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Section 2 Symposium: Dan Crane on Framing the Debate

I must confess that my basic reaction to the Section 2 report was disappointment.  It’s not that I find much fault with the report itself–a few quibbles yes, but generally I find it quite satisfactory–but that after all of the time and effort put into the joint hearings by the FTC, the FTC wasn’t able ... Section 2 Symposium: Dan Crane on Framing the Debate

Section 2 Symposium: Michael Salinger on Framing the Debate

Given the embarrassing outcome of the FTC/DOJ single-firm conduct hearings, it is worth revisiting what the organizers of the hearings were attempting to accomplish.  The Federal Register notice announcing the hearings provides some key insights.  It read, in part: The Agencies expect to focus on legal doctrines and jurisprudence, economic research, and business and consumer ... Section 2 Symposium: Michael Salinger on Framing the Debate

Section 2 Symposium: Tad Lipsky on Framing the Debate

When the Justice Department issued its Unilateral Conduct Report last September, it became an instant sensation not primarily because of its content, but because of a strident public critique issued by three FTC Commissioners, including now-Chairman Leibowitz. The three (Harbour, Leibowitz and Rosch, hereinafter “HLR”) accused the Antitrust Division of placing “a thumb on the ... Section 2 Symposium: Tad Lipsky on Framing the Debate