Sector-Specific Competition Enforcement at the FCC

Authors

Jonathan Baker, American University Washington College of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2011

Journal

New York University Annual Survey of American Law

Volume

66

Issue

3

Abstract

This comment explains how and why sector-specific enforcement by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) complements generalist competition enforcement by the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), to the benefit of competition in the communications industry. It illustrates ways in which a sector-specific agency such as the FCC can foster competition by comparing merger reviews by the FCC and DOJ in the wake of the 1996 Telecommunications Act.

Recommended Citation

Jonathan Baker, Sector-Specific Competition Enforcement at the FCC, 66 New York University Annual Survey of American Law (2011).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/facsch_lawrev/1123