Speeches -- 2005

Past Speeches

• Antitrust Modernization Commission Testimony
  
  
• Helping the FTC Help You: Effective Self-Regulation is Better Business
  Pamela Jones Harbour, Keynote Address by Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour Before the National Advertising Division Meeting, New York, New York, September 26, 2005
  
  
• Treatment of Efficiencies in Merger Enforcement
  Michael A. Salinger, Prepared remarks before the Antitrust Modernization Commission, November 17, 2005
  
  
• Ranking Exclusionary Conduct
  Susan Creighton, Remarks delivered at the ABA Section of Antitrust Law Fall Forum, Washington, D.C.,November 15, 2005

• The Rhetoric of Gun-Jumping
  William Blumenthal, This is the written version of remarks delivered before the Annual Antitrust Seminar of the Greater New York Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel, in New York on November 10, 2005.
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• Competition in the Information Society Uncorked and Unplugged
  Jon Leibowitz, Remarks before the 2005 Global Forum Palais D’Egmont Brussels, Belgium, November 8, 2005
  
  
• The Status of Convergence on Transatlantic Merger Policy
  William Blumenthal, Delivered before a panel on "Cross-Atlantic Perspectives on Antitrust Enforcement" at the Fall Meeting of the International Law Section of the American Bar Association, in Brussels on October 27, 2005.
  
  

• Following the Yellow Brick Road to a More Competitive Landscape
  Jon Leibowitz, Remarks before the FTC/DOJ Workshop on Competition Policy in the Real Estate Industry, October 25, 2005
  
  
• Developments in Competition Law in the European Union and the United States: Harmony and Conflict
  Pamela Jones Harbour, Remarks at the New York State Bar Association International Law and Practice Section Fall Meeting 2005, Program 19, London, England, October 21, 2005
  
  
• Health Care: An Interview with Commissioner Thomas B. Leary
  Thomas B. Leary, This is an interview with Commissioner Leary conducted by the ABA Antitrust Section Health Care Committee Newsletter, published in the ABA's Antitrust Health Care Chronicle, October 2005, Vol. 19, No. 3.
  
  
• Recognizing the Procompetitive Potential of Royalty Discussions in Standard Setting
  Deborah Platt Majoras, Stanford University, Stanford, California, September 23, 2005
  

• Municipal Broadband: Should Cities Have a Voice?
  Jon Leibowitz, National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA), 25th Annual Conference - Washington, D.C. - September 22, 2005
  
  
• State Intervention: A State of Displaced Competition
  Deborah Platt Majoras, George Mason University Law School: George Mason Law Review Antitrust Symposium, September 20, 2005
  
  
• Can Economics Bridge the Atlantic? Monopolization Under Section 2, Dominance Under Article 82, and Fouls in Football, Michael A. Salinger, George Mason University Fall 2005 Antitrust Symposium, Washington, DC, September 20, 2005
  
  
• Four Questions About Horizontal Merger Enforcement
  Michael A. Salinger, American Bar Association Antitrust Section Economics Committee Brown Bag Presentation, Washington, DC., September 14, 2005
  

• Is It Live Or Is It Memorex? Models of Vertical Mergers and Antitrust Enforcement
  Michael A. Salinger, Association of Competition Economics (ACE) Seminar on Non-Horizontal Mergers, Competition Commission, London, UK, September 7, 2005, and Fondation Universitaire, Brussels, Belgium September 8, 2005
  
  
• Reducing Governmental Impediments to Capital Mobility
  William Blumenthal, Delivered to the ASEAN Consultative Forum on Competition, Conference on Competition Law and Policy: How to Make Competition Law and Policy Play a Greater Role in ASEAN Economies, in Bangkok on August 17, 2005. [Related Slides]
  
  
• Remarks to the 2005 ABA Annual Meeting
  Deborah Platt Majoras, Chicago, Illinois, August 6, 2005
  
  
• Educational Initiatives and Best Practices
  Pamela Jones Harbour, Remarks at Workshop on Perspectives on Marketing, Self-Regulation & Childhood Obesity. July 14, 2005

• Perspectives on Marketing, Self-Regulation, and Childhood Obesity Workshop
  Deborah Platt Majoras, Remarks, July 14, 2005
  
  
• Challenges in Identifying Anticompetitive Dominant Firm Behavior
  Michael A. Salinger, Before the National Economic Research Associates (NERA) 2005 Antitrust and Trade Regulation Seminar, Santa Fe, New Mexico, July 7, 2005.
  
  
• Gasoline Price Changes: The Dynamic of Supply, Demand, and Competition: A Federal Trade Commission Report (2005)
  • Concurring Statement of Commissioner Jon Leibowitz
    
    
• Speech for the Harmonious Consuming Environment Shanghai International Forum,
  Jon Leibowitz, Shanghai, China, June 27, 2005 (Chinese translation -- not reviewed)
  

• The Bipartisan Legacy
  Thomas B. Leary, This is the written version of a speech delivered at the American Antitrust Institute's Sixth Annual Conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on June 21, 2005. The remarks are to be published in a future edition of the Tulane University Law Journal.
  
  
• How the Federal Trade Commission Aids Victims of Identity Theft
  Pamela Jones Harbour, Testimony of Commissioner Harbour Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the United States Senate, June 16, 2005
  
  
• Oral Statement
  Jon Leibowitz, Commissioner, on Data Security and Cross-Border Fraud Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the United States Senate, June 16, 2005
  
  
• The Legitimate Uses of Social Security Numbers, and Their Misuse for Identity Theft Purposes
  Thomas B. Leary, Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the United States Senate, June 16, 2005
  
  
• Statement
  Pamela Jones Harbour, In the Matter of Arch Coal, Inc., et al. - Docket No. 9316 / File No. 031-0191 (June 13, 2005)
• Competition Policy, Patent Law, and Innovation: Welcoming Remarks for the Patent Reform Conference
  Deborah Platt Majoras , Chairman, Delivered on June 9, 2005, Washington, DC
  
• Presentation to the International Symposium on the Draft Anti-Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China
  William Blumenthal, Office of General Counsel. Delivered before an International Symposium organized by the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council, together with the Ministry of Commerce and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, in Beijing on May 23 and 24, 2005.
  
  
• Vertical Restraints: What Does the Evidence Imply for Policy
  Luke M. Froeb, Director, Bureau of Economics, presentation before the AEI-Brookings Joint Center , Washington, DC, May 12, 2005
  
  
• Health Care and the FTC: The Agency as Prosecutor and Policy Wonk
  (Health Care as the New Cement; and Actions Against the Pharmaceutical Industry as a Game of Whack-a-Mole)
  Jon Leibowitz, Commissioner, Antitrust in HealthCare Conference, American Bar Association/American Health Lawyers Association, Washington, D.C., May 12, 2005
  
  
• Obesity Liability Conference
  Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman, Chicago, Il, May 11, 2005
  
  
• Recent Developments in the Merger Review Process in the United States and the International Competition Network
  William Blumenthal, Office of General Counsel. This is the written version of remarks delivered before the International Bar Association and Japanese Federation of Bar Associations, Conference on International Competition Enforcement, in Tokyo on April 20, 2005.
  
  
• Keynote Address
  Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman, OECD Workshop on Dispute Resolution and Consumer Redress, April 19, 2005
  
  
• Self Regulatory Organizations and the FTC
  Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman, Council of Better Business Bureaus, April 11, 2005
  
  
• Post Merger Product Repositioning
  Luke M. Froeb (Director, Bureau of Economics), Before the Third Annual Meeting of the International Industrial Organization Conference, at The Georgia Institute of Technology Hotel and Conference Center, Atlanta, GA, April 9, 2005
  
  
• “U.S. Antitrust Practice - How does it affect European business?”
  Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman, before the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht, Brussels, Belgium, April 7, 2005
  
  
• Protecting Consumers in a High-Tech World
  Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman, Internet Foundation Lunch, Brussels, April 6, 2005
  
  
• “The Cost of Filling Up: Did the FTC Approve Too Many Energy Mergers?”,
  Remarks of Luke M. Froeb, Director, Bureau of Economics and John H. Seesel, Associate General Counsel for Energy, Federal Trade Commission before The Fuel and Energy Committee Section of Antitrust Law, American Bar Association, Washington, D.C. (March 31, 2005)
  • Power Point Slides: ABA Oil Mergers Panel [PDF]
    
    
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Trade Associations and Antitrust
  Jon Leibowitz, Commissioner, American Bar Association, Antitrust Spring Meeting, Washington, DC, March 30, 2005
  
  
• A “Check-Up” of Selected Health Care Activity at the Federal Trade Commission
  Pamela Jones Harbour, ABA Antitrust Section Spring Meeting “The Agencies’ 2004 Report on Improving Health Care: Comments on the Report and Its Aftermath”, March 30, 2005
  
  
• Category Management: An Interview with FTC Commissioner Thomas B. Leary
  Thomas B. Leary, This is an interview with Commissioner Leary conducted by the ABA Section of Antitrust Law, Sherman Act Section 2 Committee, published in the Sherman Act Section 2 Committee's newsletter, Vol. III No. 2 (Spring 2005)
  
  
• State of the FTC
  Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman, Washington, DC, March 28, 2005
  
  
• An Enforcement Perspective on the Work of Robert L. Steiner: Why Retailing and Vertical Relationships Matter
  Pamela Jones Harbour (The Antitrust BulletinIWinter 2004)
  
  
• Vertical Restraints:Federal and State Enforcement of Vertical Issues
  Pamela Jones Harbour, ALI-ABA Course of Study, Product Distribution and Marketing, March 17 - 19, 2005, New Orleans, LA
  
  
• Advertising and Unfair Competition: Federal and State Enforcement
  Pamela Jones Harbour, American Law-Institute-American Bar Association (ALI-ABA) Course of Study on Product Distribution and Marketing, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 18, 2005
  
  
• The FTC: Using Multiple Tools to Empower Consumers
  Deborah Platt Majoras, Consumer Federation of America, Consumer Assembly, March 11, 2005
  
  
• Remarks of Lydia B. Parnes Acting Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission
  Lydia B. Parnes, Before the International Association of Privacy Professionals, Washington, D.C., March 10, 2005
  
  
• Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Identity Theft: Recent Developments Involving the Security of Sensitive Consumer Information, Presented by Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras
  Deborah Platt Majoras, Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the United States Senate (March 10, 2005).
  
  
• The Federal Trade Commission: Fostering a Competitive Health Care Environment That Benefits Patients
  Deborah Platt Majoras, World Congress Leadership Summit, New York, NY, February 28, 2005
  
  
• Vertical Antitrust Policy as a Problem of Inference
  James C. Cooper, Luke M. Froeb (Director, Bureau of Economics), Daniel P. O'Brien, and Michael G.Vita., February 18, 2005
  
  
• Cheap Exclusion
  Susan Creighton, Bureau of Competition Director, Remarks Before the Charles River Associates 9th Annual Conference on Current Topics in Antitrust Economics and Competition Policy, Washington, DC, February 8, 2005
  
  
• A Dose of our Own Medicine: Applying a Cost/Benefit Analysis to the FTC’s Advocacy Program
  Keynote Address, Deborah Platt Majoras, Before the Charles River Associates, February 8, 2005, Washington, DC
  
  
• Protecting Markets and Consumers in a High-Tech World
  Deborah Platt Majoras, Before the Software Information Industry Alliance, February 1, 2005, New York, New York
  
  
• "The Use of Economics in Merger Analysis",
  Luke M. Froeb, at The IBC Conference: The Use of Economics in Competition Law, at the Renaissance Hotel, Brussels, January 27, 2005
  
  
• Promoting International Convergence: Spring Training for Antitrust Professionals
  Deborah Platt Majoras, Final Keynote at ABA International Forum, January 25, 2005, Miami, Florida
  
  
• Recent Actions at the Federal Trade Commission
  Deborah Platt Majoras, Before the Dallas Bar Association’s Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section, Dallas, Texas, (January 18, 2005)
  
  
• Estimating the Price Effects of Mergers and Concentration in the Petroleum Industry: An Evaluation of Recent Learning
  Deborah Platt Majoras, Opening Remarks (January 14, 2005 – 9:00 AM), Washington, DC