Speeches -- 2008
Past Speeches
- Interview
Concurrences, Revue des droits de la concurrence
No. 3 (2008)
- Review of Antitrust Stories (E. Fox and D. Crane, Eds.)
4 Competition Policy International 241
2008
- The Antitrust Source
Interview with William E. Kovacic, Chairman,
Federal Trade Commission
August 8, 2008
- Concurring Statement of Commissioner Jon Leibowitz Regarding Marketing Food to Children and Adolescents: A Review of Industry Expenditures, Activities, and Self-Regulation Report
July 29, 2008
- “A Peek Inside: One Commissioner’s Perspective on the Commission’s Roles as Prosecutor and Judge”
Before the NERA 2008 Antitrust and Trade Regulation Seminar, Santa Fe, NM
July 3, 2008
- The Federal Trade Commission at 100: Into Our Second Century
21st Annual Western Conference of the Rutgers University Center for Research in Regulated Industries
Monterey, California
June 18, 2008
- “Responsible Green Marketing”
Before the American Conference Institute’s Regulatory Summit for Advertisers and Marketers, Washington, DC
June 18, 2008.
- "Broadband Access Policy: The Role of Antitrust"
Presented at the Broadband Policy Summit IV: Navigating the Digital Revolution, Washington, D.C.,
June 13, 2008
- "Litigating Merger Challenges: Lessons Learned,”
Remarks before the Bates White Fifth Annual Antitrust Conference, Washington, D.C.
June 2, 2008
- Competition Policy in the European Union and the United States: Convergence or Divergence?
Bates White Fifth Annual Antitrust Conference
Washington, D.C.
June 2, 2008
- Patent Trolls: Broad Brush Definitions and Law Enforcement Ideas
Before the LECG Newport Summit on Antitrust Law and Economics, Newport, RI,
May 31, 2008
- Opening Remarks of Michael R. Baye
Before the Consumer Information and the Mortage Market Conference,
May 29, 2008
- Research Ideas in Antitrust and Consumer Protection: A View from the FTC
Presentation before The 6th Annual International Industrial Organization Conference (IIOC), Chief Economists Roundtable, Marymount University Ballston Center, Arlington, Va
May 18, 2008
- "The State of Antitrust in 2008," Before the Antitrust Section of the North Carolina State Bar Association, Charleston, SC
May 9, 2008
- Michael R. Baye's Interview with The Threshold,
Michael R. Baye, Director, Bureau of Economics,
Volume VIII Number 2, American Bar Association
Spring 2008
- The Economics of Consumer Protection, Antitrust, and Policy
Michael R. Baye, Director, Bureau of Economics
Prepared speech before Bentley College
Waltham, MA (April 24, 2008)
- Looking Towards Implementation of China's Anti-Monopoly Law
Delivered during a panel on "China’s First Comprehensive Antitrust Statute" at the Spring Meeting of the International Law Section of the American Bar Association, in New York on April 4, 2008. Substantially similar remarks were delivered before a breakfast meeting of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, in Hong Kong on April 16, 2008.
- Panel: Obesity and Marketing to Kids: A Moving Target
Remarks of Heather Hippsley, Assistant Director, Division of Advertising Practices
Food Update Foundation 2008 Annual Meeting
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida (April 14, 2008)
- Prepared Remarks of Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour on the Federal Trade Commission Reauthorization Act of 2008
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
April 8, 2008
- Presentation at the Brussels Forum
Michael R., Baye, Director Bureau of Economics
Sponsored by the Mentor Group, (Conrad Hotel)
Brussels, Belgium (April 8, 2008).
- Oral Statement of Commissioner Jon Leibowitz on the Federal Trade Commission Reauthorization Act of 2008
Before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
April 8, 2008
- Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue
Chairman William E. Kovacic, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
Washington, DC
April 7, 2008
- Prepared remarks before Penn State University
Michael R. Baye, Director, Bureau of Economics,
The Center for the Study of Auctions, Procurements and Competition Policy
April 4, 2008
- Is There a Doctor in the House? The Value of Economic Expertise in Antitrust, Consumer Protection and Public Policy
Michael R Baye, Director, Bureau of Economics,
Prepared Remarks for "Breakfast with the Federal Trade Commission Bureau Directors," American Bar Association's 56th Antitrust Law Spring Meeting, Washington, DC (March 28, 2008).
- "Remarks, ABA Breakfast with the Bureau Directors"
Lydia B. Parnes, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission
March 28, 2008.
- Remarks of Lydia B. Parnes, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission
51st Annual FDLI & FDA Conference
Washington, D.C., March 26, 2008
- The ICN Recommended Practices for Merger Process: Why They Matter
Welcome Address delivered before the Merger Notification & Procedures Workshop on Implementing the Recommended Practices organized by the International Competition Network, in Brno, Czech Republic on March 18, 2008.
- "A Modest Proposal for Modest Antitrust Decisions at the Supreme Court,"
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner
Before the ABA 56th Antitrust Law Spring Meeting,
Washington, D.C., March 27, 2008.
- Opening Remarks
FTC/DOJ Workshop: Charting the Future Course of International Technical Assistance
Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman, FTC
Washington, D.C., February 6, 2008
- The Antitrust Source Interview
Michael R. Baye, Director, Bureau of Economics
ABA, (February 2008).
- Market Defnition in Online Markets
Presentation at a conference: Merger Analysis in High Technology Markets, sponsored by the George Mason University School of Law,
Michael R. Baye, Director, Bureau of Economics
February 1, 2008
- "Reflections in an Election Year: Challenges in Antitrust Enforcement"
New York State Bar Association
Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman
New York City, January 31, 2008
- Opening Remarks
Federal Trade Commission Carbon Offsets Workshop
Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman
Washington, D.C., January 8, 2008