#3 Acquisition of Potential Competitors

A panel of distinguished speakers—FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips, President of the American Antitrust Institute Diana Moss, and Koren Wong-Ervin—discussed (1) the merits of calls for reform, including the views raised in Wong-Ervin's forthcoming article, Acquisitions of Potential Competitors: The U.S. Approach and Calls for Reform, and (2) the types of economic analyses and evidence that may be most probative for evaluating the impact of these transactions. Joshua Hazan (Simpson Thacher) summarizes the main findings and discuss recent developments. Hosted by: Gabriela Antonie and Nathan Blalock