As 2020 draws to a close, we all look back on the challenges we have faced. At AAI, we have turned these challenges into opportunities as we continue to lead in progressive competition research, education, and advocacy. With the support of sponsors and donors, 2020 was productive and innovative, even during difficult times. AAI’s work promoted vigorous enforcement of the antitrust laws, constructive reform proposals, and the importance of competition for consumers and workers.In 2020, AAI engaged on cutting-edge competition issues through our amicus program, white papers, letters, filings, and commentaries. We disseminated our work through new channels, including virtual events and our podcast series, “Ruled by Reason.” And we continued to expand our network of public and private enforcers, legislators, consumer advocates, academics, business leaders, international organizations, and the media.
With the support of AAI sponsors and donors, AAI was able to target competition issues in multiple sectors and across all areas of enforcement. This includes healthcare, pharmaceuticals, digital technology, food and agriculture, telecommunications, energy, transportation, and others. As the highlights of 2020 reveal, our in-depth, expert legal, economic, and policy analysis continues to make AAI’s work impactful, widely cited, and a major force in shaping the progressive competition debate.
We look forward to serving the public interest again in 2021. However, we cannot fulfill our mission without you. Please support AAI in 2021 through a sponsorship or donation. We need your support to serve the public interest at this difficult but critical time, to make further inroads, and to support the vital role of antitrust enforcement in protecting our markets, our economy, and our democratic society.
I look forward to a successful 2021 and wish you all the best for a safe and healthy year ahead.
best,
Diana Moss
President, American Antitrust Institute
LEGAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLICY ANALYSIS:
- CPI Antitrust Chronicle article on Implications of High Concentration in Agricultural Biotechnology – January 27, 2020
- Comments to DOJ on Live Nation-Ticketmaster’s Violations of the 2010 Merger Settlement – February 4, 2020
- Statement on District Court Opinion in State’s Challenge to Sprint-T-Mobile – February 11, 2020
- Analysis of in 7th Circuit Opinion’s Implications (Viamedia v. Comcast) – February 28, 2020
- Can Competition Save Lives? The Intersection of COVID-19, Ventilators, and Antitrust Enforcement – March 31, 2020
- State of Antitrust Enforcement Report – April 14, 2020
- Designing an Effective Pandemic Response that Minimizes Lasting Harm to Competition – April 17, 2020
- AAI Says It’s Time to Cancel Amex: Sabre-Farelogix Opinion Makes a Mockery of Market Definition – April 21, 2020
- When COVID-19 is the Symptom and Not the Disease: Consolidation, Competition, and Breakdowns in Food Supply Chains – May 7, 2020
- Class Action Issues Update Spring 2020 – June 22, 2020
- AAI Outlines Major Issues For Merger Enforcement During the COVID-19 Pandemic – July 28, 2020
- Concurrences article “We’ve Seen Enough—It is Time to Abandon Amex and Start Over on Two-Sided Markets – September 2, 2020
- From Competition to Conspiracy: Accessing the Federal Trade Commission’s Merger Policy in the Pharmaceutical Sector – September 3, 2020
- Commentary on 2019 Antitrust Annual Report: Class Action Filings in Federal Court – September 21, 2020
- AAI Warns ITC Against Abetting Botox Monopoly – October 9, 2020
- Countervailing Power: a Comprehensive Assessment of a Persistent but Troubling Idea – October 15, 2020
- AAI Examines Amy Coney Barrett’s Judicial and Scholarly Record, Implications of a 6-3 Conservative Court – October 28, 2020
- What Does Expanding Horizontal Control Mean for Antitrust Enforcement? A Look at Mergers, Partial Ownership, and Joint Ventures – November 4, 2020
- Class Action Issues Update Fall 2020 – November 12, 2020
COMMENTARY:
- Statement on New Antitrust Legislation Introduced by Senator Amy Klobuchar – March 10, 2020
- Statement on COVID-19 Crisis – March 24, 2020
- Statement on New Vertical Merger Guidelines – June 30, 2020
- AAI Congratulates DOJ on Bringing Major Section 2 Case: Awaits Further Developments from the States – October 20, 2020
AMICUS BRIEFS:
- Google v. Oracle – January 13, 2020
- AAM v. Becerra – March 6, 2020
- In re Suboxone Antitrust Litigation – March 13, 2020
- Frost v. LG Electronics – May 12, 2020
- EDF v. FERC – July 6, 2020
- Van Buren v. United States – July 10, 2020
- In re ICE LIBOR Antitrust Litigation – August 18, 2020
- In re Packaged Seafood Antitrust Litig. – August 25, 2020
- AAM v. Becerra – October 16, 2020
- AMG Capital v. FTC – December 8, 2020
- Arrington v. Burger King Worldwide – December 9, 2020
AAI FILINGS BEFORE AGENCIES AND CONGRESS:
- Comments to DOJ and FTC on Draft Vertical Merger Guidelines – February 25, 2020
- Comments on House Judiciary Investigation into Market Power in Digital Technology Markets – April 17, 2020
- AAI Files Comments With FERC Opposing Utilities’ Proposal to Limit Information Needed to Monitor Horizontal Shareholding – December 1, 2020
- AAI Files Comments in Opposition to FTC’s Consent Agreement in Merger of Pharmaceutical Giants Pfizer and Mylan – December 14, 2020
AAI EVENTS:
- AAI Online Symposium: Technology and Market Definition – June 17, 2020
- AAI Virtual Panel Discussion: “What Constitutes Illegal Price Fixing: A Discussion Among Experts on Tightening Judicial Standards” – July 8, 2020
- AAI’s 2020 Alfred E. Kahn Award for Antitrust Achievement: Virtual Presentation Program for Albert A. Foer – October 28, 2020
- 14th Annual Private Antitrust Enforcement Conference – November 10-12, 2020
- 8th Annual Antitrust Enforcement Awards – November 12, 2020
EVENTS FEATURING AAI SPEAKERS:
- Stutz Discusses Antitrust and Labor Markets at the Federal Trade Commission – January 9, 2020
- Moss Participates in Competition Panel at American Medical Association’s 2020 State Advocacy Summit – January 11, 2020
- Moss Discusses Antitrust Implications of Money Managers’ Influence Over Corporate Governance – January 28, 2020
- Moss Speaks at GCR Live 9th Annual Antitrust Law Leaders Forum – February 7, 2020
- Alexander Joins ABA Panel on Sutter Health Case – February 20, 2020
- Moss Keynotes at GCR Live 2nd Pharmaceutical Conference – February 27, 2020
- AAI Joins Panel at NYU Conference “Antitrust and 21st Century Bigness” – February 28, 2020
- Stutz Speaks at UVA Global Antitrust Symposium – March 4, 2020
- Moss Participates in ABA Antitrust Section’s Virtual Spring Meeting Panel: “Merger Analysis Gone Digital: Time to Reboot? – April 23, 2020
- ABA Antitrust Section Hosts AAI for Our Curious Amalgam Podcast to Discuss AAI’s State of Enforcement Report – May 11, 2020
- Moss Participates in OECD Webinar on ‘Merger Control in Times of Crisis’ as Part of the Organization’s Competition Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic – May 26, 2020
- Moss Moderates Panel on Structural Merger Presumptions for CPI Live’s Conference: Merger – 2020 Policy With 2020 Foresight – June 4, 2020
- Stutz Discusses Antitrust and Noncompetes with the D.C. Bar – June 11, 2020
- AAI Joins COSAL to Discuss the State of Antitrust Enforcement – June 25, 2020
- Diana Moss Talks Big Tech Hearings with COSAL – July 30, 2020
- Moss Presents Antitrust Update at R-CALF USA 21st Annual Convention – August 19, 2020
- Stutz Talks Antitrust, SEPs, and FRAND with IP Watchdog – December 3. 2020
- AAI’s Moss Joins Panel at the OECD’s 2020 Global Forum on Competition – December 7, 2020
PODCASTS
- The State of Federal Antitrust Enforcement – Facing a Crossroads in the Courts, Agencies, and Congress – June 15, 2020
- The State of State Antitrust Enforcement – Playing a Critical Role Locally and Nationally – June 22, 2020
- The State of Private Antitrust Enforcement – Confronting Waning Federal Enforcement and Rising Standards – June 29, 2020
- Class Action Issues Update: The Latest Developments and What Comes Next – July 21, 2020
- Antitrust and Legislative Reform: A Conversation with Senator Amy Klobuchar – July 23, 2020
- A Conversation on the Effects of Global Cartel Leniency Programs: Featuring Jerry S. Cohen Award for Antitrust Scholarship Winner -October 22, 2020
- Antitrust and Diversity in the Plaintiffs’ Bar: A Conversation With Two Leading Private Enforcers – November 3, 2020
