Mario Zúñiga

3 weeks 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.

1 month ago | truthonthemarket.com | Brian Albrecht |Mario Zúñiga |Daniel Gilman |Ben Sperry

UK Member of Parliament (former Conservative Party Cabinet Minister) Kit Malthouse published an essay in CapX earlier this month titled “We need a competition revolution.” I, of course, completely agree that competition is vitally important to any economy, and the UK has been struggling with productivity and growth challenges that may be linked to competition issues. But as I read Malthouse’s piece, I found myself increasingly disillusioned.

1 month ago | laweconcenter.org | Kristian Stout |Mario Zúñiga |Daniel Gilman

Regulatory Comments IntroductionThe International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) appreciates the opportunity to respond to this request for information regarding the development of an AI Action Plan. ICLE is a nonprofit, non-partisan research organization that promotes the use of law & economics methodology to advance policy solutions that foster innovation, competition, and economic growth.

2 months ago | laweconcenter.org | Geoffrey Manne |Dirk Auer |Mario Zúñiga |Alden Abbott

Regulatory Comments I. IntroductionThe International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) appreciates the opportunity to provide comments on the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) investigations into Apple and Google’s mobile ecosystems.

2 months ago | truthonthemarket.com | Daniel Gilman |Brian Albrecht |Lazar Radic |Mario Zúñiga

Pleading (in) the Fifth (Circuit)Way back in late January, I wrote a piece called “Lina’s Lingering Legacy?” Lina Khan—at that time, Commissioner Khan, and the week before that, Chair Khan—had not yet left the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) building. But she had been replaced as chair by presidential fiat (as per Section 1 of the FTC Act) and she had announced that she would leave the FTC by close of business Jan. 31. And she did, in fact, depart Jan. 31.