Articles

2013

• How Should the FCC Allocate the Broadcasters' Spectrum, The Hill, May 17, 2013.
• Barriers to Competition on the Innovation Superhighway:  How the Lack of Antitrust Scrutiny of Patent Patent Pools Deters Competition, May 9, 2013.   
• FTC Can't Stop Short on Rental Car Merger, The Hill, April 15, 2013.
• As Congress and Enforcers Contemplate Patent Trolls, Don't Forget about Privateering, Huffington Post, April 12, 2013.
• Antitrust: The Problem and Solution for Health Care, Economic Intelligence Blog, April 12, 2013.
• 'Hot' Documents Do Not Tell The Whole Story In Antitrust, Law360, April 9, 2013.
• Repeal McCarran-Ferguson - Before it's too late, The Hill, April 8, 2013.
• Much Ado About Nothing, CircleID, April 6, 2013.
• Public Comments on Patent Assertion Entities to the FTC and DOJ, April 5, 2013.
• Using the Full Powers of the FTC to Combat Patent Trolls, Patent Progress, April 5, 2013.
• Actavis Case Shows Weak Patents Are System-Wide, Patent Progress, April 1, 2013.
• Time for Transparency on Microsoft's Patent Troll Privateering, Economic Intelligence Blog, March 29, 2013.
• Edith Ramirez is a Fantastic Choice for FTC Chairman, Patent Progress, March 6, 2013
• Forging a SHIELD Against Patent Trolls, The Hill, March 4, 2013.
• When Patent Pools Attack:  Competitive Concerns from the Devolution of MPEG LA, Patently-O, March 1, 2013.
• A Merger Challenge Not Worth Rating: The DOJ's Misguided Suit Against A Paltry Software Merger, Techdirt, February 27, 2013.
• Public Comments on In the Matter of Motorola Mobility LLC; FTC File No. 121 0120, February 22, 2013
• A History of Abuse, Patent Progress, February 7, 2013.
• The FTC Google Settlement on Essential Patents Rewards Good Faith Bargaining, Huffington Post, January 4, 2013.
• No Reversal of Fortune for Google's Opponents, The Hill, January 3, 2013.
• Consolidation in Health Care Markets: A Review of the Literature, January 2013.

2012

• FTC Right to Close Google Investigation, Economic Intelligence Blog, December 20, 2012.
• Consumers Benefit from an Open, Fair Telecom Market, Economic Intelligence Blog, December 17, 2012.
• Eradicating Patent Trolls, The Hill, December 10, 2012.
• Google Foes Must Admit Defeat on Antitrust Case, Economic Intelligence Blog, December 6, 2012.
• The Broken D.C. Gasoline Market, Washington Lawyer Magazine, December 2012.
• The SHIELD Act Is a Step in the Right Direction, Patent Progress, November 29, 2012.
• A Response to FairSearch's Remedy Proposals, Huffington Post, November 29, 2012.
• A Real Thanksgiving, Economic Intelligence Blog, November 21, 2012.
• Why An Antitrust Lawyer Cares About Patent Reform, Patent Progress, November 15, 2012.
• Barack Obama Is the Clear Choice for Antitrust Enforcement, Economic Intelligence Blog, November 2, 2012.
• What Consumers Want in FTC v. Google, The Hill, November 2, 2012.
• Antitrust Agencies Right to Expand Scrutiny of Patent Transfers and Acquisitions, Huffington Post, October 23, 2012.
• Obama's Healthcare Trust Busting, Economic Intelligence Blog, October 19, 2012.
• The Obama Administration's Strong Antitrust Record, Economic Intelligence Blog, October 12, 2012.
• Searching Google for Anti-Competitive Conduct, Law 360, September 25, 2012.
• A Dozen Times to Call Your Antitrust Lawyer, Landslide Magazine, September/October 2012.
• Half a Loaf is Not Enough: The DOJ's Approval of a Cable Cartel Will Harm Consumers,  Huffington Post, August 23, 2012.
• Using Antitrust Enforcement Prudently in High Tech Markets, 2012.
• Apple and Microsoft’s patent troll spells trouble for smartphone innovation, GigaOM, August 5, 2012.
• Is Swipe Reform Benefiting the Banking Industry?, American Banker, July 31, 2012.
• Don't Shoot the Samaritan, Huffington Post, July 17, 2012.
• If You Can't Innovate, Litigate, Forbes, July 2, 2012.
• The FTC Should Update Search Engine Transparency Guidelines, June 28, 2012.
• What Happens if the Supreme Court Rejects the Individual Mandate, US News & World Report, June 27, 2012.
• Out of tune antitrust: Why concerns over music merger fall flat, Huffington Post, June 19, 2012.
• Nokia and Microsoft Alliance Raise Significant Competition Concerns, The Huffington Post, June 11, 2012.
• How Democracy Should Work, Drug Topics, March 15, 2012.

2011

• The Need for Transparency in Health Care Markets: Clearing the Fog to Make the Market Work, 2011
• Patents Are Innovation's Cold War, Main Justice, December 15, 2011.
• Step up to the plate: FTC needs to stop the Express Scripts-Medco merger, The Hill, November 2, 2011.
• Medco-Express Scripts merger would further concentrate PBM market, American Medical News, August 9, 2011.
• Reinvigorating Antitrust Enforcement, Center For American Progress, July 12, 2011.
• In Antitrust Probe Google's Critics Have it Wrong, The Huffington Post, June 24, 2011.
• Internet Search Competition: Where is the Beef, June 23, 2011.
• The FTC vs. Lake Wobegon, Hospitals and Health Networks, April 1, 2011.

2010

• Eliminate the Antitrust Healthcare Toll Booth, The Hill, November 22,  2010.
• Regulating Google: Searching for a Solution without a Problem, The Huffington Post, September 14, 2010.
• Enforcing Reform, Modern Healthcare, June 4, 2010.
• Bring the FTC into the 21st Century, The Hill, May 5, 2010.
• Breaking the Technology Bottleneck: The FTC's Intel Case Is Critical to Innovation, The Huffington Post, April 28, 2010. 
• The FTC's Challenge to Intel, National Law Journal, April 6th, 2010.
• Highmark Chutzpah: Pennsylvanians Have a Right to Know What Big Insurers Are Up To, Pittsburgh Post-Gazzette, March 29, 2010.
• Transparency Will Lead to Major Savings for the Federal Drug Benefit, Roll Call, February 23, 2010. 
• One Cheer for Antitrust, Billboard, February 13, 2010.
• Don’t Handicap the Reform: Protecting Integrated Care Systems, January 19, 2010., Health Affairs, January 19, 2010. 
• Merger Lessons Learned: Why the DOJ Must Block Ticketmaster/Live Nation Monopoly, The Huffington Post, January 11, 2010.

2009

• Getting the Job Done Right: Strengthening the Senate Bill to Fully Protect Competition, The Huffington Post, November 30, 2009.
• Block This Music Monopoly,  The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 30, 2009.
• Why a Public Health Insurance Option Is Essential, Health Affairs, September 17, 2009.
• Competition That Works: Why the Google Books Project Is Good for Consumers and Its Competitors, The Huffington Post, September 17, 2009.  
• The Earth is Not Flat: The Public Interest and the Google Book Search Settlement: A Reply to Grimmelmann, American Constitution Society, July 22, 2009. 
• Booklovers Should Cheer Google’s Plan, The Financial Times, June 30, 2009.
• Monopoly Building, Pollstar, April 20, 2009.
• Live Nation Ticketmaster Merger Is Too Good To Be True, Hypebot, March 16, 2009 .
• Processor Wars Speed into Court, Law, February 25, 2009.
• An Open Letter to the Next Federal Trade Commission Chairman,  Global Competition Policy, February 23, 2009.
• Bringing Back Antitrust Law, Legal Times, February 16, 2009.

2008

• Merge Not: A Highmark-IBC merger would handcuff health-care reform, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 10, 2008.
• Reject Pennsylvania Insurance Merger, The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 26, 2008.
• Request for an FTC Investigation of Rembrandt, Inc., American Antitrust Institute, March 26, 2008.

2006

• Negotiating an Antitrust Remedy with Regulators: Factors to Consider in a Merger , The M&A Lawyer , Vol. 10 , March 2006 , (with Peter Surdo).
• We'll Sell Generics, Too , Legal Times , March 20, 2006.
• EU Looks at Fees: 'Paradise' Over? , Cards and Payments , June 2006.
• Protecting Competition , MX: Business Strategies for Medical Technology Executives , p. 557 , July/August 2006.

2005

• Returning to the Elman Vision of the Federal Trade Commission: Reassessing the Approach to FTC Remedies , Antitrust Law Journal , Vol. 72 , p. 1113 , 2005.
• Generic Drug Mergers: Overcoming the Antitrust Hurdles , FDLI Update , 20 September/October 2005.
• What if Judge Bork had Become Justice Bork? , Engage , Vol. 6 , p. 20 , Fall 2005.
• Should You Complain: Opposing a Proposed Merger , The Threshold , p. 7 , Summer 2005.

2004

• Refining the Innovation Focus: The FTC's Genzyme Decision , Antitrust , p. 28 , Spring 2004.
• The "Bleak House" of Merger Enforcement: Obstacles to Future DOJ Oversight of Mergers after Oracle / PeopleSoft , The M & A Lawyer , October 2004.
• Claiming Merger Efficiencies at Agencies, Courts , The National Law Journal , June 28, 2004 , (with Scott A. Sher).
• Private Merger Challenges: A Critical Supplement to Government Enforcement , Merger and Acquisitions Newsletter , Summer 2004.
• Beginning Steps for PBM Reform , FDLI Update , p. 30 , July/August 2004.
• The Antitrust Analysis of the 3G Patent Platform , Antitrust and Intellectual Property , Spring 2004.

2003

• Competitive Concerns and Prices Transparency in the PBM Market , FDL Update , p. 35 , September/October 2003.
• Intellectual Property and Antitrust: General Principles , IDEA: The Journal of Law and Technology , Vol. 43 , No. 3 , July 2003.
• Generic Drug Strategic Alliances: Competitives and Antitrust Risks , FDLI Update , March/April 2003.
• Navigating Troubled Waters: Managing the Relationship Between Merging Companies , M & A Lawyer , February 2003 , (with Scott Sher).

2002

• The FTC Antitrust Rocket Docket , National Law Journal , March, 2002.
• Brief Analysis of Recent Pharmaceutical/IP Decisions , Biotechnology Law Report , February 2002.
• Leveling the Playing Field in Antitrust Merger Litigation: The Sungard Decision, The M&A Lawyer, January 2002.

2001

• The Efficiency Defense in Merger Review: Progress or Stagnation? , Antitrust , Fall 2001.
• Building a Stronger Foundation: Recent Trends in Vertical Restraint Enforcement , Antitrust Report , p. 2 , Nov. 2001.
• Deregulation and Merger Enforcement in the Natural Gas Industry , Antitrust L.J. , p. 68 , 2001 , (with James Monogoven).
• Lessons from the Clinton Administration: The Evolving Approach to Merger Remedies, (§2, §3, §4, §5, §6, §7, §8, §9, §10, §11, §12), The George Washington Law Review, October/December, 2001.
• Antitrust Analysis of B2B Ventures, Part Two , E-Commerce Law , August 2001.
• How will Timothy Muris change the FTC's enforcement priorities? ,Legal Times , August 2001.
• Antitrust Analysis of B2B Ventures, Part One , E-Commerce Law , July 2001.
• Hatch-Waxman Act: Prospects for Reform , Bureau of National Affair's Health Care Policy Report , June 2001.
• Why Hospital Merger Antitrust Enforcement Remains Necessary: A Retrospective on the Butterworth Merger , Journal of Health Law , Vol. 34 , p. 129 , Spring 2001 , (with Meleah Geertsma).

2000

• Pharmaceutical Patent Settlements: The Antitrust Risks , Food & Drug Law Journal , Vol. 55 , p. 321 , Fall 2000.
• Anticompetitive Aspects of Market Share Discounts and Other Incentives to Exclusive Dealing , Antitrust L.J. , Vol. 67 , p. 615 , 2000 , (with Williard Tom and Neil Averitt).
• Creating A Payment System Network: The Tie that Blinds or an Honorable Peace? , Business Lawyer , Vol. 55 , p. 1391 , May 2000.
• The Problem of Intercharge Fees: Costs Without Benefits? , European Competition L. Rev. , Vol. 4 , p. 215 , 2000.
• The Evolving Approach to Merger Remedies , Antitrust Report , p. 2 , May 2000 , (with Richard Parker).

1999

• Antitrust Enforcement and High-Technology Markets , Mich. Telecomm. Tech. L. Rev. , Vol. 5 , p. 73 , 1999 , (with William J. Baer).
• Antitrust Enforcement in Pharmaceutical Industry Mergers , Food & Drug Law Journal , Vol. 54 , p. 255 , Oct. 1999.
• Networks and Exclusivity: Antitrust Analysis to Promote Network Competition , George Mason L. Rev. , Vol. 7 , p. 523 , May 1999.
• New Myths and Old Realities: Recent Developments in Antitrust Enforcement , Columbia Bus. Law Review , Vol. 1999 , p. 208 , Spring 1999 , (with William J. Baer).

1998

• Antitrust and High-Tech Industries: The New Challenge, Antitrust Bulletin, Vol. 43, p. 583, Fall-Winder 1998, (with Robert Pitofsky).
• Regulatory, Competitive, and Antitrust Challenges of ATM Surcharges , Banking Report , Vol. 71 , p. 82 , July 13, 1998.
• Joint Ventures Payment Networks and Public Policy , Electronic Banking Law and Commerce Report , Vol. 3 , p. 9 , June 1998 , (with James McAndrews).
• Can the Promise of Debit Cards be Fulfilled? , Business Lawyer , Vol. 53 , p. 1093 , May 1998.
• Cooperating to Compete: Antitrust Analysis of Health Care Joint Ventures , St. Louis University Law Review , Vol. 42 , p. 191 , Winter 1998.

1997

• The Murky World of Network Mergers: Searching for the Opportunities for Network Competition , Antitrust Bulletin , Vol. 42 , p. 793 , Winter 1997.
• A Whole New World? Pharmaceutical Responses to the Managed Care Revolution? , Food and Drug Law Journal , Vol. 52 , p. 83 , Spring 1997.