…reveal growing discontent with the fact that for “the last half-century,” the federal antitrust agencies have applied “only competition and consumer welfare standards” in making enforcement decisions. Some critics are…

Glenn Manishin · July 25, 2017

…appropriateness of the consumer welfare standard that guides U.S. antitrust enforcement. Although the modern U.S. Supreme Court consistently enforces the consumer welfare standard as the guiding principle for antitrust analysis,…

Project Disco · September 11, 2018

…quality improvement with no necessary connection to the anticompetitive exclusion of rivals. Conclusion The U.S. antitrust framework enforced under the consumer welfare standard promotes innovation to the benefit of consumers…

Marianela Lopez-Galdos · December 16, 2020

…to promote sound principles based on the consumer welfare standard (CWS); b) beginning to focus on more than economic goals alone; c) continuing to provide workshops and roundtables; and d)…

Project Disco · April 1, 2019

…of the consumer welfare standard, MEP Yon-Courtin advocated for the power to break-up ‘big tech’. But Europe already employs a wide interpretation of consumer welfare (sometimes considered too wide), and…

Project Disco · April 8, 2021

…as “the consumer welfare standard”, or promoting the “efficient use of resources while protecting the freedom of economic action of various market participants”). Through decades of trials and fact-finding, enforcers…

Kay Jebelli · February 9, 2021

…the consumer welfare standard as noted by the Chairwoman Edith Ramirez: “The promotion of consumer welfare is a cornerstone of the FTC’s antitrust enforcement, and these principles reaffirm the agency’s…

Marianela Lopez-Galdos · July 28, 2021

…harm consumers. For decades, enforcers and courts have applied the consumer welfare standard by promoting competition rather than competitors. However, AICOA completely ignored this consumer-focused and evidence-based antitrust tradition, targeting…

Project Disco · January 6, 2023

…has also been a fierce defender of the consumer welfare standard and fact-based enforcement. Moss believes we can do far more under the current consensus view of antitrust law. Herbert…

Matthew Lane · May 11, 2018

…consumers should seek a good-faith constructive route instead. They can advocate for the consumer welfare standard to incorporate labor markets in consumers’ budget constraints, recognizing that consumers’ purchasing power is…

Trevor Wagener · August 7, 2023