Event Profile

Webinar: Conflict of Interest Restrictions After Government Employment

Date(s):
October 20, 2021
Venue:
Online
 
Website:
Not available
Fee(s):
This event has a fee
Description:
Over the past 5 years there has a been an increasing focus and push at both the federal and state level to use the antitrust laws to attempt to restrain technology companies and their alleged anticompetitive power and growing power over consumers’ everyday life.  Those attempts, however, have run into the “consumer welfare” standard, that has guided antitrust law for more than 40 years with a focus solely on whether alleged actions will result in higher prices to consumers.  This session will explore the current issues posed by “Big Tech”, whether these issues actually cause harm to consumers, whether existing laws are sufficient to address potential competition concerns, and whether changes are necessary to the current antitrust laws.

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