Daniel Gilman

2 weeks ago | laweconcenter.org | Ben Sperry |Daniel Gilman |Geoffrey Manne |Brian Albrecht

TL;DR TL;DRBackground: The U.S. video-content market has undergone a fundamental shift over the past decade, with more and more live sports events now available to fans willing to pay for them. But… Some are still unhappy with the cost of access and the number of streaming-service and/or pay-TV subscriptions needed to find all the desired games.

1 month 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...

2 months ago | truthonthemarket.com | Mario Zúñiga |Daniel Gilman |Brian Albrecht |Eric Fruits

The European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) Android Auto judgment, delivered in late February, could mark a radical shift in how courts interpret the European Union’s essential-facilities doctrine, as well as the legal standard applied to “refusal to deal” cases. My colleague Giuseppe Colangelo has a great working paper analyzing the decision and its potential consequences.

2 months ago | truthonthemarket.com | Daniel Gilman |Brian Albrecht |Eric Fruits |Joe Sims

Author’s Note: Sometimes “quasi” means “sort of” or, as Merriam-Webster’s would have it, “having some resemblance usually by possession of certain attributes.” And sometimes, “some resemblance” means “not very much.”On March 18, President Donald Trump fired—or purported to fire—the two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC): Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter. Bedoya promptly tweeted that he’d been “illegally” fired.

2 months 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.