Ian Adams

Jan 12, 2025 | laweconcenter.org | Geoffrey Manne |Ian Adams |Brian Albrecht |Dirk Auer

Regulatory Comments IntroductionWe thank the Government of Canada and the Competition Bureau for the opportunity to comment on its review of the Merger Enforcement Guidelines (Guidelines).[1] The International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan global research and policy center founded with the goal of building the intellectual foundations for sensible, economically grounded policy.

Nov 4, 2024 | laweconcenter.org | Ian Adams |Kristian Stout |Geoffrey Manne |Jeremy Kidd

Amicus Brief I. INTRODUCTIONThis case presents a pivotal question that could fundamentally reshape product liability law and significantly impact product innovation.

Jul 19, 2024 | laweconcenter.org | R.J. Lehmann |Ian Adams |Joanna Shepherd |L. Lynne Kiesling

ICLE Issue BriefExecutive SummaryIn the 36 years since California voters moved to overhaul the state’s insurance regulatory system with Proposition 103, the state’s insurance market has struggled to keep pace with national trends and product innovations. As we have previously detailed, the rate-intervenor system created by Prop 103 has been among the most significant impediments to the efficient and effective functioning of the insurance market.

Sep 27, 2023 | laweconcenter.org | Elizabeth Lincicome |Lawrence Powell |R.J. Lehmann |Ian Adams

PORTLAND, Ore. (Sept. 27, 2023) – As California leaders move to take emergency action to stabilize its rapidly collapsing market for property insurance, a new International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) white paper examines the role that the state’s 35-year-old Proposition 103 has played in leaving the state unable to keep pace with national trends and product innovations.

Sep 27, 2023 | laweconcenter.org | Lawrence Powell |R.J. Lehmann |Ian Adams |Julian Morris

ICLE White PaperExecutive SummaryCalifornia voters passed Proposition 103 in 1988. Since that time, California’s insurance market has struggled to keep pace with national trends and product innovations. The problems with the regulatory regime Prop 103 created most recently came to a head with the Sept. 21 announcement by Gov. Gavin Newsom that he had issued an emergency executive order to stabilize the state’s rapidly deteriorating market for property insurance.