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Einer Elhauge

Einer Elhauge is the Petrie Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and founding director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics.

Before coming to Harvard, he was a professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley, and clerked for the late Judge William A. Norris on the 9th U.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice William Brennan of the U.S. Supreme Court. He also served as chairman of the Barack Obama presidential campaign's antitrust advisory committee.

He received both his bachelor's and JD from Harvard, graduating first in his law school class.

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Do the Merger Guidelines Need Revision?

Einer Elhauge Oct 26, 2009

The merger guidelines should be revised, not only to provide clearer guidance, but because the current version makes it harder for the agencies to win cases when they do challenge a merger.  The reason is that the guidelines often don’t fit actual agency practice or modern economic theory.  For example, part of the reason the ... Do the Merger Guidelines Need Revision?

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