CLE credit for this event is available at On-Demand CLE.
Critics have raised concerns about the inadequacy of the consumer welfare standard for the 21st century, while others defend the standard as a proven and manageable test. Has the focus on consumer welfare led to under-enforcement? Is there an objective and administrable alternative to replace it? This panel will discuss which approach to antitrust is best and ways forward to increase U.S. competitiveness and economic growth.
Featuring:
Mr. Adam Cella, Chief Counsel for the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust, House Committee on the Judiciary
Mr. Thomas DeMatteo, General Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee
Mr. Michael Kades, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Mr. Christopher Mufarrige, Chief of Staff and Attorney Advisor, FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak
Mr. Alex Okuliar, Co-Chair of Morrison Foerster’s Global Antitrust Law Practice Group, Morrison Foerster
Moderator: Hon. Jennifer Walker Elrod, Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit