Speeches -- 2004

Past Speeches

• Genzyme Corporation’s Acquisition of ILEX Oncology, Inc., File No. 041-0083
  Jon Leibowitz, Concurring Statement
  
• "The Muris Legacy"
  Thomas B. Leary, American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law, held in connection with the Annual Meeting of the Association on August 7, 2004.
  
• Looking Forward: Merger and Other Policy Initiatives at the FTC
  Deborah Platt Majoras, Remarks before the ABA Antitrust Section Fall Forum, Washington, DC, November 18, 2004 [PDF 46K]
  
• Spam, Authentication and Ensuring the Promise of the Internet
  Jon Leibowitz, welcoming remarks on Day Two, FTC/NIST Email Authentication Summit, November 10, 2004 [PDF 16K]
  
• From Theory to Praxis: Quantitative Methods in Merger Control
  Luke M. Froeb, at Summit at Como: A Discussion of Competition Policy, Law and Economics, Como, Italy, October 30, 2004
  
• The FTC and Consumer Privacy: Onward and Upward
  Lydia Parnes, Acting Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Remarks Before the IAPP, October 28, 2004
  
• Administrative Practice and Institutional Renewal: Lessons from the Federal Trade Commission
  Deborah Platt Majoras, Remarks before the ABA Administrative Law Conference, Washington, DC, October 21, 2004 [PDF 121K]
  
• Competition Law and Consumer Protection Law: Two Wings of the Same House.
  Thomas B. Leary, This is the written version of a speech delivered at the FTC 90th Anniversary Symposium on September 22, 2004, in Washington, D.C. It is published in 72 Antitrust L.J. 1147 (2005). [PDF 28K]
  
• Opening Remarks
  Deborah Platt Majoras, Federal Trade Commission 90th Anniversary Symposium, September 22-23, 2004
  
• Cooperative Federalism in the Enforcement of Antitrust and Consumer Protection Laws
  Pamela Jones Harbour, Remarks at the Federal Trade Commission 90th Anniversity Symposium (September 23, 2004)
  
• The Economic Roots of Antitrust - An Outline by Thomas B. Leary
  Speech given by Alden Abbott in Japan
• Opening Remarks
  Deborah Platt Majoras, Workshop on Protecting Consumer Interests in Class Actions, September 13, 2004
• Statement
  Mozelle W. Thompson, Concerning the Staff Report “The Petroleum Industry: Mergers, Structural Change, and Antitrust Enforcement”
• Statement
  Regarding the Bureau of Economics Staff Study “The Petroleum Industry: Mergers, Structural Change, and Antitrust Enforcement” (August 13, 2004)
• Advertising to Kids and the FTC: A Regulatory Retrospective That Advises The Present
  J. Howard Beales, The following article is a revised version of Howard Beales remarks before the George Mason Law Review 2004 Symposium on Antitrust and Consumer Protection Competition, Advertising, and Heath Claims: Legal and Practival Limits on Advertising Regulation, (March 2, 2004)
  
• "The Economic Roots of Antitrust," An Outline.
  Thomas B. Leary, This outline was prepared for a presentation at the International Seminar on Antitrust Law and Economic Development, held at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Law in Beijing, China, on July 1, 2004.
• The Federal Trade Commission and Consumer Privacy: An Accomplished Agenda
  J. Howard Beales, Remarks Before the International Association of Privacy Professionals, San Francisco, California (June 2004) (This published version covers Commission events and activities through July 31, 2004).
• Statement
  Mozelle W. Thompson, Concerning the FTC's Merger Enforcement Actions in the Oil Industry (June 2, 2004)
  
• Report from the Bureau of Competition
  Barry Nigro, Before the 52nd Annual ABA Antitrust Section Spring Meeting (April 2, 2004) [PDF 92KB]
• Prepared Remarks
  Thomas B. Leary, Before the American Antitrust Institute's Roundtable Discussion on Antitrust and Category Captains, in Washington, D.C., May 17, 2004 and also on June 23, 2003 [PDF 30K]
• Statement
  Mozelle W. Thompson Before the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce
  for Testimony on Spyware, April 29, 2004
• Prepared Concluding Remarks
  Mozelle W. Thompson for the Conference “Ideas into Action: Implementing Reform of the Patent System” Bancroft Hotel, Berkeley, California, April 16, 2004 [PDF 17K]
• Advertising Issues Before the Federal Trade Commission
  Orson Swindle, remarks before the 2004 Joint Government Affairs Conference, Sponsored by the American Advertising Federation, the Association of National Advertisers, and the American Association of Advertising Agencies, April 28, 2004
• Variance and Smoothness Screens for Collusion
  Luke M. Froeb, (joint with Rosa Abrantes-Metz and Chris Taylor), at the Second Annual Meeting of the International Industrial Organization Conference, downtown Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, April 24, 2004
• Toward a Domestic Competition Network
  William E. Kovacic, American Enterprise Institute Conference on "The New Antitrust Paradox: Policy Proliferation in the Global Economy," Washington, D.C., April 21, 2003
• Achieving Better Practices in the Design of Competition Policy Institutions
  William E. Kovacic, Remarks before the Seoul Competition Forum 2004, Seoul, Republic of Korea, April 20, 2004
• Vertical Restraints: Federal and State Enforcement of Vertical Issues
  Pamela Jones Harbour, ALI-ABA Course of Study, Product Distribution and Marketing, March 18-20, 2004 [PDF 65K]
• Remarks
  J. Howard Beales, before The Food and Drug Law Institute Conference on Qualified Health Claims, January 14, 2004. [PDF 24K]
• Economics in Antitrust: A U.S Perspective
  Luke M. Froeb, at a panel discussion, "The View From Brussels and Washington," at the AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, Economics of Competition Policy Summit, Stanhope Hotel, Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2002. [PDF 125K]
• Prepared Statement
  Timothy J. Muris, Announcement of FDA Obesity Working Group Report, March 12, 2004
  
• Unilateral Merger Effects& Economic Models
  Luke M. Froeb, before The 2004 Antitrust Conference: Antitrust Issues in Today's Economy" sponsored by the Conference Board, March 3, 2004 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, NY.
  
• Remarks
  Before George Mason Law Review 2004 Symposium on Antitrust and Consumer Protection Competition, Advertising, and Heath Claims: Legal and Practival Limits on Advertising Regulation, March 2, 2004 [PDF 47K]
• Prepared Remarks
  Timothy J. Muris, Before the Workshop on Horizontal Merger Guidelines, Federal Trade Commission/Department of Justice, Washington, DC, February 17, 2004
  
• Merger Simulation Disciplined by Daubert, II
  Luke M. Froeb, Director, Bureau of Economics, Gregory J. Werden, Senior Economic Counsel, Antitrust Division, DOJ, and David T. Scheffman, former FTC BE Director and Director with LECG, discuss merger simulation at an American Bar Association Economics Committee Brown Bag, at the Offices of LECG, 1725 I Street N.W., Washington, DC 20006, January 29, 2004
  
• Self Regulation and The Interface Between Consumer Protection and Antitrust
  Thomas B. Leary, This is a slightly modified version of informal remarks delivered at a lunchtime seminar hosted by the Dewey Ballantine law firm in Washington, D.C., January 28, 2004 [PDF 21K]
  
• Diagnosing Physician-Hospital Organizations
  Susan A. Creighton, Remarks Before the American Health Lawyers Association, Program on Legal Issues Affecting Academic Medical Centers and Other Teaching Institutions, Washington, DC, January 22, 2004