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Reflections from Across the Pond

Reflections from Across the Pond. By Stephen Calkins Professor of Law and Director of Graduate Studies Wayne State University Law School Detroit, MI Of counsel, Covington & Burling Formerly General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission. Change. Congress Antitrust Modernization Commission

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Reflections from Across the Pond

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  1. Reflections from Across the Pond By Stephen Calkins Professor of Law and Director of Graduate Studies Wayne State University Law School Detroit, MI Of counsel, Covington & Burling Formerly General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission

  2. Change • Congress • Antitrust Modernization Commission • Supreme Court

  3. Change: Congress

  4. Change: Antitrust Modernization Commission

  5. Change: Supreme Court • Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Ross-Simmons Hardwood Lumber Co. (Feb. 20, 2007) • Credit Suisse Securities v. Billing • Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly • Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc.

  6. Continuity • Supreme Court • Antitrust Modernization Commission • Roles of Agencies • Spring Meeting

  7. Continuity: Supreme Court

  8. Continuity: AMC • 1941 Temporary National Economic Committee • 1955 Attorney General’s Report • 1969 Neal Report • 1969 Stigler Report • 1969 Kirkpatrick Report • 1979 Shenefield Report • 2000 ICPAC Report

  9. Continuity: Roles of Agencies

  10. FTC Cases • Rambus, Inc. (July 2006) • Austin Board of Realtors (consent) (July 2006) • Valassis Communications, Inc. (March 14, 2006

  11. Continuity: Spring Meeting • Valassis Communications, Inc. (March 14, 2006

  12. Red (yellow?) Cards • Supreme Court • Antitrust’s Image

  13. Red (yellow?) Cards: Antitrust’s Image • AT&T • Schering • Merger Policy’s Image

  14. Reflections from Across the Pond By Stephen Calkins Professor of Law and Director of Graduate Studies Wayne State University Law School Detroit, MI Of counsel, Covington & Burling Formerly General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission

  15. Relevant Points include . . . • Equilibrating Tendencies • Importance of private enforcement • Importance of structure • Spring Meeting

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