Brian Albrecht

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General assignment and military affairs reporter for The Plain Dealer Publishing Co.

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Trump's 'America First Antitrust' Policy Will Put America Last

1 week ago | laweconcenter.org | Brian Albrecht

Brian Albrecht, Chief Economist at ICLE, is quoted in this Reason article on the risks of Trump’s “America First” antitrust agenda. Read the full story here.
Self-Preferencing in Brazil: Should We Regulate Before We Understand?

2 weeks ago | laweconcenter.org | Dario Oliveira Neto |Brian Albrecht |Daniel Gilman

ICLE Issue Brief Introduction Ex-ante regulatory frameworks for digital markets—such as the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA),[1] the United Kingdom’s Digital Markets, Competition, and Consumers Act (DMCC),[2] and Section 19a of the German Act Against Competition Restraints (GWB)[3]—target specific practices deemed harmful to competition and consumers, including the oft-debated subject of “self-preferencing.” Typically, such regimes impose prohibitions and obligations on a limited...
The Positives and Negatives of a Potential Google Ad Tech Breakup

3 weeks ago | laweconcenter.org | Brian Albrecht

Brian Albrecht, Chief Economist at ICLE, is quoted in this Ad exchanger article on the positives and negatives of potential Google Ad tech breakup. Read the full story here. For all the optimism and sense of gleeful vindication for many in the industry, any actual antitrust remedies will be a long time coming, said Brian Albrecht, chief economist at the International Center for Law & Economics.
The Trump Administration Wages War on Meta

3 weeks ago | laweconcenter.org | Brian Albrecht

Brian Albrecht, Chief Economist at ICLE, is quoted in this Reason article on the Trump administration’s wages war on Meta. Read the full story here. Brian Albrecht, chief economist at the International Center for Law and Economics, argues that network effects not only benefit consumers, but aren’t necessarily anticompetitive.
Meta Stands to Lose Tens of Billions of Ad Spend in Impending FTC Antitrust Trial

1 month ago | laweconcenter.org | Brian Albrecht

Brian Albrecht, chief economist at ICLE, was quoted in this AdWeek story about Meta’s trial with the FTC. Read the full story here. But it’s a potentially tenuous position for the agency to take because it focuses on a different time—and ultimately, a different market than today’s, said Brian Albrecht, an antitrust expert and the chief economist at the International Center for Law and Economics, a nonprofit policy research organization.
FRAND-Licensing Litigation Across the Atlantic: A Comparative Assessment of US and UK Jurisprudence on Telecom Disputes

1 month ago | laweconcenter.org | Valeria Silva |Brian Albrecht

ICLE Issue Brief [A Portuguese-language version of this issue brief is available here.]I. IntroductionThe global dissemination of telecommunication technologies, notably 5G, has enhanced interconnectivity across networks, borders, and suppliers of high-tech products and services.
ICLE Amicus to US Supreme Court in American Airlines v United States

1 month ago | laweconcenter.org | Geoffrey Manne |Brian Albrecht |Dirk Auer

Amicus Brief INTEREST OF AMICUS CURIAE[1]The International Center for Law & Economics (“ICLE”) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan global research and policy center aimed at building the intellectual foundations for sensible, economically grounded policy. ICLE promotes the use of law and economics methodologies to inform public-policy debates and has longstanding expertise in the evaluation of antitrust law and policy.
Is a VAT an export subsidy?

1 month ago | laweconcenter.org | Brian Albrecht

Brian Albrecht, chief economist at ICLE, was featured in Marginal Revolution with his analysis of VAT. Read the full story here. Here is a good post by Brian Albrecht, he works through the logic. A VAT, properly understood, does not favor say European producers over American producers. Work through his example if you don’t see this right away. In this sense the pro-tariff “fairness” arguments are quite wrong. Yet I am not entirely convinced by the rebuttals.
ICLE Amicus to 3rd Circuit in Cornish-Adebiyi v Caesars Entertainment Inc

1 month ago | laweconcenter.org | Brian Albrecht |Dirk Auer |Daniel Gilman |Geoffrey Manne

Amicus Brief I. INTEREST OF AMICUS CURIAEThe International Center for Law & Economics (“ICLE”) is a nonprofit, non-partisan global research and policy center aimed at building the intellectual foundations for sensible, economically grounded policy. ICLE promotes the use of law and economics methodologies and economic learning to inform policy debates and has long-standing expertise evaluating antitrust law and policy.
Geoff Manne on the Rationale and Goals of Digital Competition Regulations

1 month ago | laweconcenter.org | Geoffrey Manne |Brian Albrecht |Eric Fruits

Presentations & Interviews Geoff Manne on the Rationale and Goals of Digital Competition Regulations ICLE President Geoffrey A. Manne discusses the rationale and goals of digital competition regulations in a presentation to Argentina’s Foro Competencia. Video of the full presentation is embedded below. Geoff’s presentation slides are attached. VIDEO