Georgetown Law Alumni Magazine - Res Ipsa Loquitur
Spring/Summer 2009 - Online Volume 1
Lectures and Events
FTC Chairman Kovacic on Global Competition Policy
FTC Chairman William Kovacic delivered a keynote address on the future development of global competition policy at Georgetown Law’s sixth annual Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium last September. Likening competition policy to the operating system of a computer, Kovacic noted that many of the world’s jurisdictions are now writing “applications” for the system, some of which are every bit as good as the concepts developed in the United States.
“There are good ideas elsewhere, and those ideas will become key ingredients in the way in which competition policy is done,” Kovacic said, adding that this is a healthy thing. “Going loud and telling someone I’m better doesn’t necessarily act as a persuasive tool; it’s coming up with the better idea, showing that it works.”
The event was sponsored by the Law Center’s Continuing Legal Education Program and Howrey.
