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Antitrust Expansion is for the Birds
By: Laurel Duggan Four poultry executives were indicted in June on charges of price-fixing. Attentive ranchers blew the whistle about flat prices for livestock despite record profits for meat processors, resulting in Senate investigations. Several other companies are likely to be investigated over these allegations. Entrenched competitors are now clamoring to…
American Broadband Keeps Improving
By: Laurel Duggan Broadband access has been a top priority for President Trump. A recent progress report reveals the stunning progress his administration has made on this front. Four million rural Americans have gained access to broadband during his presidency thus far, and the number of Americans without access…
Medicine by Drone Takes Off in US
By: Laurel Duggan Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), better known as drones, offer a promising solution to the transportation challenges facing the healthcare industry. The countless obstacles to transporting organs and medical supplies worsen health outcomes and create costly delays for patients. UAVs will cut transportation costs, reduce delays for…
Google and Apple Partner on Contact Tracing
By: Henry Rademacher As part of their efforts to help governments respond to COVID-19, Google and Apple announced earlier this month that they are partnering on a project to “enable the use of Bluetooth technology to help governments and health agencies reduce the spread of (COVID-19), with user privacy and…
Heritage Foundation Holds Primer on Defense Production Act
Although Democratic members of Congress have hounded President Trump for allegedly not using it, he has used the Defense Production Act several times during the Covid-19 crisis.
Kratsios Highlights Differences Between U.S. and E.U. Approaches to A.I.
Kratsios and others have argued that the E.U. and U.S. should have more closely aligned regulatory policies on AI in order to preserve Western leadership in emerging technologies.
T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Approaches Finish Line
Yesterday’s ruling by Judge Victor Marrero in the Southern District of New York means that, after years of bureaucratic hurdles and meddling by activist attorney generals, one of the great “antitrust” sagas of the past decade is finally close to a conclusion.
FCC Chairman Proposes Opening 5.9 GHz Band for Unlicensed Use
On November 20, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced the FCC will propose to allow unlicensed use in the 5.9 gigahertz (GHz) band.
Chairman Pai Suggests 988 Be Made Suicide Prevention Hotline Nationwide
On November 19, 2019, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai proposed that the FCC “begin a rulemaking to establish 988 as a new, nationwide, three-digit phone number for a suicide prevention and mental health hotline.”
Commissioner Carr Gives Remarks at Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention
“Henry Ford reportedly said that if he asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses,” he said.