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08-10-2017 - What’s the Story Behind Antitrust Reform? Unpacking the “Better Deal”

The Democrats’ “Better Deal,” announced last week, makes competition a national priority. It follows an Executive Order issued in the twilight of the Obama administration that responded to warnings that competition is in decline. While such initiatives at the highest levels of government are new, concern that competition may be struggling in the U.S. is not. Competition and consumer advocates have long encouraged antitrust enforcers and courts to take a firmer hand in enforcing the antitrust laws. They have pushed back against decades of lax enforcement that put too much stock in claims that cost savings and vague consumer benefits could justify anticompetitive mergers and behavior that entrenched the market power of large firms.

07-27-2017 - The "Better Deal" Makes Competition Policy a National Priority — AAI Offers An Actionable Agenda Moving Forward

With the announcement of the "Better Deal," the Democrats in Congress made competition policy a national priority. In recent work, the AAI has articulated concrete, actionable steps to effectively promote competition in the U.S. economy. In September of 2016, the AAI issued its National Competition Policy Statement, which provides detailed priorities for an antitrust enforcement agenda moving forward. It proposes a variety of enforcement and policy responses to the problems of growing concentration, increasing inequality, and decreasing rates of start-ups that antitrust scholars, enforcers, and policymakers have identified over the last several years. The AAI also highlights the many tools in the current antitrust “toolkit” for how enforcement can tackle inequality. In a recent op-ed, AAI President Diana Moss outlines what antitrust has done and should do to help workers.

07-26-2017 - American Antitrust Institute, Food & Water Watch, and National Farmers Union Say Monsanto-Bayer Merger Puts Competition, Farmers, and Consumers at Risk

Today the American Antitrust Institute (AAI), Food & Water Watch (FWW), and National Farmers Union (NFU) sent a joint letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on the proposed merger between agricultural input giants Bayer AG and Monsanto Co. The three groups offered their in-depth analysis of how the proposed deal would likely harm competition, farmers, and consumers. The letter notes that the merger would complete a sweeping restructuring of the agricultural biotechnology industry, creating the “Big 3” companies where just two years ago, there were six major rivals.

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Jun 212017

18th Annual Conference: The Value of Antitrust

On June 21, 2017, the American Antitrust Institute hosted its 18th Annual Conference.

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Jun 202017

AAI Symposium - Antitrust Remedies: A Multidisciplinary Approach

On Tuesday, June 20, 2017, the American Antitrust Institute hosted its 2017 Symposium Antitrust Remedies: A Multidisciplinary Approach.

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Feb 222017

AAI Healthcare Roundtable: Competition and Healthcare - Enforcement and Policy Priorities

On February 22, 2017, the American Antitrust Institute and Navigant Economics hosted a Healthcare Roundtable where experts from government, academia, industry, and advocacy discussed major competition enforcement and policy issues facing the healthcare industry. The Healthcare Roundtable focused on competitive issues and challenges in healthcare markets, ranging from providers, to insurers, and pharmaceuticals. The discussion helped frame the debate on key issues, including promoting rivalry, innovation, and consumer choice. The analysis presented at the Healthcare Roundtable will contribute to a special upcoming issue of the journal Research in Law and Economics.

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Feb 082017

AAI International Antitrust Roundtable: Critical Issues in Global Antitrust - Comity, Intellectual Property, and Due Process

On February 8, 2017, the American Antitrust Institute (AAI) hosted an International Antitrust Roundtable where experts from business, academia, law, and government in the U.S. and abroad gathered to discuss major competition enforcement and policy issues on the global antitrust agenda.

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Dec 142016

AAI 2016 Airline Roundtable: The Changing Airline Competition Agenda

On December 14, the American Antitrust Institute hosted its second annual Airline Roundtable.

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Nov 092016

10th Annual Private Enforcement Conference

On Wednesday, November 9, 2016, the American Antitrust Institute hosted its 10th Annual Private Antitrust Enforcement Conference at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. Following the conference, the AAI hosted its 4th Annual Antitrust Enforcement Awards Dinner at the JW Marriott Hotel.

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Oct 062016

IP Issues at the FTC: Remarks by Chairwoman Edith Ramirez

On October 6, join CCIA and the AAI for a luncheon event featuring a special keynote address from FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez as she speaks about the agency’s recent work at the intersection of intellectual property and antitrust, including patents.

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Jun 162016

17th Annual Conference

The American Antitrust Institute hosted its 17th Annual Conference "Living with Market Concentration? New Perspectives on Merger Policy" on Thursday, June 16, 2016.

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Jun 152016

Invitational Symposium on the Non-Price Effects of Mergers

On Wednesday, June 15, 2016, the American Antitrust Institute hosted its 2016 Invitational Symposium, Non-price Effects And Mergers: A Multidisciplinary Perspective.

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Apr 072016

AAI Luncheon During ABA Spring Meeting

AAI Advisory Board Members are invited to join us for AAI's Annual Luncheon during the ABA Antitrust Section Spring Meeting in Washington DC. This event is limited to AAI Advisory Board members.

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