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Changing the Federal Trade Commission’s Course
By Aurelien Portuese1 Federal agencies are getting ready for possible shake-ups as the presidential election draws near. The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is one of the organizations that demands the most overhaul. Despite the FTC’s original mission of fostering competition and protecting American consumers, the agency has lately come…
Region
Africa
By Helen Kean Redpath & Phil Alves1 I. Introduction The new draft merger guidelines (“DMGs”) are proposing major changes to merger policy in the United States and bringing underlying…
Asia
To celebrate the 16th anniversary of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (AML), which took effect in August 2008, Dr. Elizabeth Wang, an Economist at Compass Lexecon, interviewed Professor Huang Yong, a…
Latin America
By Eduardo Frade1 & Pedro Anitelle2 It has been over 5 years since, in previous columns at CPI,3 we called attention to a unique case then under review by the…
South Asia
By Anupam Sanghi1 “Intelligence and creativity, it would appear, are not a human monopoly” – Alvin Toffler I. Introduction The power of imagination is what separates the new and…
Europe
By Giuseppe Colangelo* Over the past decade, the intersection of privacy and antitrust has become a significant focus in the literature on data’s role in digital markets.1 In a…
US & Canada
By Aurelien Portuese1 Federal agencies are getting ready for possible shake-ups as the presidential election draws near. The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is one of the organizations that demands…
ICN
By Eleanor Fox1 Happy Birthday, ICN, from a fan who knew you when. But don’t lie on laurels bed. You have lots of work ahead. It is a pleasure…
Oceania
By Leandra Diem* & Barbora Jedličková** The concept of competition law as it relates to public procurement is not a particularly common topic of discussion in Australia. Unlike in Switzerland…
Topic
Cartel
By Niall E. Lynch & Sydney Kirlan-Stout* I. Introduction Dating to 1907, California’s Cartwright Act1 is the primary state law through which private plaintiffs and state agencies challenge allegedly…
IP Law
By Richard S. Taffet and Nina Jayne Carroll1 I. INTRODUCTION FRAND is now a well-recognized acronym referring to licensing standard essential patents (“SEPs”) on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms.…
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