Going Rogue: The FTC's Sweeping Agenda and What It Means for Alaskans

The Chair of the Federal Trade Commission Lina Khan has been pursuing aggressive and groundbreaking reforms on a range of issues, especially in the antitrust space. Among many other initiatives, the agency has issued a rule banning virtually all noncompetes in employment arrangements; and sought to enjoin many mergers, including some with negligible anticompetitive effects; abandoned the “consumer welfare” standard as antitrust’s polestar and instead substituted a range of goals, including democracy, workers’ rights, and a suspicion of “big business.”

These antitrust reforms are particularly important to Alaskans. We are anticipating a merger between Kroger and Albertsons, the parent companies to our two major grocery stores Fred Meyer and Carr’s, and further down the road, a merger between Alaska Airlines and Hawaii Airlines. The new politics of the FTC and the politics of Alaska present a high-stakes environment for our consumers.

The Alaska Lawyers Chapter is privileged to host Professor Doug Ross of the University of Washington Law School. Professor Ross is a world-class expert on U.S. antitrust law. In addition to teaching antitrust law and policy, among other classes, Professor Ross has experience as an antitrust enforcement lawyer and litigator in private practice. He began his career with the Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., before entering private practice in Seattle with Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, where he concentrated his practice in antitrust and health care and was a chair of the litigation department. Professor Ross will share insightful analysis into the FTC’s antitrust policy agenda and what it means for Alaskans.

Featuring:

• Prof. Doug Ross, Professor from Practice, University of Washington School of Law

Members: $10

Non Members: $20

Lunch provided.

 

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