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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.

Distinctions

Nominee, 2022 Antitrust Writing Awards : Academic, Cross-Border Issues

Nominee, 2012 Antitrust Writing Awards : Academic, General Antitrust

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Auteurs associés

James C. Cooper

GMU Antonin Scalia Law School (Arlington)

États-Unis 1 contribution 72 visites

Douglas H. Ginsburg

US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit (Washington)

États-Unis 21 contributions 27043 visites

Bruce H. Kobayashi

George Mason University (Fairfax)

États-Unis 1 contribution 1040 visites

Tad Lipsky

GMU Antonin Scalia Law School (Arlington)

États-Unis 4 contributions 16438 visites

Timothy J. Muris

George Mason University (Fairfax)

États-Unis 2 contributions 1351 visites

2955 | Évènements

27 juin 2022 Washington D.C. Rulemaking Authority of the Federal Trade Commission Voir la documentation

8 sept. 2020 Online Challenging Consummated Mergers Under Section 2 Voir la documentation

11 sept. 2017 Washington, DC What is Trump Antitrust ? Competition Policy Under a New U.S. Administration Voir la documentation

Articles

575 Bulletin

Alden F. Abbott The US Supreme Court upholds a district court injunction finding unlawful certain sport association rules limiting the education-related benefits schools may make available to student-athletes (NCAA / Alston)

21 juin 2021 575

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 (...)

14054 Revue

Alden F. Abbott, Robin Adelstein, Megan Browdie, Michael A. Carrier, Peter C. Carstensen, Samuel Clark, Lisl Dunlop, Harry First, Albert A. Foer, Eleanor M. Fox, Jacqueline Grise, Ryan Kantor, Donald C. Klawiter, John Kwoka, James Langenfeld, Tad Lipsky, Alessandro Massolo, Howard Morse, Gabriella Muscolo, James Bo Pearl, Noah Pinegar, Chris Ring, Christopher Sagers, Richard S. Taffet, Willard K. Tom, Eliot Turner, Doug Tween, Tommaso Valletti, Michael L. Weiner The new US antitrust administration

février 2021 10729

Ce dossier Concurrences se concentre sur l’antitrust et ses possibles développements à la suite des élections présidentielles américaines. Il s’interroge sur les changements et défis attendus pour 2021 sous la nouvelle administration Biden, et leurs impacts sur la législation et la politique (...)

Agathe Richard, Aidan Synnott, Albert A. Foer, Alden F. Abbott, Alvaro Ramos, Ben Labow, Bonny Sweeney, Bradley T. Tennis, Christopher Meyers, Donald C. Klawiter, James J. Tierney, James Langenfeld, Janet L. McDavid, John DeQ. Briggs, John Kwoka, Joseph Farrell, Logan Breed, Mark D. Whitener, Michael A. Carrier, Michael D. Hausfeld, Michael L. Weiner, Michael P. Lehmann, Richard S. Taffet, Scott Sher, Sharis A. Pozen, William H. Rooney What is Trump Antitrust ?

novembre 2016 2286

Il y a du changement dans l’air aux Etats-Unis, et ce changement va impacter la politique antitrust et celle de la concurrence. L’élection inattendue du nouveau président-élu Donald J. Trump a ouvert la porte à des spéculations et à l’inconnue de ce que sera la politique de concurrence (...)

Alden F. Abbott, Shanker Singham Enhancing welfare by attacking anticompetitive market distortions

décembre 2011 1039

“Anticompetitive market distortions,” or “ACMDs,” involve government actions that empower certain private interests to obtain or retain artificial competitive advantages over their rivals be they foreign or domestic, to the detriment of consumer welfare. This article assesses the nature of (...)