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Deputy Assistant Attorney General Roger Alford on Antitrust Regulation and Enforcement

Deputy Assistant Attorney General for International Affairs Roger Alford delivered the keynote address in March at...

Security Clearances - Executive Discretion or Executive Overreach?

• Robert F. Turner

The Framers understood Congress could not be trusted to keep secrets, and entrusted (as John...

Should We Investigate For "Obstruction Of Justice" Every Prosecutor Who Has Ever Declined A Prosecution?

• Francis J. Menton

Now that the 488 page Mueller Report is out, and we are informed that the...

What Does the Fed Know that Nobody Else Knows?

• Alex J. Pollock

When it comes to the financial and economic future, everybody is myopic. Nobody can see...

Baldwin v. U.S.: Will the Chevron Doctrine Be Refined or Overruled?

• Robert T. Carney

  In Baldwin v. United States, No. 17-55115 (filed April 16, 2019), the United States...

An Unprecedented Conflict Between the FTC and DOJ at the Intersection of Antitrust and Patent Law

• Adam Mossoff

The Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit against Qualcomm under the antitrust laws has led to an...

A Bargaining Model v. Reality in FTC v. Qualcomm: A Reply to Kattan & Muris

• Douglas H. Ginsburg,
• Joshua D. Wright

Introduction In a recent article[1] Joe Kattan and Tim Muris (K&M) criticize our article[2] on...

The Flaws in the Latest Proposal to Break Up Big Tech

• William Rinehart

A lot has been written about Senator Warren’s proposal to break up tech platforms. Two...

An Evidentiary Cornerstone of the FTC’s Antitrust Case Against Qualcomm May Have Rested on Manipulated Data

• Geoffrey A. Manne

The courtroom trial in the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) antitrust case against Qualcomm ended in...

Nuggets of Gold from the Executive Branch Review Conference

• Wayne A. Abernathy

Yesterday I attended the Federalist Society’s Executive Branch Review Conference.  This is becoming a must...