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).
• “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
  • Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission 
• 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
  • Staff Report
• “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
  • Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission
• "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