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#202 What Happened in 2022? What Will Happen in 2023? Looking Back and Looking Forward With the Sector Committees – Part 2

Posted 4 weeks ago Tagged Antitrust Law Section antitrust news antitrust trends sector committees year in review

As 2022 comes to an end, the Antitrust Law Section’s sector committees tell us which […]

Lauren M. Rackow, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP Brian Rafkin, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Adam Goodman, Dentons Jee-Yeon Lehmann, Analysis Group

#201 What Happened in 2022? What Will Happen in 2023? Looking Back and Looking Forward With the Sector Committees – Part 1

Posted 1 month ago Tagged Antitrust Law Section antitrust news antitrust trends sector committees year in review

As 2022 comes to an end, the Antitrust Law Section’s sector committees tell us which […]

Rahul Rao, Deputy Director, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission

#195 Who Is Rahul Rao? Meet the Newest Deputy Director of the FTC Bureau of Competition

Posted 3 months ago Tagged antitrust policy FTC labor law careers no poach State AG

The world of antitrust and consumer protection law is made up of fascinating people, including […]

David Lawrence, Policy Director, U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division

#181 Are We Understanding the Changes? Evaluating the Antitrust Assumptions

Posted 6 months ago Tagged Aspen skiing coordinated effects digital networks DOJ enforcement labor market monopolies Neo-Brandeisian platforms Trinko

The bases for the enhanced antitrust enforcement programs at the Antitrust Division have been discussed […]

Richard J. Pierce Jr., Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School

#171 Can the Federal Trade Commission Use Rulemaking To Change Antitrust Laws? A Closer Look at the Administrative Law Challenges With Prof. Richard Pierce

Posted 8 months ago Tagged administrative ANPRM antitrust APA court FTC non-compete notice and comment NPRM policy predatory pricing Reform reverse payment right to repair rulemaking trade regulation

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s current leadership has a vision for changing various aspects of […]

Adam White, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Co-Director of George Mason University’s Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State

#161 Is This a New Era of Federal Trade Regulation by Rule? The Past, Present, and Future of FTC Rulemaking

Posted 10 months ago Tagged administrative ANPRM APA FTC Magnusson-Moss notice and comment NPRM rulemaking trade regulation

For decades the FTC relied on its adjudicatory authority, applying its expertise on a case-by-case […]

Fiona Schaeffer, Partner, Milbank LLP Ilana Kattan, Senior Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

#153 Is Consumer Welfare the Right Policy for Antitrust Enforcement? Unpacking the Debate

Posted 12 months ago Tagged antitrust consumer welfare debate

Antitrust enforcers, academics, and politicians are embroiled in a debate over whether the consumer welfare […]

Daniel Kaufman, BakerHostetler

#142 Where is the BCP Headed? Consumer Protection in the Biden Administration.

Posted 1 year ago Tagged consumer protection enforcement Federal Trade Commission policy

The Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection (BCP) has utilized a variety of tools […]

Daniel W. Glad, Director, Procurement Collusion Strike Force

#140 Do All the Bids Look the Same? Investigations by DOJ’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force and the FBI

Posted 1 year ago Tagged bid-rigging cartels criminal antitrust criminal cartel enforcement FBI federal agents law enforcement procurement fraud prosecutors

The DOJ, FBI, and other enforcement partners have announced DOJ’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force to […]

Bill Kovacic, George Washington University

#134 What Does It All Mean? Wu, Khan, Kanter and Antitrust Reform.

Posted 1 year ago Tagged AntitrustEnforcement BidenAntitrust Kanter Khan Wu

The Biden Administration has made its picks for antitrust leadership, and they are all members […]