The DOJ/ FTC Vertical Merger Guidelines (VMGs) were adopted by the FTC in June 2020 by a party-line 3-2 party line over the dissent of the Acting Chair. One might expect that the VMGs will be withdrawn and/or revised, now that there is a Democratic majority. Revision is appropriate because the...

The importance of economics to the analysis and enforcement of competition policy and law has increased tremendously in the developed market economies in the past forty years. In younger and developing market economies, competition law itself has a history of twenty to twenty-five years at most...

Partisan splits on antitrust enforcement are not new, but some recent divides have gone beyond the usual differences between Republicans and Democrats. Today, we see disagreements among commissioners at the Federal Trade Commission on foundational aspects of competition policy, such as the goals...