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Global Competition Law Lecture Series - The Honorable Commissioner Christine S Wilson (US Federal Trade Commission)
About the event
The talk is entitled "Why They Built the Gate: Understanding Modern Antitrust Law". Commissioner Wilson will be speaking about the historical context for current U.S. antitrust law, some of her concerns about the recommendations made by the House Judiciary Committee staff’s report on competition in digital markets, and her prescription for how Congress can increase competition.
The House report is available here.
About the speaker
The Honorable Commissioner Christine S Wilson was sworn in on September 26, 2018 as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission. She previously served at the FTC as Chairman Tim Muris’s Chief of Staff, and as a law clerk in the Bureau of Competition. In between her periods of service at the FTC, Wilson has practiced competition and consumer protection law both at law firms and as in-house counsel. She graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Florida.
About the chair
Professor Renato Nazzini joined King's College London as Professor of Law in 2012. Previously, he was Professor of Competition Law and Arbitration at the University of Southampton, which he joined from the Office of Fair Trading, then the UK competition authority (now the Competition and Markets Authority), where he was Deputy Director of the Legal and Policy Department and led or advised on major areas of enforcement and policy. His work included the review of the policy on abuse of dominance under Article 102 TFEU, which led to the adoption of the Commission Guidance Paper on Article 102 TFEU, and on the formulation of the policy on actions for damages for competition infringements, which led to major reforms in the UK and in the EU. Professor Nazzini is currently a non-governmental adviser to the International Competition Network (ICN), where he has been particularly active on the Unilateral Conduct Working Group and on the Merger Working Group.
Please note this event will be hosted virtually via Microsoft Teams.