The Federal Trade Commission's Office of International Affairs was created in 2007, and its component parts and functions had roots that extend back as far as the 1980s. But the Commission's international work extends back much further. International concerns played a role, albeit indirectly, in...

As Gerald Gunther discusses in his monumental biography of Learned Hand, Hand was active in Theodore Roosevelt's attempt to return to the White House in 1912. During those years, Roosevelt denounced antitrust as "rural toryism," and Hand shared Roosevelt's skepticism. How, then, did Hand write...

The challenges and questions surrounding the design of a competition system are part of an identifiable life cycle that characterizes the development of a competition agency. The core challenges are to set priorities and execute them, but there are various potential obstacles. This article looks...