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Revitalizing Section 5 Of The Ftc Act Using “Consumer Choice” Analysis, Robert H. Lande
Revitalizing Section 5 Of The Ftc Act Using “Consumer Choice” Analysis, Robert H. Lande
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This paper makes two points. First, Section 5 of the FTC Act, properly construed, is indeed significantly broader and more encompassing than the Sherman Act or Clayton Act. Section 5 violations include incipient violations of the other antitrust laws, and also violations of their policy or spirit.
Second, the best - and probably the only - way to interpret Section 5 in an expansive manner is to do so in a way that also is relatively definite, predictable, principled and clearly bounded. This best can be done if Section 5 is articulated using the consumer choice framework. Without the discipline …