Brian Albrecht on FTC Merger Enforcement

ICLE Chief Economist Brian Albrecht was quoted by Axios in a story about the Federal Trade Commission’s opposition to Tapestry’s acquisition of Capri Holdings. You can read the full piece here.

Zoom in: The FTC may have been encouraged by its success in blocking the merger of JetBlue and Spirit, say Oliver and Brian Albrecht, chief economist at the International Center for Law & Economics.

…The intrigue: It’s rare that the U.S. is not in lock step with its antitrust counterparts in the European Union and Japan, which both cleared the deal, say Oliver and Albrecht.