Tag: FTC
Antitrust Enforcement And Sectoral Regulation: The Competition Policy Benefits Of Concurrent...
Jonathan Baker, Jul 28, 2013
The US competition agencies – the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...
HSR Rule Changes: A Look Back (and Ahead)
Jonathan Cheng, Adam Eckart, Deidre Johnson, Simone Waterbury, May 28, 2013
In August 2011, the Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger rules and form received their second major overhaul...
Trade is Good for Competition, but Competition is Great for Trade
Seth Sacher, Mar 28, 2013
It may seem obvious that good trade policy can promote competition. That is, by opening up a domestic economy to...
From Microsoft to Google Continued Divergence in Transatlantic Antitrust Settlements?
Jose Gonzalez-Magaz, William Gordon, Mar 28, 2013
Parties seeking dual settlements with the European Commission and the U.S. antitrust agencies are challenged by their differing...
Preliminary Injunctive Relief Non-Merger Cases Beware?
David Reichenberg, Mar 19, 2013
Preliminary injunctions in antitrust cases are sought most frequently-almost exclusively in fact-in the merger context. Perhaps this is because, to...
Evidence-Based Antitrust Enforcement in the Technology Sector
Joshua Wright, Mar 04, 2013
This article is based on a presentation of remarks presented on February 23, 2013 at the inauguration of the ICT...
Antitrust Merger Activity: Notable Recent Developments and Takeaways for 2013
Peter Guryan, Richard Jamgochian, Jan 29, 2013
In 2012, the U.S. antitrust agencies fulfilled their mission of reestablishing themselves as aggressive antitrust enforcers. Second Request...
U.S. Antitrust Enforcement in 2013: Where Are We Going, and Why?
Kent Bernard, Jan 15, 2013
U.S. antitrust law is like a huge cargo ship in at least two respects: It takes time to change direction,...
Competition Advocacy at the Federal Trade Commission: Recent Developments Build on...
Tara Isa Koslov, Aug 14, 2012
Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act broadly empowers the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") to prevent...
Pharmaceutical Patents, Settlements, Reverse Payments, and Exclusion: Update
John Bigelow, Jul 27, 2012
In the June issue of this Chronicle my fellow contributors and I described a trend in appellate court decisions involving...
