Tag: Reform
Dysfunction Junction: U.S. Merger Review Under the Biden Administration
By Lindsey M. Edwards1
Introduction
Antitrust enforcers, practitioners, and scholars descended upon Washington, D.C. this month for the ABA’s 70th Annual Section of Antitrust Law Spring...
Antitrust Chronicle® – Biden’s Antitrust
Dear Readers,
Antitrust has been subject to an unusual degree of public attention of late. In the U.S., President Biden has made antitrust enforcement a...
The Decline, Fall, and Renewal of U.S. Leadership in Antitrust Law...
The United States has lost its world leadership in antitrust, evidenced by its narrow conception of market power and its abuse. This essay pinpoints...
A “Revitalization of Antitrust”: Tough Talk and Broad Promises in...
President Biden made vigorous antitrust enforcement a key pillar of his agenda during his first year in office, setting the tone himself in July...
Updating the Merger Guidelines: A Dynamic Reboot
In this article we offer a number of recommendations for updating the merger guidelines. Our comments address six distinct areas: (1) the guidelines’ structure, (2)...
Biden’s Antitrust: The Transformation is Here But Will it Last?
Like all new administrations, the Biden Administration entered office promising change in antitrust policy. Unlike previous administrations, however, the change this Administration promised was...
Beginnings of an Antitrust Revolution?
President Biden made antitrust law — and reforming it — an important part of his administration’s agenda. Nearly nine months after he issued a...
Canada Looks at Revising Its Competition Act
By Thomas W. Ross1
Momentum is building for a potentially far-reaching review of Canada’s competition regime.2 Canada does not modify its competition statute frequently. The...
Australia’s Merger Control Regime: Ex Post Merger Reviews, Continued Push for...
This paper comments on the results of the first ex post review of merger cases undertaken by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (“ACCC”),...
Innovation: A Bridge to the New Brandeisians?
By Richard J. Gilbert* & A. Douglas Melamed**
The push to reform antitrust law by more aggressive enforcement strategies and perhaps new legislation has been...