Tag: FTC
Federal Trade Commission Rejected in “Reverse Payment” Suit
Kevin Noonan, Jun 27, 2012
The Federal Trade Commission in recent years has identified a practice it considers to be a threat to consumers regarding...
Federal Trade Commission Suffers Another Setback in Its Campaign to End...
William Michael, Aidan Synnott, Jun 27, 2012
For over a decade, the Federal Trade Commission has sought, with little success, to end "reverse settlement" payments...
Welfare Standards and Merger Analysis Revisited
Ken Heyer, Jun 19, 2012
In 2006, Competition Policy International published my article “Welfare Standards and Merger Analysis: Why Not the Best?” in its Fall...
Collusion Theories in Merger Analysis: Still Alive and Kicking
Malcolm Coate, Jun 19, 2012
In a 2008 paper published in this journal, I described the continuing success of coordinated interaction (collusion) theories in maintaining...
Partial Acquisitions: Recent MOFCOM Action Suggests Possible Divergence With U.S. Standards
Paul Cuomo, Charles Malaise, Changrong Xu, Jan 10, 2012
Long ago, the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed that partial acquisitions are subject to the Clayton Act's...
The Intersection of Consumer Protection and Competition in the New World...
Julie Brill, May 20, 2011
Privacy issues are becoming increasingly important during this time of rapid technological advance. This article addresses the important question of how the...
Nine Next Steps for Transatlantic Antitrust Policy Cooperation
William Kovacic, Oct 19, 2011
The enhancement of cooperation in competition policy between the European Union and the United States is a genuine success story...
EU/U.S. Cooperation in the Area of Competition Policy
Holger Dieckmann, Miek van der Wee, Oct 19, 2011
The 20th anniversary of the EU-U.S. Cooperation Agreement takes place in an era of globalisation and...
The U.S./EC Antitrust Cooperation Agreement: Genesis, Innovation, and Early Implementation
James Rill, Oct 14, 2011
The antitrust agreement between the United States and the European Commission, which has now passed its 20th birthday, constitutes a...
Twenty Years of Transatlantic Antitrust Cooperation: The Past and the Future
Rachel Brandenburger, Oct 14, 2011
I am deeply honored to have been asked to contribute to the celebratory publication of articles marking the 20th anniversary...
