AAI’s Moss Lends Perspective to Antitrust Panel at Credit Suisse 2019 Washington Perspectives Conference

AAI’s President, Diana Moss joined the antitrust panel at the Credit Suisse 2019 Washington Perspectives Conference. The panel address a number of issues:

Hear a balanced discussion regarding the sufficiency of today’s antitrust laws, emerging theories of harm in the world of big data, the competitive implications of platform companies, and the possible expansion of antitrust laws to factors beyond price and quality. This panel is comprised of leading antitrust practitioners that are on the frontline of shaping our country’s antitrust framework.

Innovation in concentrated markets – when are price and output insufficient indicators of anticompetitive effects?

Is the consumer welfare standard still the right way to evaluate the effects of mergers and conduct? How should enforcers/courts be responding to arguments pro and con?

Do we need vertical merger guidelines? What are the major issues behind arguments for more agency guidance? How has the recent spate of vertical mergers changed the way we think about competition in these spaces?

What should we expect from the US and EU antitrust enforcers? Monopoly suits? Break-ups?

What is the best way for the agencies to incorporate growing evidence on merger retrospectives (price effects, failed remedies, etc.) in their decisions moving forward? What about evidence on the other side of the ledger — i.e., evidence on unrealized efficiencies?