A New Approach to Antitrust Law: Transparency
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Antitrust enforcers in the post-Microsoft era, under both Republican and Democratic administrations, have been under more or less continuous criticism as insufficiently active. Proponents of this view have offered a...
show moreAs an alternative to these “tear it all down” approaches, could greater transparency be a more effective response? Concerns regarding the level and type of enforcement activity are arguably rooted in widespread misunderstanding of the process, particularly with respect to merger review. Has the time come to update the DOJ/FTC guidelines on horizontal mergers, the licensing of intellectual property, the operation of information exchanges, and other issues? Are agency processes and decisional factors sufficiently well understood? Has the Supreme Court’s antitrust docket hampered or improved transparency? Such questions are particularly timely in light of the FTC’s ongoing hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century.
Hon. Frank Easterbrook, United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Ms. Deb Garza, Partner, Covington & burling
Mr. Eric Grannon, Partner, White & Case
Prof. Douglas Melamed, Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Moderator: Hon. John B. Nalbandian, United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
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