Author: 21st Century Competition

US: Robert W. Doyle, Jr., D.C. antitrust connoisseur, dies at 66 (Competition Policy International)

Robert W. Doyle, Jr., a founding partner of Doyle, Barlow & Mazard, PLLC and prominent member of Washington, D.C.’s antitrust community, passed away last Sunday, May 18. He was 66.

Doyle served at the Federal Trade Commission for more than two decades, according to a press release, where he served as …read more

Competition & Taxis: Uber Updates, Quotes & Why Taxis Are Like Typewriters (Canadian Competition and Regulatory Law)

May 22, 2014

I’m getting closer to being a middle-aged guy – well, closer to middle age than a young guy. As such, I remember some of those things that commercials sometimes mock middle aged guys (or older guys than me yet) for remembering. Like Pintos, vinyl records, those plastic things …read more

Some Interesting Numbers Regarding Merger Review: The Hart-Scott-Rodino Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2013 (Sheppard Mullin Antitrust Connect Blog)

The Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the “HSR Act”) requires that proposed acquisitions of voting securities, assets or non-corporate interests meeting certain criteria be reported to the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (the “DOJ,” and together with the FTC, the …read more

More on AG Wahl and restrictions by object: ‘pay-for-delay’ settlements as a case study (Chillin’ Competition)

A while ago I wrote a post and engaged in some follow-up comments on the issue of restrictions by object. But since Alfonso is busy these days and has shown some persistence in chasing me to have me write another guest post, I thought it a good …read more