Leading broadband deployment scholars release new analysis today that may help state broadband offices evaluate “the capacities and saturation limits of the Starlink satellite infrastructure.”
Every purchase you make with a card has a swipe fee baked in. These fees alone make billions for big banks and card companies. We...
ILSR details how current enforcement policy deviates from Congress's anti-merger laws, and outlines as set of recommendations for updating the policy to revive local economies.
ILSR's comments explain why this merger will harm competition, undermine independent office supply businesses, and accelerate Amazon’s dominance of this industry.
The Packers and Stockyards Act passed in 1921 to maintain competition in the livestock industry. TheAct contains provisions banning price discrimination, the manipulation of prices,...
In response to Major League Baseball’s plan to eliminate the Minnesota Twins from the league, Senator Paul Wellstone introduced legislation in November 2001 to amend...
As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Congress set aside $7.2 billion to be used for expanding broadband availability and demand....
Advertisements may not come immediately before or after a program or a portion of a program which is oriented primarily to children under 12 years...
Children and adolescents are increasingly becoming target groups for aggressive forms of marketing practices and for commercial pressure with a view to stimulate and increase...
Some federal policies encourage sprawling development (for instance, the federal income tax home-mortgage interest deduction encourages sprawl because it provides the largest benefit to those...
Halifax Regional Municipal Council (HRM) has passed a by-law to regulate certain aspects of pesticide use. The by-law is authorised by the province of Nova...
Althoughnot yet a formal rule, the Dutch government’s efforts and investigation to dramatically change its transportation funding scheme is a good example of what a...
The European Commission approved a framework for the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH) (COM(03) 644 (01)) in October 2003. Following two years of...
In 1989 the U.S. Congress enacted a tax on eight ozone depleting chemicals (ODC’s) as part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. It extended this...
The US Supreme Court’s 1976 decision in Buckley v. Valeo constitutes a central obstacle to effective campaign finace reform. The ruling does this in two...