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Antitrust Groundhog Day, Starring Senator Kohl

May 24, 2012

Today, Geoffrey Manne , Executive Director of the International Center for Law & Economics, TechFreedom Senior Adjunct Fellow, and Lecturer in Law at Lewis &...


Europe Doesn’t Know What to Do with Google Antitrust “Concerns”

May 21, 2012

Today, the European Union announced the “preliminary conclusions” of its antitrust investigation into Google, forbearing from filing an “official” complaint and giving the company an opportunity to...


Today’s Approval of PCLOB Nominations a Long-Overdue Victory for Privacy and the Rule of Law

May 17, 2012

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved five nominations to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) today.  The following statement can be attributed to Berin...


Dunstan to Remark at CEI’s Property Rights in Space Event

April 5, 2012

Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute will host a livestreamed Capitol Hill briefing to introduce a new study by Adjunct Scholar Rand Simberg: Homesteading the Final...


Congress Finally Appoints Ohlhausen to FTC, Much-Needed Voice of Restraint

March 30, 2012

Yesterday the Senate confirmed the nomination of a new FTC Commissioner, Maureen K. Ohlhausen, as well as the re-nomination of FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz. The...


eBook Pricing Antitrust Suit Risks Harming Competition

March 8, 2012

Today, it was reported that the Justice Department plans to sue Apple and five of the largest publishers for allegedly colluding to raise prices on...