Speeches

This outline was prepared as a handout for attendees of the Chair's Showcase Program on Horizontal Restraints at the 2003 Spring Meeting of the Antitrust Section of the ABA in Washington, D.C.

*This speech reflects the views of Chairman Muris, not necessarily those of the Commission or of any other Commissioner.

I was asked to speak about the FTC's efforts to stop deceptive weigh loss

A. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

I'm delighted to have this opportunity to address the New York State Bar Association on a number of antitrust subjects that have kept the Federal Trade Commission very busy in

This paper is based on the transcript of informal remarks delivered at a Conference on Dietary Supplements of the Food and Drug Law Institute, Washington, D.C.

General Opening

Aloha and good morning. Thank you, Mr. Sam Young Suh. It is good to see again and thank our conference chair, Dick Beaird. And, certainly, we thank our hosts here in beautiful Hawaii.

* This speech reflects the views of Chairman Muris and not necessarily those of the Commission or of any other Commissioner.

Introduction

I am delighted to speak at a symposium dedicated to my teacher

(With apologies to "The Spell of the Yukon" by 
Robert Service.)

"There are strange things done in the midnight sun
By the men who moil for gold;
The Arctic trails have their secret tales
That

* The views expressed are those of the FTC Chairman Muris and do not necessarily reflect those of the Federal Trade Commission.

The Federal Trade Commission has worked closely with the Food and Drug

This speech reflects the views of Chairman Muris and not necessarily those of the Commission or of any other Commissioner.

Introduction

Roughly two years ago, toward the end of December 2000, it became

Welcome to the Federal Trade Commission's Roundtable on "Understanding Mergers: Strategy and Planning, Implementation, and Outcomes," sponsored by the Bureau of Economics. Throughout my career, both

Good afternoon. I would like to thank Chairman Rodota and members of the Commission for sponsoring this important conference. We have heard a variety of different views and approaches to the issue of

General Opening

Good Morning. Thank you, Mr. Rasi.

And, let me also thank Professor Rodotá and the Italian Garanté for the invitation to participate in this important privacy dialogue.

In particular

I. Welcome and Introduction.

This is the second year for the presentation of the Miles W. Kirkpatrick Award for Lifetime FTC Achievement. It is an occasion to gather past and present FTC supporters to

One of my recent articles(2) advanced the proposition that, contrary to popular belief, merger policy in the last 25 years has not shifted back and forth with changes of administrations. The evidence

This article is a later written version of remarks delivered on October 25, 2002, at the ABA Section of Antitrust Law Antitrust Masters Course in Sea Island, Georgia, and is published in the March