Remarks before the Milton Handler Annual Antitrust Review
New York, N.Y.
This speech reflects the views of Chairman Muris and not necessarily those of the Commission or of any other Commissioner.
Opening remarks before FTC Bureau of Economics Roundtable on Understanding Mergers: Strategy and Planning, Implementation, and Outcomes
Washington, D.C.
Welcome to the Federal Trade Commission's Roundtable on "Understanding Mergers: Strategy and Planning, Implementation, and Outcomes," sponsored by the Bureau of Economics. Throughout my career, both as a Commission official and a law professor, I have focused on the important role that efficiencies play, and ought to play, in the antitrust analysis of mergers.(1) Today and tomorrow several panels will discuss what is known about what mergers accomplish.
The Italian Data Protection Authority International Conference, "Privacy, Cost to Resource"
Rome, Italy
Good afternoon. I would like to thank Chairman Rodota and members of the Commission for sponsoring this important conference. We have heard a variety of different views and approaches to the issue of privacy protection, and its has been helpful for me to learn more about the Italian experience.
The Italian Garant̩'s International Conference, Privacy: Cost to Resource
Rome, Italy
Good Morning. Thank you, Mr. Rasi.
And, let me also thank Professor Rodotá and the Italian Garanté for the invitation to participate in this important privacy dialogue.
In particular, I want to commend the conference's review of privacy protection in the context of:
Oral Remarks
Washington, D.C.
This is the second year for the presentation of the Miles W. Kirkpatrick Award for Lifetime FTC Achievement. It is an occasion to gather past and present FTC supporters to honor someone whose contributions to the agency span the whole length of a professional career and are reflected in all facets of the honoree's work, inside and outside the agency.
Prepared Remarks before ABA Section of Antitrust Law, 2002 Fall Forum
Washington, D.C.
One of my recent articles(2) advanced the proposition that, contrary to popular belief, merger policy in the last 25 years has not shifted back and forth with changes of administrations. The evidence suggests instead that there was a revolutionary change, which began in the late 1970s, followed by a period of gradual evolution continuing to the present day.
Prepared Remarks before 7th Annual Competition in Health Care Forum
Chicago, Illinois
Prepared Remarks at The Fordham Corporate Law Institute's Twenty-Ninth Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy
New York, New York
Keynote Address to the Tenth Annual Golden State Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Institute, Presented by the Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section of the State Bar of California
Santa Monica, California
Good afternoon. It's an honor and a pleasure to have the opportunity to appear here today. I have been back at the FTC as Director of the Bureau of Competition for almost a year and a half now, so it is a good time to take stock of our recent merger enforcement activities.
David T. Chase Free Enterprise Institute, Eastern Connecticut State University
Willimantic, Connecticut
Prepared Remarks before International Competition Network, Panel on Competition Advocacy and Antitrust Authorities
Naples, Italy
Competition advocates have won many victories over the last few decades. We have largely won the intellectual debate: Economists and legal scholars around the globe now recognize the benefits of competition to consumers and to the economy as a whole. We are winning the legal debate: Courts now recognize the importance of efficiency and robust price competition in evaluating mergers and business conduct.
Privacy 2002: Information, Security, and New Global Realities, Sponsored by the Technology Policy Group, Wyndham Hotel
Cleveland, Ohio
Thank you for that generous introduction and for this timely conference. Today, I would like to discuss the security and privacy of our communications and information systems. I must first remind you that my remarks represent only my views and don't necessarily reflect the views of the Federal Trade Commission or any other Commissioner.
A year ago, FTC Chairman Tim Muris announced his privacy agenda to this conference. The Chairman noted that privacy and security are two sides of the same coin. I want to take that thought a step further.
Prepared Remarks At The Annual Lecture of the European Foreign Affairs Review
Brussels, Belgium
*The views expressed are those of the Chairman, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission or of any other Commissioner
I want to thank the European Foreign Affairs Review, the Sussex European Institute, the law firm of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and Mario Monti and his colleagues for the honor of participating in this event.
Working Party on Information Security and Privacy Paris, OECD, Perspectives on Privacy Law and Enforcement Activity in the United States
Remarks before Mergers and Acquisitions: Getting Your Deal Through in the New Antitrust Climate Co-Sponsored by: The American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law and The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York
Prepared Remarks before the American Bar Association's "Mergers & Acquisitions: Getting Your Deal Through the New Antitrust Climate"
New York, N.Y.
For 25 years, the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act has provided the antitrust enforcement agencies with the opportunity to review mergers and acquisitions before they occur. In the words of Peter Rodino on the occasion of the HSR Act's 25th anniversary, "the legislation absolutely has transformed merger enforcement. Competition, as well as the consumer, has benefitted(2)." The HSR program has been instrumental in detecting transactions that have been the subject of numerous enforcement actions and continues to do its job well.
At The Networked Economy Summit
Reston, Virginia
*The views expressed are those of the Chairman, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission or of any other Commissioner. In his delivered remarks, the Chairman may deviate frequently from the printed text of the speech.
On the Occasion of the Celebration of the Twentieth Anniversary of the 1982 Merger Guidelines, United States Department of Justice
Washington, D.C.
Thank you, Charles, for your kind introduction. It's a great pleasure to work with you, and a privilege to be here today to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the 1982 Department of Justice Merger Guidelines.
Remarks before The Food and Drug Law Institute 45th Annual Educational Conference
Washington, D.C.
Thank you for that introduction and congratulations to those who received awards. I am delighted to be here this afternoon to discuss a subject in which I am most interested.
The agenda for this conference covers a lot of territory, but my presentation will focus only on the Commission's role in the dietary supplement area.
Before I begin, and as a courtesy to my FTC colleagues, I want to remind you that the views I express are my own and do not reflect those of the Commission or any individual Commissioner.
Today I will:
