Alden F. Abbott
Mercatus Center - George Mason University (Arlington)
Senior Research Fellow
Alden Abbott is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center of George Mason University, focusing on antitrust issues. Before joining Mercatus, Alden Abbott served as the Federal Trade Commission’s General Counsel from 2018 to early 2021, where he represented the Commission in court and provided legal advice to its representatives. Prior to working at the FTC, Alden Abbott worked at the Heritage Foundation and BlackBerry Ltd. He also served as an adjunct professor at Mason’s Antonin Scalia Law School from 1991 to 2018. Alden Abbott has a J.D. from Harvard Law School and an M.A. in economics from Georgetown University.
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US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit (Washington)
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The Supreme Court Misses the Big Consumer Welfare Picture in NCAA v. Alston* In its June 21 opinion in NCAA v. Alston, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and thereby upheld a district court injunction finding unlawful certain National Collegiate (...)
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This Concurrences special set of articles focuses on antitrust law and enforcement in the aftermath of the American Presidential Elections. It questions the changes and challenges expected in 2021 under the new Biden administration, and its impacts with respect to antitrust legislation and (...)
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Change is in the air and it is coming to antitrust and competition policy in the United States. The unexpected election of President-elect Donald J. Trump opened wide the speculation or mystery about what he and his advisors are planning concerning his administration’s antitrust policy. During (...)
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Les distorsions de concurrence d’origine étatique permettent à des opérateurs privés d’obtenir ou de conserver des avantages artificiels sur leurs concurrents, étrangers ou nationaux, au détriment du bien-être des consommateurs. Cet article étudie la nature de ces pratiques et les difficultés que (...)
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