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Maurice E. Stucke

Maurice E. Stucke is the Douglas A. Blaze Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee. With 25 years experience handling a range of policy issues in both private practice and as a prosecutor at the US Department of Justice, he advises governments, law firms, consumer groups, and multi-national firms on competition and privacy issues. He is the author of Breaking Away: How to Regain Control Over Our Data, Privacy, and Autonomy and How Big-Tech Barons Smash Innovation — and How to Strike Back with Ariel Ezrachi. He was a senior policy advisor to the FTC in 2022-2023
Academic Capture

There’s More Bias Than You Think

Maurice E. Stucke
Conflicts of interest are a serious problem in scholarship. Transparency and discounting, while necessary, are insufficient to protect the marketplace of ideas. Why?  Founder effects and dilution of expertise, explain Maurice E. Stucke and R. Alexander Bentley. To protect the integrity of academia, we must also encourage the injection and consideration of new and contradictory unconflicted ideas.
Antitrust and Competition

Does Apple Stifle or Promote Innovation?

Maurice E. Stucke
The answer is both. How so? The recent antitrust complaint against Apple heralds a pivotal shift in understanding the influence of tech giants on innovation in the digital realm. This article highlights three key takeaways. 
Commentary

What Can Policymakers Do About Algorithmic Collusion and Discrimination?

Maurice E. Stucke
Maurice Stucke explains three policy approaches to algorithmic collusion and discrimination, and makes the case for a broader ecosystem approach that addresses not only the shortcomings of current antitrust law and merger review, but extends beyond them for a comprehensive policy response to the many risks associated with artificial intelligence.
Antitrust and Competition

The Tech Barons’ Ideological Platter

Maurice E. Stucke
Far from their self-promoted image as the world’s most innovative companies, the major tech platforms stifle plenty of innovation and invest in innovations that...
Antitrust and Competition

Why Competition Alone Won’t Bring About a More Inclusive Digital Economy

Maurice E. Stucke
The current reforms being debated in the US and Europe to tackle the challenges posed by tech giants tend to see more competition as...
Antitrust and Competition

Why Isn’t the FTC Tackling Facebook’s Data-opoly?

Maurice E. Stucke
Nothing in the FTC’s and states’ complaints’ prayer for relief seeks to give users greater control over their data, such as not being tracked...
Antitrust and Competition

eDistortions: How Data-opolies Are Dissipating the Internet's Potential

Ariel Ezrachi
In this chapter from the forthcoming Stigler Center ebook Digital Platforms and Concentration, published in anticipation of the eponymous conference at Chicago Booth on...

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