On March 7, 2024, AAI announced that John Kwoka and John Newman have returned to the AAI Advisory Board. John Kwoka is the Neal E. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Economics at Northeastern University. John Newman is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Miami School of Law. Both Kwoka and Newman previously served as AAI Advisors before stepping down to serve in the federal government.
“We are thrilled to have John Kwoka and John Newman back on AAI’s Advisory Board,” said AAI President Randy Stutz. “Their return enriches our Advisory Board with invaluable expertise in antitrust law and economics.” AAI’s volunteer Advisory Board consists of outstanding experts in the fields of antitrust law, economics, and business in the U.S. and abroad.
John Kwoka recently served as Chief Economic Advisor to Chair Lina Khan of the Federal Trade Commission, and he previously served at the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department, the Federal Communications Commission, and once before at the FTC. Kwoka’s recent research has focused on merger and remedies policy and has been widely cited in the popular press as well as in academic journals. His work has resulted in more than 75 published articles and two books: Mergers, Merger Control, and Remedies and Controlling Mergers and Market Power. He also is co-editor of the new case book Antitrust Economics in a Time of Upheaval, and its predecessor The Antitrust Revolution.
John Newman is an expert on antitrust and competition law, with a primary focus on the economics and regulation of digital markets. He has served with both the Federal Trade Commission as Deputy Director of the Bureau of Competition and the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division as a trial attorney. Professor Newman’s scholarly articles have appeared in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Washington University Law Review, Vanderbilt Law Review, George Washington Law Review, and other leading journals. His commentary on antitrust enforcement has been featured by a variety of popular media outlets, including CBS News, PBS NewsHour, CNBC, the New York Times, The Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, the Sunday Times of London, NPR, USA Today, Business Insider, Bloomberg, Politico, and more.
