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Reflections from Across the Pond. By Stephen Calkins Professor of Law and Director of Graduate Studies Wayne State University Law School Detroit, MI Of counsel, Covington & Burling Formerly General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission. Change. Congress Antitrust Modernization Commission
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Reflections from Across the Pond By Stephen Calkins Professor of Law and Director of Graduate Studies Wayne State University Law School Detroit, MI Of counsel, Covington & Burling Formerly General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission
Change • Congress • Antitrust Modernization Commission • Supreme Court
Change: Supreme Court • Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Ross-Simmons Hardwood Lumber Co. (Feb. 20, 2007) • Credit Suisse Securities v. Billing • Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly • Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc.
Continuity • Supreme Court • Antitrust Modernization Commission • Roles of Agencies • Spring Meeting
Continuity: AMC • 1941 Temporary National Economic Committee • 1955 Attorney General’s Report • 1969 Neal Report • 1969 Stigler Report • 1969 Kirkpatrick Report • 1979 Shenefield Report • 2000 ICPAC Report
FTC Cases • Rambus, Inc. (July 2006) • Austin Board of Realtors (consent) (July 2006) • Valassis Communications, Inc. (March 14, 2006
Continuity: Spring Meeting • Valassis Communications, Inc. (March 14, 2006
Red (yellow?) Cards • Supreme Court • Antitrust’s Image
Red (yellow?) Cards: Antitrust’s Image • AT&T • Schering • Merger Policy’s Image
Reflections from Across the Pond By Stephen Calkins Professor of Law and Director of Graduate Studies Wayne State University Law School Detroit, MI Of counsel, Covington & Burling Formerly General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission
Relevant Points include . . . • Equilibrating Tendencies • Importance of private enforcement • Importance of structure • Spring Meeting