Citations

• 09/26/2023

Alden Abbott, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center and former FTC General Counsel, discusses the recent memorandum of understanding between the FTC and the…

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• 09/21/2023

Lawrence J. Spiwak, president of the Phoenix Center, explains how the FTC, under Chair Lina Khan’s leadership, has departed from longstanding antitrust norms.

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• 09/21/2023

Nate Scherer from the American Consumer Institute argues that the FTC would find little success in challenging the Kroger/Albertsons merger.

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• 09/13/2023

Gregory J. Werden from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University argues that the FTC’s proposed rule banning noncompete agreements in employment contracts is unsupported…

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• 09/07/2023

Cami Mondeaux from the Washington Examiner reports on a potential ethics violation by FTC Chair Lina Khan over the agency’s actions against Pharmacy Benefit Managers…

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• 09/07/2023

Charles Sauer, president of the Market Institute, argues that the draft merger guidelines run contrary to a thriving free market.

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• 09/07/2023

David Wainer from the Wall Street Journal discusses the FTC’s recent settlement in Amgen’s acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics.

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• 09/07/2023

Norm Singleton from the Market Institute addresses FTC Chair Lina Khan’s resistance to congressional oversight.

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• 09/05/2023

Dr. Ted Bolema provides an analysis of the FTC’s 2022 Policy Statement in a new paper for the Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah…

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• 09/05/2023

Paul Steidler from the Lexington Institute discusses the FTC’s growing interest in regulating labor and employment issues.

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• 08/31/2023

Paul Steidler with the Lexington Institute contends that the FTC’s targeting of American tech companies may benefit China in the race for technological supremacy.

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• 08/31/2023

Bilal Sayyed from TechFreedom argues that Draft Merger Guidelines are more of an advocacy document than an effective tool.

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• 08/28/2023

Vance Ginn from the Pelican Institute for Public Policy argues that antitrust overreach will ultimately harm consumers and competition.

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• 08/28/2023

Dr. Kimberlee Josephson, associate professor at Lebanon Valley College and adjunct fellow with the Consumer Choice Center, discusses the flaws of the new merger guidelines.

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• 08/23/2023

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) sent letters to FTC Chair Lina Khan and the head of the EU’s San Francisco office to inquire about collusion between…

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• 08/23/2023

Daniel J. Gilman from the International Center for Law & Economics discusses the FTC’s upcoming Amazon case and advanced notice of proposed rulemaking on commercial…

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• 08/21/2023

Veronique De Rugy from the Mercatus Center discusses the new merger guidelines and the negative effects they would have for consumers.

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• 08/21/2023

Corbin Barthold from TechFreedom points out that FTC Chair Lina Khan’s actions have become more bolden, despite her losing record.

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• 08/17/2023

Christopher Koopman and Neil Chilson from the Center for Growth and Opportunity explain how the FTC’s new investigation into OpenAI raises constitutional concerns.

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• 08/17/2023

Brian Albrecht from the International Center for Law & Economics argues that the new merger guidelines ignore economic evidence from the past 20 years.

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• 08/11/2023

Scott Brown, former U.S. Senator and ambassador, discusses the FTC’s anticipated antitrust suit against Amazon.

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• 08/09/2023

Professor Richard Pierce from George Washington University Law School explains that the FTC lacks the statutory authority to issue a ban on employee non-compete agreements.

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• 08/09/2023

Yaël Ossowski from the Consumer Choice Center warns against Chair Lina Khan’s desire to break up Amazon.

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• 08/09/2023

Trey Price from the American Consumer Institute highlights the FTC’s growing interest in regulating sugar and grocery store mergers.

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• 08/07/2023

Lazar Radic and Geoffrey Manne from the International Center for Law & Economics argue that the FTC’s anticipated lawsuit against Amazon is unlikely to be…

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• 08/07/2023

Rachel Chiu from the Committee for Justice discusses how the draft merger guidelines depart from accepted antitrust principles.

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• 08/02/2023

Mark Jamison from the American Enterprise Institute provides insight on numerous problems at Khan’s FTC.

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• 08/02/2023

Paul Steidler from the Lexington Institute argues that the new merger guidelines are overly broad and arbitrary.

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• 08/01/2023

David McGarry from Taxpayers Protection Alliance talks about Chair Lina Khan’s departure from institutional and ethical norms.

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• 08/01/2023

Attorneys from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, Jay Rybnicek, Laura Onken, and Tim Swartz, discuss the new merger guidelines.

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• 07/28/2023

Ryan Young on the Bob Harden Show, July 28th 2023.

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• 07/27/2023

Brian Albrecht, Dirk Auer, Eric Fruits, and Geoffrey A. Manne from the International Center for Law & Economics discuss the FTC’s interest in challenging the…

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• 07/27/2023

Charles Sauer, president of the Market Institute, calls on Congress to prohibit the FTC from corroborating with the European Union in enforcing the European Digital…

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• 07/27/2023

James Czerniawski from Americans for Prosperity cautions against the FTC’s eagerness to regulate AI companies.

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• 07/25/2023

Gus Hurwitz and Geoffrey Manne from the International Center for Law and Economics explain that the new merger guidelines provide little clarity and much uncertainty.

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• 07/20/2023

Brian Albrecht, chief economist of the International Center for Law & Economics, argues that the new draft Merger Guidelines would contribute to confusion for both…

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• 07/20/2023

Elizabeth Nolan Brown from Reason discusses the new merger guidelines.

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• 07/20/2023

Alden Abbott, former general counsel at the FTC, describes the new draft Merger Guidelines as an “anti-merger manifesto.”…

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• 07/17/2023

The R Street Institute’s Adam Thierer argues that an over-zealous approach to regulating AI by the FTC would ultimately harm innovation and competition in the…

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• 07/17/2023

Jennifer Huddleston from the Cato Institute questions whether the FTC’s suit against Amazon could end the company’s annual Prime Day.

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• 07/17/2023

The Cato Institute’s Jennifer Huddleston addresses the FTC’s recent lose in federal court, failing to block Microsoft’s acquisition of game developer Activision.

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• 07/13/2023

Asheesh Agarwal discusses this week’s congressional oversight of the Federal Trade Commission.

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• 07/10/2023

Robert Bork Jr. discusses Chair Khan’s plan to break up Amazon.

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• 07/10/2023

Carl Szabo from NetChoice describes several abuses by FTC Chair Lina Khan in anticipation of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday.

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• 07/10/2023

Attorneys for Perkins Coie, Christopher Williams and Henry Hauser, address the proposed overhaul of premerger notification filings by the FTC and the Department of Justice.

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• 07/10/2023

The Cato Institute’s Jennifer Huddleston discusses the FTC’s latest cases against “big tech” companies.

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• 07/05/2023

Rachel Chiu from the Committee for Justice argues that the FTC’s action against Illumina’s acquisition of Grail is driven by ideology.

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• 07/05/2023

Tirzah Duren from the American Consumer Institute argues that the FTC’s actions against big tech is the result of bias, not concern for the consumer.

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• 07/05/2023

Alden Abbott, former FTC general counsel, discusses several problems with the FTC’s latest focus on Amazon.

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• 06/28/2023

Stephen Kent from Consumer Choice Center underscores Lina Khan’s ideological pursuits as Chair of the FTC.

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• 06/28/2023

Bloomberg‘s Leah Nylen explains how the FTC’s changes to merger-filing rules will add delays to merger approval.

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• 06/28/2023

Eric Boehm from Reason discusses the FTC’s lawsuit against Amazon.

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• 06/26/2023

Paul Tassi from Forbes discusses last week’s hearing in which the FTC is seeking a preliminary injunction.

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• 06/23/2023

Elizabeth Nolan Brown from Reason magazine details the shortcomings of the FTC’s latest action against Amazon.

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• 06/20/2023

The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board contends that FTC Chair Lina Khan may have misled Congress regarding ethics compliance.

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• 06/20/2023

Experts from the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) discuss problems with the FTC’s sweeping rule to ban noncompete agreements in employee contracts.

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• 06/16/2023

Bloomberg’s Leah Nylen reveals newly unredacted memo showing that FTC Chair Lina Khan declined to recuse herself from the FTC’s case against Meta despite the…

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• 06/16/2023

Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, discusses the importance of work done by congressional Republicans on holding the Federal Trade Commission accountable.

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• 06/08/2023

Alden Abbott, former General Counsel at the FTC, explains that a reinvigoration of the Robinson-Patman Act by the FTC would be a detriment to consumers.

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• 06/08/2023

Paul Steidler, Senior Fellow with the Lexington Institute, argues that calls for the Biden administration and the FTC to ban employee non-compete agreements would have…

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• 06/07/2023

Caleb Kruckenberg, attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation, explains how the FTC extracts large settlements from small businesses without a trial and without congressional authority.

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