Now that the Federal Trade Commission has published its long-awaited guidance on when and how it will challenge anti-competitive conduct that falls outside of the traditional antitrust laws, the question remains: What does this mean for the agency’s enforcement agenda, and what light does the guidance shed on when the agency will choose to bring a section 5 case.
To help answer that, Ron Knox gathered five top antitrust specialists – including a former FTC chairman and other ex-agency officials – to hash out what the new policy statement means to them and their clients.