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Noah J. Phillips

Noah Phillips is Co-Chair of the Antitrust Practice at Cravath and previously served as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission. Before joining the FTC, he served as chief counsel to Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Mr. Phillips received an A.B. magna cum laude from Dartmouth College in 2000 and a J.D. from Stanford Law School in 2005. After law school, Mr. Phillips clerked for Hon. Edward C. Prado of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

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Rules Without Reason

Noah J. Phillips May 06, 2022

In his July Executive Order, President Joe Biden called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to consider making a series of rules under its purported authority to regulate “unfair methods of competition.”[1] Chair Lina Khan has previously voiced her support for doing so.[2] My view is that the Commission has no such rulemaking powers, and ... Rules Without Reason

Administrative LawAntitrustCollusion & Cartels

Let’s (NOT) Stop All the Mergers: The Case for Letting the Agencies Do Their Jobs

Noah J. Phillips May 05, 2020

Never let a crisis go to waste, or so they say. In the past two weeks, some of the same people who sought to stop mergers and acquisitions during the bull market took the opportunity of the COVID-19 pandemic and the new bear market to call to ban M&A. On Friday, April 24th, Rep. David ... Let’s (NOT) Stop All the Mergers: The Case for Letting the Agencies Do Their Jobs

AntitrustCorporate GovernanceDOJ