The American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law recently released its 60-page eighth sequential Presidential Transition Report, which offers a retrospective of current state and federal antitrust and consumer protection law and policy as well recommendations for ways the new Trump administration might consider further strengthening policy and enforcement to deal with new antitrust challenges on the horizon.
The report is the product of a team of lawyers, professors and economists, including private practitioners, a member of the federal judiciary and scholars from the nation’s leading universities.
The consensus of these experts, according to the ABA, is a compelling case for the foundational statutes, for the judicial interpretations and for the objective analysis that have shaped the law.
Among highlights in the report:
• Recommendations for policy in health care, vertical mergers and privacy.
• Calls for more transparency and consistency in investigations.
• Analysis of controversial issues at the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property.
• Concern about the competitive effects of emerging financial regulations.
• Criticism of civil-penalty assessments and proposals for reform.
• Support for the importance of international engagement.
• Identification of numerous policies in need of agency guidance.
The views expressed are on behalf of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law and have not been approved by the House of Delegates or the ABA’s board of governors and, unless otherwise noted, should not be construed as representing the policy of the American Bar Association.
- Posted February 09, 2017
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
ABA section releases 60-page Presidential Transition Report
headlines Washtenaw County
- Law firm donates legal fees to ACLU of Michigan
- Foster Swift selects Taylor A. Gast as Business & Tax Practice co-leader
- MLaw Civil-Criminal Litigation Clinic partners on suit against online “ghost gun” seller
- Student in the Dual JD Program explores criminal defense work
- ABA Free Legal Answers announces 2023 leaders lending pro bono support
headlines National
- 50 Years of Service: ABA has been a ‘stalwart ally’ for LSC funding
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- Biden recalls time he bluffed knowledge of torts case and why he changed his mind about civil-trial work
- Lawyers’ ‘barrage of personal attacks’ on opponents started with tissue-box toss, appeals court says
- Longtime prosecutor resigns after judge tosses him from case, citing Perry Mason-type revelations
- 24% of law students expect to work in public service, survey says