Assistant Attorney General William J. Baer

Federal Trade Commission Administrative Law Judges, Mergers and Acquisitions, Standard Setting, U.S. Department of Justice

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Two of the most significant conferences on the antitrust calendar were held last week. Georgetown Law Center featured its Seventh Annual Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium on September 25, and Fordham Law School’s 40th annual international antitrust law and policy conference  took place on September 26 and 27. FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez and William Baer, Assistant…

Congress, FTC Enforcement, U.S. Department of Justice

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FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez and William J. Baer, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee on Tuesday. The hearing, entitled “Oversight of the Enforcement of the Antitrust Laws,” was the subcommittee’s first antitrust oversight hearing since Ramirez and Baer took the helms…