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Dr. Annie Xue, Partner, GEN Law Firm

#243 When Is Personalized Pricing Unlawful? Personalized Pricing Litigation in China

Posted 2 months ago Tagged anti-monopoly law China competition data enforcement litigation personalized pricing platform policy price discrimination privacy

The practice of personalized pricing has been empowered by advanced algorithms in the digital era. […]

Draft Merger Guidelines

#233 What Are the Thoughts Behind the Changes? Draft DOJ-FTC Merger Guidelines Explained by DOJ DAAGs

Posted 4 months ago Tagged acquisition analysis competition economics enforcement federal law merger policy

On July 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade […]

Geoffrey Manne, Founder and President of International Center for Law and Economics

#222 Too Political or Not Political Enough? A Debate on the Relationship Between Antitrust Enforcement and Democracy.

Posted 7 months ago Tagged debate democracy policy

There are many debates in the antitrust world today, but none is as fundamental as […]

Isabel Tecu, Principal, Charles River Associates

#179 What Have We Learned From Empirical Studies? Potential Antitrust Concerns Arising From Common Ownership

Posted 1 year ago Tagged agricultural seeds airlines banking cereals common ownership competition data economic principle empirical evidence financial incentives industries investment mechanism pharmaceuticals policy study

There is a growing interest in understanding the “ownership interests hypothesis,” i.e., whether investors holding […]

Alden Abbott, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University

#178 What’s the Role of FTC’s General Counsel? A Conversation with Alden Abbott on Historical and Current Issues

Posted 1 year ago Tagged Administrative Procedure Act agency Civil Service Reform Act Commission's Rules of Practice compliance court Ethics in Government Act Federal Trade Commission Freedom of Information Act FTC General Counsel Government in the Sunshine Act law policy

The FTC’s General Counsel (GC) is the agency’s chief legal officer and adviser that provides […]

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 2 years 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 […]

Maciej Bernatt, University of Warsaw

#168 Is Antitrust Really Apolitical? Autocracy, Populism, and Antitrust

Posted 2 years ago Tagged agencies Europe policy politics populism

Tumultuous political change, including the rise of populism, has been one of the key trends […]

Jana Seidl, Hal Singer, Joshua Wright, Anora Wang

#152 Should Antitrust Be Used as an Anti-Inflation Tool? Live Recording of Debate at George Mason Law School

Posted 2 years ago Tagged antitrust economics enforcement inflation law policy

The U.S. economy has seen a consumer price index increase of 7% in 2021, the […]

Daniel Kaufman, BakerHostetler

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

Posted 2 years ago Tagged consumer protection enforcement Federal Trade Commission policy

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

Gay Gordon-Byrne, Executive Director, the Repair Association

#132 What Is The Right To Repair? Conversation With Gay Gordon-Byrne

Posted 2 years ago Tagged competition consumer consumer protection enforcement federal manufacturer policy repair restriction

“Right to repair” has been highlighted by the new administration and federal enforcers as a […]