Ahmad, Sonia; Charbit, Nicolas; Foer, Albert A.

Albert A. Foer Liber Amicorum A Consumer Voice in the Antitrust Arena

Nicolas Charbit, Sonia Ahmad (Editors)

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At a time of reckoning for the future of antitrust, this Liber Amicorum brings together a diverse collection of today’s leading thinkers to pay tribute to Albert Allen (Bert) Foer, founder of the American Antitrust Institute (AAI). In doing so, it illustrates the intellectual landscape of the antitrust debate, with articles that go to the heart of its goals, and others that light a path forward towards reform. Others yet delve into the pressing issues of enforcement and remedies. The variety of voices included characterize the breadth of perspectives that Bert cultivated at the AAI, from lawyers and academics to enforcers and journalists. In providing a platform for multidisciplinary discourse through the AAI, Bert helped create the foundation on which today’s movement rests, a public citizen’s voice spotlighting competition as the basis of diversity and dynamism.

With contributions from: Richard Brunell, Michael Carrier, Peter Carstensen, Cecilia (Yixi) Cheng, Harry First, Franklin Foer, Eleanor Fox, Douglas Ginsburg, Warren Grimes, John Kirkwood, John Kwoka, Robert Lande, Kexin Li, Robert Litan, Barry Lynn, Julián Peña, Christopher Sagers, Jonathan Sallet, Steve Shadowen, Maurice Stucke, Randy Stutz, Sandeep Vaheesan and Spencer Weber Waller.

Read the Foreword by Diana L. Moss
Read the Introduction by Robert Lande & Randy Stutz
Browse the Table of Contents
See full List of Contributors.

Presentation: The book was presented to Albert Foer by Nicolas Charbit at the occasion of the AAI’s 2020 Alfred E. Kahn Award for Antitrust Achievement Ceremony, hosted online by the American Antitrust Institute, on October 28, 2020.

Official Book Presentation with Albert A. Foer
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Testimonials

William J. Curran
The Antitrust Bulletin (Bonita Springs)

The Antitrust Bulletin thanks you, Bert, and celebrates your achievements.
Philip Marsden
Charles River Associates International (CRA) (London)

United States 6 contributions 15129 visits

Bert Foer is an inspiration, a true pragmatic progressive, who cares deeply that our laws should always work to serve consumers and citizens. This book is a small offering to a giant consumer champion.
Eleanor M. Fox
NYU School of Law (New York)

United States 27 contributions 47130 visits

This is a warm, thoughtful, intellectually engaging tribute to a great citizen of the world who started a now-legendary institution from scratch. The diversity of the contributing authors and the span of the contents over time and space add to the volume’s enrichment.
Allan Fels
University of Melbourne

Australia 103 contributions 29080 visits

Albert A. Foer, the Founder of the American Antitrust Institute has made a unique and enduring contribution to antitrust law. His independent voice has been strongly pro-consumer and pro-uncompromised vigorous enforcement of the law. The excellent contributions in this volume reflect his contribution.
Guillaume Loriot
European Commission - DG COMP (Brussels)

Belgium 14 contributions 19528 visits

The Liber Amicorum for Bert Foer reflects the consistency of his engagement and belief that antitrust intervention is a fundamental public policy that serves the interests of consumers but also society as a whole. Bert is one of the few who insisted on the importance of acting, at a time when this was challenged against the backdrop of an evolving economic and technological reality. His frequent contacts with DG COMP, and deep understanding of the EU system, also helped to keep those indispensable bridges across the Atlantic.
Makan Delrahim
Latham & Watkins (Washington)

United States 7 contributions 15770 visits

Bert Foer has been an effective advocate for a renewed examination of the U.S. competition laws, particularly with his views on antitrust enforcement. We at the Antitrust Division are fortunate there is someone as brilliant as Bert out there to pressure test and improve our approach, and to do so in a civil manner. His work indeed has sharpened my thinking and has forced me to continuously re-examine my own views. The intellectually diverse contributions to this volume are a testament to the outsize influence Bert has had across the field of competition law.
Bill Baer
Brookings Institution (Washington)

United States 2 contributions 1774 visits

Bert Foer earned this compelling tribute. What, in 1998, seemed like tilting at windmills, he made the American Antitrust Institute into a powerful voice for competition and consumers. We congratulate and thank him.
Jonathan B. Baker
American University’s Washington College of Law (Washington)

United States 4 contributions 10206 visits

Bert Foer is well-deserving of a tribute volume for his leadership in creating a highly-successful antitrust institution that gives voice to Bert’s passionate pro-competition advocacy. The impressive and diverse list of contributors is testament to the importance and lasting influence of Bert’s vision and hard work.
David Gerber
Chicago-Kent College of Law

France 7 contributions 6017 visits

Bert Foer has helped to change the tenor and direction of antitrust law in the US! This is no small accomplishment for anyone! His vision, courage and perseverance created the American Antitrust Institute, and the institute has become a significant and powerful voice in US antitrust discussions. This volume is a fitting tribute to that success as well as a compendium of articles that reflect the broader vision of antitrust law that the AAI - and Bert Foer himself - represent.
Lawrence J. White
NYU Stern School of Business

United States 6 contributions 6695 visits

Bert Foer has been a lion of American antitrust. He has been a fierce advocate of pro-competition policies for many decades, and his creation of the American Antitrust Institute (AAI) in 1998 took this advocacy to a higher level. This volume of essays is a fitting tribute to Bert’s contributions to the field.
Einer R. Elhauge
Legal Economics (Cambridge)

United States 4 contributions 2227 visits

I still remember the day Bert Foer told me he was creating the American Antitrust Institute (AAI); I could not have imagined at the time how vital and influential it would become. By creating and leading the AAI, Bert has been fundamental to making sure the intellectual and empirical case for vigorous antitrust enforcement continued to be made over the past few decades. The current revival of interest in antitrust enforcement might well not be possible, and certainly not as well-grounded, but for the fact that Bert and the AAI did so much to keep alive the flame of interest in antitrust enforcement for so long, by indefatigably challenging efforts to rein in antitrust enforcement whenever he found them wrongheaded. This book collects articles from leading antitrust scholars and commentators that explore Bert’s remarkable legacy.
Amy Klobuchar
United States Senate (Washington)

United States 2 contributions 2153 visits

Bert Foer is a pioneer of progressive antitrust enforcement who never wavered in his devotion to protecting the little guy. This wonderful volume of essays from the thought leaders Bert inspired is a fitting tribute to his towering achievements and should be required reading for the next generation of advocates fighting for better, stronger antitrust laws that protect our citizenry and our democratic society.