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Global Antitrust Institute

Goals of Antitrust

  • Joshua D. Wright & Douglas H. Ginsburg, The Goals of Antitrust: Welfare Trumps Choice, 81 Fᴏʀᴅʜᴀᴍ L.R. 2405 (2013)
  • Kenneth Heyer, “Consumer Welfare and the Legacy of Robert Bork,” 57 Journal of Law & Economics S19 (2014)
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Competition Advocacy

Private Equity Buyouts are Part of the Competitive Process in the Market for Corporate Control: Global Antitrust Institute Comment on the DOJ-FTC-HHS Request for Information on Consolidation in Health Care
June 7, 2024

Comment of the Global Antitrust Institute on the Brazilian Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Reform Request for Contributions: Economic and Competitive Aspects of Digital Platforms
May 2, 2024

Let the Fastest Runners Sprint: Comment of the Global Antitrust Institute on the European Commission’s Calls for Contributions on Competition in Virtual Worlds and Generative AI
March 11, 2024

Global Antitrust Institute Response to the ITA-USPTO-NIST Request for Information on Standards-Essential Patents
November 8, 2023

Radical New Burdens for Marginal Benefit: Comment of the Global Antitrust Institute on Proposed HSR Rule Amendments
September 21, 2023

Global Antitrust Institute Comment on the 2023 Draft Merger Guidelines’ Emphasis on Structural Antitrust
September 16, 2023

The DOJ/FTC's Problematic Approach to Potential Competition: Global Antitrust Institute Comment on the Proposed Merger Guidelines
September 16, 2023

What's Gone Up is Coming Down? Vertical Mergers in the 2023 DOJ-FTC Draft Merger Guidelines, Comment of the Global Antitrust Institute
September 16, 2023

IP Rights Delayed are IP Rights Denied: The Global Antitrust Institute’s Comment on the European Commission’s 2023 Proposal to Regulate Standard-Essential Patents
August 16, 2023

Legal Restraints on Single-Firm Conduct in the Digital Age: The Global Antitrust Institute’s Comment on the European Commission’s “Call for Evidence” and Concurrent Announcements Regarding Exclusionary Abuses of Dominance Under Article 102, Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
April 28, 2023

Always or Almost Always Anticompetitive? The Global Antitrust Institute’s Comment on the FTC’s Proposed Rule Banning Non-Compete Clauses in Employment Contracts
April 17, 2023

Before the Canadian Competition Bureau: Comment of the Global Antitrust Institute on Draft Enforcement Guidance on Wage-Fixing and No-Poaching Agreements
March 24, 2023

Justified Regulatory Reform in Antitrust Requires Cost-Benefit Analysis: Global Antitrust Institute Comment to the Australian Treasury on the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission’s Digital Platform Services Inquiry, Interim Report No. 5 (Regulatory Reform)
January 23, 2023

Supply-Side Factors Identify Market Participants, Not Markets: Global Antitrust Institute Comment on the EC’s Draft Notice on Defining Relevant Markets for EU Competition Law
January 10, 2023

The 2022 Revision of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law: Global Antitrust Institute Comments on Draft Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China Concerning Application of the Law in Civil Disputes Arising from Monopolistic Conduct
January 4, 2023

Colluding to Go Green: Global Antitrust Institute Comments on the Austrian Federal Competition Authority’s Draft Guidelines to Exempt “Sustainability Agreements”
June 22, 2022

Efficiencies in Merger Review: Global Antitrust Institute Comment on the DOJ-FTC Request for Information on Merger Enforcement
April 21, 2022

Monopsony and Labor Markets in Merger Review: Global Antitrust Institute Comment of the DOJ-FTC Request for Information on Merger Enforcement
April 21, 2022

Potential and Nascent Competition in Merger Review: Global Antitrust Institute Comment on the DOJ-FTC Request for Information on Merger Enforcement
April 21, 2022

Presumptions in Merger Review: Global Antitrust Institute Comment on the DOJ-FTC Request for Information on Merger Enforcement
April 21, 2022

Purpose, Harms, and Scope in Merger Review: Global Antitrust Institute Comment on the DOJ-FTC Request for Information on Merger Enforcement
April 21, 2022

On the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission Digital Platform Services Inquiry's Discussion Paper for Interim Report No. 5: Updating Competition and Consumer Law for Digital Platform Services
April 14, 2022

Comment on the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and National Institute of Standards Draft Policy Statement on Licensing Negotiations and Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary F/RAND Commitments
February 8, 2022

Comment to the Federal Trade Commission on Accountable Tech Petition for Rulemaking to Prohibit Tailored Advertising
January 26, 2022

Comment to the New York Senate Committee on Consumer Protection in Connection with Its Pending Consideration of the Twenty-First Century Antitrust Act (S.933)
June 4, 2021

Comment Before the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy “GWB Digitalization Act"
November 5, 2020

Comment on the European Commission's Notice on the Definition of Relevant Market for the Purposes of Community Competition Law
October 9, 2020

Comment on the Noncompete Clauses Used in Employment Contracts
February 7, 2020

Comment on the DOJ/FTC Draft 2020 Vertical Merger Guidelines
February 7, 2020

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