AAI Year in Review 2022
In 2022, AAI continued to serve as the leading progressive voice for more vigorous antitrust enforcement and competition policy. AAI’s cutting-edge legal, economic, and policy analysis is made possible with support from our sponsors and donors. What follows is an “at-a-glance” summary of AAI’s major activities in 2022–across all areas of research, education, and advocacy.
AMICUS BRIEFS:
In re Niaspan Antitrust Litigation January 19, 2022
Epic v. Apple January 27, 2022
New York v. Facebook January 31, 2022
Regeneron v. Novartis June 20, 2022
Axon v. FTC August 16, 2022
Innovative Health v. Biosense October 10, 2022
Sidibe v. Sutter Health October 13, 2022
In the Matter of Illumin, Inc. and GRAIL, Inc. October 24, 2022
Deslandes v. McDonald’s November 10, 2022
COMMENTS, COMMENTARIES, STATEMENTS, AND ARTICLES:
Comments to DOJ, USPTO and NIST to Restore Bipartisan Consensus on Remedies for Infringement of Standard-Essential Patents February 7, 2022
Comments to Surface Transportation Board to Update Reciprocal Switching Rules for Freight Rail February 14, 2022
Testimony before House Committee on Small Business, Hearing on Fair Competition and a Level Playing Field March 1, 2022
Letter to DOJ on Proposed Merger of Ultra-Low-Cost Carriers Spirit and Frontier April 5, 2022
Comments to FTC and DOJ on Merger Policy to Assist Federal Agencies in Updating Guidelines April 21, 2022
Comments to FERC regarding Updating Natural Gas Facilities Certification Policy to Protect Competition and Consumers April 25, 2022
Comments to USDA on Agricultural Biotechnology Mergers, Harmful Effects on Growers and Consumers May 17, 2022
Article in CPI Antitrust Chronicle: Market Power Bottlenecks in Supply Chains July 5, 2022
Commentary on FERC v. the Biden Executive Order: Reversing Course on Competition in the Energy Sector? September 6, 2022
Letter to House of Representatives Leadership on Billion-Dollar Mergers, in Support of Filing Fee Proposal in the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022 H.R. 3843 September 27, 2022
REPORTS AND WHITE PAPERS:
Report on Anticipating the Next Generation of Powerful Digital Players: Implications for Competition Policy January 18, 2022
AAI 2021 Impact Report January 24, 2022
White Paper on Apple’s Security Justifications for App Store Restrictions to Avoid False Negatives May 24, 2022
Report on From Competition to Conspiracy: Assessing the Federal Trade Commission’s Merger Policy in the Pharmaceutical Sector June 14, 2022
Class Action Issues Update, Spring/Summer 2022 July 20, 2022
White Paper on What Billion-Dollar Deals Mean for Stronger Merger Enforcement September 19, 2022
“RULED BY REASON” PODCASTS:
Competition in Freight Rail – Unpacking Consolidation, Concentration, and Remedies in a Critical Part of the U.S. Transportation System February 7, 2022
How Should Antitrust Tackle Acquisitions of Nascent Competitors? A Conversation With Scott Hemphill, 2020 Jerry S. Cohen Award Winner for Antitrust Scholarship February 14, 2022
The “State” of State Antitrust Enforcement with Wisconsin Assistant AG for Antitrust Gwendolyn Cooley March 14, 2022
Invigorating Antitrust Enforcement – A Conversation with Carl Shapiro March 29, 2022
Litigation Funding is Changing the Contours of Antitrust Class Actions in the U.S. and Abroad May 4, 2022
From Medical Licensing to Health Insurance – Major Policy Issues That Will Shape the Future of Telehealth June 13, 2022
Toxic Cocktail or Essential Device for Protecting Competition – Recent Developments in the Empirical Study of Antitrust Class Actions August 2, 2022
Countervailing Power – Why It Cannot Save Local Newspapers or Competition September 27, 2022
Is Antitrust Agnostic? Enforcement in Markets With Outsized Implications for Society, Health, and Vulnerable Groups October 18, 2022
VIRTUAL PROGRAMS AND CONFERENCES:
23rd Annual Policy Conference – Bringing and Litigating Antitrust Cases in an Era of Change June 15, 2022
Virtual Competition Roundtable – Harnessing State Antitrust Enforcement in Food & Agriculture June 29, 2022
Competition Roundtable – Breaking the Monopoly in Ticketing: Policies for Restoring Competition and Protecting Consumers October 20, 2022
16th Annual Private Antitrust Enforcement Conference November 9, 2022
MAJOR PRESENTATIONS AND SPEECHES:
National Association of Realtors, Housingwire Daily Podcast January 19, 2022
AAI’s Moss Reviews Biden’s First Year in Office at Mercatus Antitrust Forum January 26, 2022
Rethinking Merger Enforcement Panel, GCR Live January 28, 2022
Antitrust in the Public Eye, UC Hastings February 4, 2022
Is Consumer Welfare in Hot Water? ABA Hot Tub February 10, 2022
Antitrust, Breakups, and Big Tech, R Street March 16, 2022
Debate Around the Consumer Welfare Standard, ABA Spring Meeting April 06, 2022
Antitrust Reform in Digital Technology, ABA International Law Section April 29, 2022
Merger Remedies Policy and Practice, ABA Program May 09, 2022
Federal Trade Commission Conference The Future of Pharmaceuticals: Examining the Analysis of Pharmaceutical Mergers June 14, 2022
Antitrust Reform, Annual Hal White Conference June 23, 2022
World Ticket Conference on the LiveNation-Ticketmaster Monopoly July 13, 2022
Bipartisan Policy Center on What Big Tech’s Online Practices Mean for Competition Policy July 26, 2022
OCM 24th Annual Food and Agriculture Conference July 29 , 2022
USDA Listening Session on Competition and Intellectual Property in Seed and Agricultural Input Markets August 24, 2022
Concurrences–GW Law 10th Bill Kovacic Antitrust Salon September 12, 2022
Antitrust and Airlines, ABA Air and Space Forum September 15, 2022
Microsoft–Activision Merger, USC Marshall Initiative on Digital Competition September 21, 2022
Media Mergers, IBD-OECD-CADE Latin American and Caribbean Competition Forum September 28, 2022
The Digital Ecosystem: Innovation and Competition, LeadershIP 2022 September 28, 2022
Antitrust’s Role in Addressing Inequality, International Bar Association Annual Conference November 1, 2022