Tech in the Courts—A Shift in California Antitrust Law: The State’s Single Firm Conduct Proposal
Tenth in an ongoing Tech in the Courts series co-sponsored by TechFreedom.
Panelists:
Jay Ezrielev, Elevecon
Professor Barak Orbach, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
Bilal Sayyed (moderator), TechFreedom
About:
The California Law Revision Commission has prepared a final recommendation to amend the Cartwright Act to prohibit monopsonization, and other single-firm restraints of trade. If adopted as drafted, the proposal would guide California courts to develop antitrust law that could diverge significantly from U.S. Supreme Court interpretations of Section 2 of the Sherman Act. Our panel of experts will discuss the potential impacts of this proposal.
Panelists
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Bilal Sayyed is Senior Competition Counsel with TechFreedom. He was most recently the Director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission (2018-2021). Prior to his time at the Commission, Mr. Sayyed was an attorney in private practice, representing clients in merger and non-merger matters before the FTC and Department of Justice, and in consumer protection matters before the FTC. He also taught antitrust law as an adjunct professor at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University and was an attorney advisor for FTC Chairman Timothy Muris (2001-2004).
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Dr. Ezrielev is Founder and Managing Partner of Elevecon, an economic consulting firm. He is a former economic advisor to Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons. He specializes in the economics of industrial organization, econometrics, and antitrust policy. With 20 years in economic consulting and government, Dr. Ezrielev has advised clients on numerous high-profile matters, including merger reviews, monopolization litigation, regulatory hearings, price–fixing litigation, intellectual property matters, contractual disputes, and class certification matters.
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Barak Orbach is the Robert H. Mundheim Professor of Law & Business at the University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of Law, where he also serves as the founding director of the Business Law Program. Professor Orbach is internationally recognized as a leading expert in antitrust, corporate governance, and regulation. He occasionally advises government agencies, corporations, boards of directors, investors, and trade associations on high-stakes issues in these areas. Professor Orbach is a member of the American Law Institute and serves on the advisory board of the American Antitrust Institute.
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