Members of Congress from  both   parties  have penned scathing letters to the FTC warning of the consequences (both to...


Congress Delays Requiring Cost-Benefit Analysis of Internet Regulation

November 16, 2012

You’d think it would be harder for government to justify regulating the Internet than the offline world, right? Wrong—sadly. And Congress just missed a chance...