ICYMI: Challenges in Merger Enforcement – Where Next?
Under the current administration, the U.S. antitrust agencies, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), […]
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Former Antitrust Enforcers Criticize Antitrust Bills Targeting Large Tech Firms
At a recent roundtable event, five leading competition economists criticized the design of recent antitrust bills like the American Innovation […]
The Prohibiting Anticompetitive Mergers Act – A Radical and Duplicative Bill
Democrats in both the House and Senate recently introduced H.R. 7101/S. 3847, the “Prohibiting Anticompetitive Mergers Act” (PAMA) sponsored by […]
Antitrust in 60 Seconds: The Failing Firm Defense in the US
The 60-Second Read: The DOJ and FTC’s Horizontal Merger Guidelines incorporate the failing firm defense as part of the US […]
Limiting Antitrust Misinformation by Increasing Agencies’ Transparency
The antitrust debate gives us an opportunity to think about ways to improve the U.S. competition system. In this sense, […]
Antitrust in 60 Seconds: No-Poach Agreements
The 60-Second Read: Wage-fixing agreements, like price-fixing agreements, are a violation of antitrust laws. This applies not only to literal […]
Measures of Success at the Antitrust Agencies
In 1996, then-Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition Bill Baer gave a speech defending the FTC’s budget titled “The […]
Entrepreneurial Efficiencies and Vertical Mergers: Q&A with Prof. D. Daniel Sokol
According to D. Daniel Sokol, Professor of Law at the University of Florida College of Law and Senior Of Counsel […]
When It Comes to the Music Consent Decrees, Process Is Key
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has begun to enforce its new agenda that includes, among other things, terminating legacy consent […]
Further Uncertainty Awaits Music Marketplace in Wake of Second Circuit Decision
In a non-precedential summary order on December 19, the Second Circuit affirmed a decision interpreting the BMI consent decree, which […]
