Speeches -- 2008
Past Speeches
- Concurring Statement of Commissioner Jon Leibowitz In re Federal Trade Commission v. Ovation Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
December 16, 2008
- DOJ, Economic Analysis Group Seminar
Antitrust Division, US Department of Justice
Michael R. Baye, Director, Bureau of Economics
December 2, 2008
- Concurring Statement of Commissioner Leibowitz regarding Rescission of FTC Guidance on Cigarette Testing Methodology (Nov. 26, 2008).
- Statement of Commissioner Harbour Regarding Federal Register Notice Rescinding the FTC’s 1966 Guidance Concerning the Cambridge Filter Method, File No. 944509 (November 24, 2008).
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“Empirical Methods in Antitrust,”
Michael R. Baye, Director, Bureau of Economics
Economic Summit of Chief Economists (Competition Bureau Canada, Economic Policy and Enforcement Branch)
Ottawa, Ontario, November 20-21 2008
- "Enforcement Strategies in the Health Care Industry”
Before the ABA Health Law Section
6th Annual Washington Healthcare Summit, Arlington VA
November 17, 2008
- Rating the Competition Agencies: What Is Good Performance?
ABA Antitrust Section, Fall Forum
Washington, D.C., November 13, 2008
- “One Retrospective View of the Commission’s Activities”
Washington State Bar Association 25th Annual
Antitrust and Consumer Protection Seminar, Seattle, WA
November 6, 2008
- “Some Views on the European Microsoft Case”
McGill University Faculty Law Symposium, Montreal, Canada
October 29, 2008
- “Tales from the Crypt.” Episodes ’08 and ’09: The Return of Section 5 (“Unfair Methods of Competition in Commerce are Hereby Declared Unlawful”)
Remarks by Commissioner Leibowitz at the FTC Workshop: Section 5 of the FTC Act as a Competition Statute
October 17, 2008
- "Remarks Before FTC Section 5 Workshop"
Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C.
October 17, 2008
- Section 2 and Standard Setting: Rambus, N-Data & The Role of Causation
Law Seminars International 4th Antitrust Conference on Standard Setting & Patent Pools
Arlington, VA
October 2, 2008
- Antitrust Economics and Policy: Some Suggestions for Research Agendas
Keynote address at the Research Symposium on Antitrust Economics and Competition Policy,
Northwestern University Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth,
(September 26, 2008, Chicago, IL)
- Reflections on Procedure at the Federal Trade Commission
Remarks of J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
ABA Antitrust Masters Course IV, The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia
September 25, 2008
- "Striking a Balance?"
Some Reflections on Private Enforcement in Europe and the United States
Before the International Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting
New York City, NY
September 24, 2008
- Statement of Commissioner Jon Leibowitz on Marketing Food to Children & Adolescents: A Review of Industry Expenditures, Activities & Self-Regulation
U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government and Subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services, Education & Related Agencies
September 23, 2008
- Perspective on Biosimilars: Current Initiatives and Long-Term Goals
Remarks of Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour, Biosimilars 2008
Washington, DC
September 23, 2008
- The United States and the Future Development of Global Competition Policy
Georgetown Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium
Washington, D.C.
September 23, 2008
- "Self-Regulation and Consumer Protection: A Complement to Federal Law Enforcement"
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner,
Before the NAD Annual Conference 2008, What’s New in Comparative Advertising, Claim Support and Self-Regulation, New York, NY
September 23, 2008
- "Rating the Competition Agencies: What Is Good Performance?”
CBA Competition Law Conference
September 18, 2008
- Antitrust Economics at the FTC
Before the USDA Packers and Stockyards Program National Meeting, Indianapolis, IN,
September 17, 2008
- 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
- Interview with William E. Kovacic, Chairman
Federal Trade Commission
The Antitrust Source
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
- “Contests with Rank-Order Spillovers”
Michael R. Baye, Director, Bureau of Economics
Presented at the Venice Summer Institute 2008 Workshop on
Advances in the Theory of Contests and its Applications,
Venice International University, San Servolo,
July 18 – 19, 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
- Antitrust Contests
Presented at a conference on Contests: Theory and Applications,
Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden,
(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
- Oral Statement of Commissioner Jon Leibowitz on the President’s Fiscal Year 2009 Funding Request and Budget Justification for the Federal Trade Commission
Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
May 14, 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.
- Statement of Commissioner Jon Leibowitz Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part in the Matter of Cephalon, Inc.
February 13, 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