Reports
The $103,265 H-1B Fee Could Cost the U.S. Treasury More than $32 Billion over a Decade
DHS proposes a $103,265 fee on every cap-subject H-1B petition, 78 percent of median H-1B pay, and projects $8.8 billion a year by assuming employers keep filing 85,000 petitions. DHS's own docket ...
The Supply Chain Costs of the FCC’s 2026 Covered List Regime
The FCC's 2026 Covered List regime now bars routers, drones, inverters, and robots made anywhere abroad, yet no agency has estimated the cost. This study finds domestic-only production-location det...
Steering Fees and the Risks of Price Regulation
This report, prepared for CCIA by the economic consultancy S&W Group, examines the UK competition regulator's plan to let app developers point customers to payment options outside Apple's and Googl...
The EU Space Act Could Cost the U.S. Billions; Negotiating an Equivalence Decision Could Mitigate Those Costs
The EU Space Act could impose billions in incremental compliance costs on U.S. companies, which would lead to increased market prices, reduced U.S. exports, reduced U.S. tax revenues, harm to the U...
Consideraciones sobre el impacto de la interferencia en sistemas de compartición de espectro GEO-LEO
Considérations sur l’impact des interférences dans les systèmes de partage du spectre GEO-LEO
Considerations on Interference Impact in GEO-LEO Spectrum Sharing Systems
Modern Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) satellite systems can safely coexist with Geostationary Orbit (GSO) networks under significantly relaxed interference limits, yet the ITU’s Equivalent Power ...
DMA Impacts Suggest California’s Proposed SB 1074 BASED Act Will Be a Costly Failure
California's SB 1074 would impose DMA-analogous obligations while adding several additional cost drivers, including a private right of action, treble damages, and class action exposure that could m...
O Conflito de Alto Impacto Envolvendo SEPs: Exercício de Poder Patentário, Seleção Estratégica de Foro e a Atuação dos Tribunais Brasileiros
The High-Stakes SEP Clash: Patent Leverage, Forum Shopping, and Brazil’s Courts
Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) are central to Brazil’s digital transformation. Yet the country’s legal and institutional framework has not evolved at the same pace. Today, Brazilian courts t...
Rushed AB 1776 Could Cost California $1 Trillion in GDP and 1.6 Million Jobs in 10 Years
California Assembly Bill 1776, also known as the COMPETE Act, is rushing forward before any meaningful official analysis of its expected costs and benefits has been conducted. If enacted, the Compe...
