Tag: FTC
Conversations with Jon Leibowitz and Joaquin Almunia
Joaquin Almunia, David Evans, Jon Leibowitz, May 19, 2011
Competition policy has grown explosively in the last quarter century. There are more than 100 countries with competition...
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...
Innovation Market Theory and Practice: An Analysis and Proposal for Reform
Kent Bernard, May 20, 2011
Encouraging and/or preserving innovation in mergers and acquisitions have been critical factors in modern antitrust analysis. These aims have been justification for...
The Pro-competitive Value of Closed Platforms & Walled Gardens: Some Thoughts...
Amanda Reeves, Daniel Wall, Mar 30, 2011
There has been a great deal of recent discussion, both inside and outside of antitrust circles, on the...
Margin of Error: The Flawed Paradigm in the New Merger Guidelines
Michael Baumann, Paul Godek, Mar 14, 2011
The U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC"), the two federal agencies that review...
Upward Price Pressure, Merger Simulation, and Merger Simulation Light
Michael Noel, Mar 14, 2011
Every year, the Federal Trade Commission("FTC")and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice ("DOJ") are notified of thousands of...
The Intel Cases”Legal Convergence or Leaps of Faith?
Kent Bernard, Jan 06, 2011
Intel has managed to find itself in the cross-hairs of the antitrust authorities in Brussels and in Washington D.C.It is...
2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines: Changes in Policy, Transparency, & Predictability
James Langenfeld, Oct 28, 2010
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") and the Department of Justice ("DOJ") issued revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines ("HMGs") on August 19,...
The 2010 Merger Guidelines and the Litigation Mulligan: Better Economics but...
Hill Wellford, Gregory Wells, Oct 28, 2010
The new Horizontal Merger Guidelines, issued by the U.S. antitrust Agencies on August 19, 2010, mark a clear...
New Horizontal Merger Guidelines Indicate Greater Scrutiny of High Tech and...
Janet McDavid, Eric Stock, Oct 28, 2010
On August 19, 2010, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (the "Agencies") released the final...
