The Law and Economics of Privacy | Vol. 29, No. 2

The Law and Economics of Privacy | Vol. 29, No. 2

Consumer welfare has been a north star of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), providing an organizing principle for diverse issues under the Commission’s dual competition and consumer protection missions and, specifically, a uniform ground for the law and economics of...
Does Googling Justice Work? | Vol. 29, No. 1

Does Googling Justice Work? | Vol. 29, No. 1

Online search engines are key providers of legal information. Their responses to people’s search queries can influence whether and how people make use of the legal system to deal with problems like evictions, domestic violence, debt collection, and natural disasters....
Future-Proof Privacy Law | Vol. 29, No. 1

Future-Proof Privacy Law | Vol. 29, No. 1

Why was the long-awaited federal privacy bill of 2022 so controversial among privacy advocates? The answer lies in one paragraph of the 143-page bill draft: the bill’s preemption provision. And that preemption provision is not limited to this now-dead bill: It is...