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William C. MacLeod

Bill MacLeod is a partner with Kelley Drye & Warren LLP in Washington, D.C., where he chairs the firm’s antitrust and competition practice group and co-chairs the consumer financial protection practice group. He is a past chair of the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association, a former bureau director at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and taskforce member of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

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Regulating Competition at the FTC

William C. MacLeod May 09, 2022

Introduction In November 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a draft strategic plan for fiscal years 2022-2026 that previewed its vision for enforcement without the rule of reason guiding the analysis and without consumer welfare defining the objective. The draft plan dropped a longstanding commitment from the FTC’s previous strategic plans to foster “vigorous ... Regulating Competition at the FTC

Administrative LawAntitrustConsumer Welfare Standard