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Joe Sims

Joe Sims is a retired partner with Jones Day, where at various times over his 45 years in practice he headed the firm's government regulation group, global antitrust and competition law practice, and its five California offices. Earlier in his career, he spent eight years with the U.S. Justice Department's Antitrust Division, including four as  deputy assistant attorney general.

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Abandoning Antitrust Common Sense: The FTC’s New Normal?

Joe Sims Sep 21, 2023

This symposium wonders what exactly is “The FTC’s New Normal”? The short answer: scary. The current Federal Trade Commission (FTC) leadership is clear that old U.S. Supreme Court opinions, rather than more recent jurisprudence, are their lodestones for antitrust analysis. This is dramatically illustrated by the draft merger guidelines recently proposed by the FTC and ... Abandoning Antitrust Common Sense: The FTC’s New Normal?

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