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Antitrust, Appointments and Presidential Front-Runners: Part 1

By Carl Hittinger and Julian Perlman on June 6, 2016 Posted in Antitrust & Politics, Articles

Substantial and substantive issues of national importance are often obscured by the usual myopic and frenzied focus on political talking points, sensational sound bites and collateral name-calling. This is perhaps better exemplified in presidential elections than contests for other political offices. The current race to the presidency is plainly setting a new high (or low) … Continue Reading

Former FTC Chair Kovacic Rates the Presidential Candidates

By Julian Perlman on January 27, 2016 Posted in Antitrust & Politics

As has been reported by William McConnell at TheStreet, former FTC Chair Bill Kovacic delivered a frank assessment of the four leading presidential candidates’ antitrust stances at a program sponsored by the Heritage Foundation on Tuesday. Kovacic noted that the dearth of express statements from the candidates regarding antitrust law requires one to look at their … Continue Reading