Lawrence J. Spiwak

Aug 15, 2024 | yalejreg.com | Lawrence J. Spiwak

Spectrum is the lifeblood of the commercial wireless industry.  Today, spectrum is incredibly scarce as most of the available spectrum is already allocated for assorted uses.

Mar 12, 2024 | yalejreg.com | Lawrence J. Spiwak

It is widely believed that social media is, at least in part, responsible for the deteriorating mental health of America’s adolescents and teens.  Politicians have taken notice, and in an election season they are keen to score points with voters back home.  Yet, succumbing to the pressure to do something by November risks ill-formed legislation.

Oct 24, 2023 | truthonthemarket.com | Lawrence J. Spiwak |Brian Albrecht |Joe Sims |Eric Fruits

This article is a part of the FTC Rulemaking on Unfair Methods of Competition symposium. While antitrust and regulation are supposed to be different sides of the same coin, there has always been a healthy debate over which enforcement paradigm is the most efficient. For those who have long suffered under the zealous hand of ex ante regulation, they would gladly prefer to be overseen by the more dispassionate and case-specific oversight of antitrust.

Sep 25, 2023 | truthonthemarket.com | Geoffrey Manne |Ben Sperry |Joe Sims |Lawrence J. Spiwak

This article is a part of the The FTC's New Normal symposium. There is much in the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) record over the past two years that could be categorized as abnormal. There is, for instance, nothing “normal” about using the threat of excessive force to cower businesses into submission. Introducing sky high costs for the filing of mergers isn’t normal, as it will scare away merging parties. These are attempts at regulation by intimidation.

Sep 22, 2023 | truthonthemarket.com | Ben Sperry |Joe Sims |Lawrence J. Spiwak |Susan A. Dudley

Today marks the release of a white paper I have been working on for a long time, titled “Knowledge and Decisions in the Information Age: The Law & Economics of Regulating Misinformation on Social-Media Platforms.” In it, I attempt to outline an Austrian law & economics theory of state action under the First Amendment, and then explain why it is important to the problem of misinformation on social-media platforms.