The report, titled “Private Litigation Under the California Consumer Privacy Act,” examines the private actions filed under the CCPA since its effective date. Executive Summary In June of 2018, the Governor of California signed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) into law. The law went into effect on January 1, 2020, and the Attorney General … Continue reading “Private Litigation Under the California Consumer Privacy Act”

VIRTUAL Date: March 3, 2021 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Content moderation decisions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 election—including the removal of President Trump from Twitter and Facebook—have brought into sharp relief the power that social media platforms wield in shaping the national discourse. These social media platforms have come under increasing fire from both the … Continue reading “The First Amendment, Section 230, and Content Moderation”

Listen in to a new episode of the Law & Economics Center’s The Marketplace of Ideas podcast to hear a panel discussion on the findings of a new report by James Cooper, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Program on Economics & Privacy at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School. The report, … Continue reading “Elementary School Teacher Use of EdTech”

The Program on Economics & Privacy (PEP) at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School invites applications for an Early-Stage Research Panel on the Law & Economics of Digital Information Policy. The PEP is soliciting academics to present early stage research ideas on the law and economics of digital information policy during a program held … Continue reading “Call for Papers: Early-Stage Research Panel on the Law & Economics of Digital Information Policy”

The Program on Economics & Privacy will hold its Eighth Annual Public Policy Symposium on the Law & Economics of Privacy and Data Security virtually. Wednesday, September 23 – Platforms and Antitrust (12:00 – 1:00 PM) Wednesday, September 30 – New Research in the Economics of Privacy (12:00 – 1:00 PM) Wednesday, October 7 – Platform Content Moderation (11:30 AM – 12:30 PM) … Continue reading “Eighth Annual Public Policy Symposium on the Law & Economics of Privacy and Data Security”

On July 2nd, James Cooper, Director of the Law and Economic Center’s Program on Economics and Privacy interviewed FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips. Listen in to the Law & Economics Center’s podcast series, The Marketplace of Ideas, to hear Cooper and Phillips discuss a range of issues currently facing the Federal Trade Commission, including the FTC’s response … Continue reading “A Conversation with FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips on Privacy, Remedies, and Rulemaking”

Large tech platforms are in the crosshairs of antitrust enforcement. For example, both state and federal enforcers have announced investigations into Facebook and Google, and recently the FTC requested information from all of the major tech platforms on past acquisitions. What is more, the possibility that current antitrust laws may not be up to the … Continue reading “Webinar on Privacy, Antitrust, and Big Tech”

Balancing Privacy and Public Health in the COVID-19 Era The desire  to resume “normal life” has brought issues surrounding privacy into sharp relief. Most experts agree that some form of contact tracing will be necessary in order to safely reopen the economy in the absence of a vaccine.  Several countries have turned to some form … Continue reading “Balancing Privacy and Public Health in the COVID-19 Era”

On April 27, 2020 James Cooper submitted joint testimony on the “State of Competition in the Digital Marketplace” before the US House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law. Director Cooper submitted the testimony with John Yun and Joshua D. Wright. “Conflation of antitrust and privacy policy should be … Continue reading “James Cooper Submits Joint Testimony”