Podcast appearances and mentions of Maureen K Ohlhausen

Market definition plays a central role in antitrust analysis. Is it appropriate for the U.S. antitrust agencies to identify "overlapping markets" and "submarkets" as relevant markets for antitrust purposes? Keith Klovers, Counsel at Latham & Watkins and former advisor to FTC commissioners Christine S. Wilson and Maureen K. Ohlhausen, talks to Blair Matthews and Anora Wang about why, in his view, the concepts of overlapping markets and submarkets are unsupported by judicial law and economics. Listen to this episode to learn about the alternative approach to market definition that Keith and other practitioners believe are better suited for antitrust analysis. With special guest: Keith Klovers, Counsel, Latham & Watkins LLP Related Links: Keith Klovers & Jonathan Jacobson, The Overlapping Markets Fallacy, 86 Antitrust Law Journal No. 2 (ABA 2024) Hosted by: Anora Wang, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP and Blair West Matthews, Cleary Gottlieb

In March of this year, the U.S. Justice Department and 16 states filed a sweeping complaint against Apple alleging that it has monopolized and attempted to monopolize US markets for smartphones and “performance” smartphones. At issue is an array of current and past Apple policies and restrictions governing the way that third party applications access and engage on the iPhone platform. Plaintiffs claim that Apple’s failure to open its platform prevents the development of “super apps” and cross-platform functionality that would make it easier and more attractive for Apple users to select or switch to rival smartphones, while in contrast, Apple characterizes its practices as a procompetitive way to differentiate its products and make them more attractive and safe for consumers to use.As this litigation progresses, what are likely to be the most hotly contested—and possibly determinative—issues of fact and law? How will they affect the outcome of the case, including with respect to potential remedies, and further development of the law of monopolization? And, considering how the Apple complaint fits into the Biden Administration’s view of competition in high-tech platform markets, what impact could a potential change in Administrations have? Featuring:Prof. Rebecca Haw Allensworth, Associate Dean for Research, David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair of LawHon. Maureen K. Ohlhausen, former Acting Chairman, Federal Trade Commission, Partner, Antitrust and Competition, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & RosatiModerator: Deborah Garza, Partner, Rule Garza Howley LLP--To register, click the link above.

Welcome to The Remarkable Coach podcast, where we dive deep into the strategies and insights that drive success in business. In this episode, I sit down with Christine Campbell Rapin, a business success coach, as we explore the shifting landscape of business and the vital role of relationships in achieving success. Christine shares her approach to guiding entrepreneurs in making better decisions and constantly iterating their businesses, focusing on creating experiences to qualify and disqualify potential clients, and hosting impactful live events and webinars to provide knowledge and growth maps for successful businesses. In this episode, we discuss the importance of self-awareness, creating demand, and the significance of marketing in a success plan. We emphasize the value of qualified leads, strategic thinking, and sparking curiosity in the audience. We also delve into the impact of events, the necessity of simplifying business strategies, and the opportunities presented during challenging times. Don't miss out on the profound insights shared in this episode! Tune in now and visit our website for more remarkable content. Connect with Christine on her socials to continue the conversation today. A bit about Christine:Christine is a business success coach helping her clients and their businesses shift from buying a job to running a thriving business without driving themselves into the ground for little to no profit. Christine is a coach, mentor, consultant, speaker and author who helps entrepreneurs turn their ideas into action plans and step out of their comfort zone and apart from the sea of sameness. Where to find Christine: Website: https://www.christinecampbellrapin.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinecampbell1 Other Links:https://www.facebook.com/groups/chasingdreamsandmakingapositiveimpact https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMZGLFtL621nUWS7WEFbJDQ Books Mentioned:"The E Myth Revisited" by Michael E. Gerber "The Slight Edge" by Jeff Olson "It's Not About You" by Tom Rath and Maureen K. Ohlhausen

Last year, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in West Virginia v. EPA, in which the Court reinvigorated the "Major Questions Doctrine" of administrative law. Given the Federal Trade Commission's efforts to expand its rulemaking powers under Section 5 of the FTC Act and the likely return of the "net neutrality" fight at the Federal Communications Commission once a third Democratic commissioner is confirmed, this webinar explored how the reinvigorated "Major Questions Doctrine" may impact tech and telecom policy.Featuring:- Ian Heath Gershengorn, Partner and Chair, Appellate & Supreme Court Practice, Jenner & Block LLP; Former Acting Solicitor General- Thomas M. Johnson, Jr., Partner and Chair, Issues & Appeals Practice, Wiley Rein LLP; Former General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission- Hon. Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Partner and Chair, Antitrust & Competition Practice, Baker Botts LLP; Former Acting Chairman and Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission- Christopher J. Wright, Partner and Co-Chair, Issues & Appeals Practice, Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP; Former General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission- Moderator: Lawrence J. Spiwak, President, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies

This episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool meet to discuss some recent events in the privacy and data protection world, such as the proposed American Data Protection and Privacy Act, as the hearings, featuring comments presented from Caitriona Fitzgerald, Deputy Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC); David Brody, Managing Attorney, Digital Justice Initiative, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; Bertram Lee, Senior Policy Counsel, Data Decision Making, and Artificial Intelligence, Future of Privacy Forum (FPF); Jolina Cuaresma, Senior Counsel, Privacy & Technology PolicyCommon Sense Media; John Miller, Senior Vice President of Policy and General Counsel, Information Technology Industry Council; Graham Dufault, Senior Director for Public Policy, ACT | The App Association; Doug Kantor, General Counsel, National Association of Convenience Stores; and Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Co-Chair, 21st Century Privacy Coalition.Tune in to hear about the ADPPA, as well as news about the European Data Protection Board plenary session, and a new bill that passed in MN on education technology & privacy for students. As always, if you have comments or questions, let us know - LinkedIn, Twitter @podcastprivacy @euroPaulB @heartofprivacy @trustArc and email seriousprivacy@trustarc.com. Please do like and write comments on your favorite podcast app so other professionals can find us easier. 

As millions of consumers around the world interact daily with online businesses and social media platforms, the call for Congress to enact enhanced data privacy and security laws at the federal level has grown louder. How far should federal legislation go in preempting the emerging patchwork of state data privacy laws? In this episode, hosts Alicia Downey and John Roberti talk with Maureen Ohlhausen, former Acting Chairman of the FTC, about whether comprehensive federal data privacy legislation is a better approach to regulating the collection, use, and sharing of consumers' personal data. Listen to this episode to learn more about the FTC's role in enforcing existing consumer data privacy laws and the key differences among the current proposals for broader federal legislation. Related Links: July 28, 2021 Press Release, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation September 29, 2021, Senate Hearing on Protecting Consumer Privacy, on C-Span Congress Should Enact a National, Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Framework, Testimony of Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Former Acting Chair of the Federal Trade Commission, before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (September 29, 2021) Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Matthew R. Baker, & Jonathan J. Duzak-Forestier, A Once and Future Federal Privacy Law?, The Antitrust Source (April 2020) Hosted by: Alicia Downey, Downey Law LLC and John Roberti, Allen & Overy LLP

Neil Chilson is a Senior Research Fellow for technology and innovation at the Charles Koch Institute. Prior to joining CKI, Chilson was the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) chief technologist where he focused on the economics of privacy and established the FTC’s Blockchain Working Group, among other things. Prior to his appointment, Chilson was an adviser to then-Acting FTC Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen. In both roles he advised Chairman Ohlhausen and worked with commission staff on nearly every major technology-related case, report, workshop, and proceeding. Chilson is a regular contributor to multiple news outlets, including the Washington Post, USA Today, Seattle Times, and Morning Consult. Chilson holds a law degree and a master’s degree in computer science. In the interest of full disclosure, we should let listeners know that we receive funding from CKI.

  Maureen K. Ohlhausen: Should Antitrust Law Rein in Big Tech? (Ep. 179) Maureen K. Ohlhausen joined Joe Miller to discuss whether U.S. antitrust law is the appropriate mechanism by which to rein in big tech. Bio  Maureen K. Ohlhausen (@M_Ohlhausen) is the Antitrust and Competition Law Practice Chair and Partner at the law firm of Baker Botts. Previously, she served as Acting Chairman at the Federal Trade Commission for 2 years and prior to that as a Commissioner for 6. She directed all aspects of the FTC's antitrust work, including merger review and conduct enforcement, and steered all FTC consumer protection enforcement, with a particular emphasis on privacy and technology issues. A thought leader, Maureen has published dozens of articles on antitrust, privacy, IP, regulation, FTC litigation, telecommunications, and international law issues in prestigious publications and has testified over a dozen times before the U.S. Congress. Maureen has relationships with officials in the U.S. and abroad, with a particular emphasis on Europe and China, and has led the U.S. delegation at the international antitrust and data privacy meeting on many occasions. She has received numerous awards, including the FTC's Robert Pitofsky Lifetime Achievement Award. Prior to her role as a Commissioner, Maureen led the FTC's Internet Access Task Force, which produced an influential report analyzing competition and consumer protection legal issues in the area of broadband and internet. In private practice, he headed the FTC practice group at a leading telecommunications firm, representing and counseling telecommunications and technology clients on antitrust compliance, privacy, and consumer protection matters before the FTC and the FCC. She also clerked at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Resources Baker Botts – Antitrust and Competition Law Practice Group Here’s how we can break up big tech by Elizabeth Warren (Ms. Ohlhausen argues against.) News Roundup Facebook blocks race, age, gender, ZIP code ad targeting for housing, employment, credit Facebook is no longer permitting housing, employment and credit advertisers to target users based on their age, race, gender or zip code. This brings Facebook in line with federal rules preventing broadcasters from discriminating in ad sales contracts on the basis of race or gender. The new prohibitions are part of a settlement with several advocacy organizations that filed discrimination lawsuits against Facebook after ProPublica published an investigative report showing its ability to exclude certain ethnicities from seeing housing ads. Dems plan to vote on net neutrality bill on April 8th House democrats plan to vote, on Monday, April 8th, on the bill that would reinstate the 2015 net neutrality rules—the Save the Internet Act. Opponents are trying to tack on a bunch of Amendments even though the bill is pretty straight forward in terms of its intended scope. Even if the bill passes the House though, it faces an uphill climb in Mitch McConnel’s lair high up on the mountain  -- I mean the Senate. And the president would also have to sign it – we’ll see what happens. Security firm: Facebook stored user data in plain text for years This time, the security firm KrebsonSecurity found that, for years, Facebook stored hundreds of millions of user names and passwords in a text file. What’s the problem with this you ask? Well the text file was searchable by any of Facebook’s 20,000 employees. So let’s say a date didn’t go so well with some brah who happens to work at Facebook? Well guess what he could just go ahead and search for your password. Facebook has allegedly used this method dating back as far as 2012. Cummings demands documents related to Kushner’s use of encrypted app for official business House Oversight Chair Elijah Cummings has demanded documents from the attorney representing Jared Kushner regarding Kushner’s use of a private email address and What’s App to conduct official business. This of course is the same thing Republicans went after Hillary Clinton for during the 2016 presidential campaign. FCC to pay $43k in settlement for not releasing fake comments records The FCC will pay $43,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs to a New York journalist named Jason Prechtel for failing to turn over information, under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, related to fake comments filed in the net neutrality proceeding. The case was settled without prejudice which means the FCC won’t admit to any wrongdoing—even though it didn’t respond to the journalist within the statutory timeframe. Nunes suing Twitter California Republican Representative Devin Nunes is suing Twitter and 3 users for $250 million saying he was “defamed” and claiming that Twitter bans conservative viewpoints. Trump finally names a CTO After two years, President Trump has finally named a Chief Technology Officer. Michael Kratsios is just 32 but well-connected and worked for Thiel Capital. Peter Thiel as you’ll recall is a Donald Trump Supporter Events Tuesday March 26th Hudson  Institute How Does the U.S. Maintain its Competitive Edge in 5G? 9:15AM-11:00AM 1201 Pennsylvania Ave. It will be livestreamed   Senate Commerce Committee Hearing on Small Business Perspectives on the Federal Data Privacy Framework 2:30pm – Dirksen 562   Wednesday March 27th House Judiciary Committee Lost Einsteins: Lack of Diversity in Patent Inventorship and the Impact on America’s Innovation Economy 10AM 2141 Rayburn   March 29th Brookings Stephen Bryer Lecture: Digital Technology in the age of artificial intelligence: A comparative perspective 10:30-12 noon Falk Auditorium @ Brookings 1776 Massachussetts, NW There will be a webcast for this as well.

The Internet has dynamically changed the way we live. It touches every sector of the U.S. and global economies. For two decades, it flourished in an environment devoid of heavy-handed regulatory oversight, resulting in $1.5 trillion in investments by Internet Service Providers. However, the FCC dramatically changed course in 2015 when it reclassified broadband as an old style utility regulated under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934. Earlier this year, the FCC initiated a new proceeding, Restoring Internet Freedom, that proposes to return to the classification of broadband service as a Title I information service. But the legal and policy debate continues with passionate supporters on both sides.Moving forward, how should these tensions be addressed? How should the FCC move forward with its Internet Freedom proceeding? Is there a legislative or regulatory fix? Is there a role for other administrative agencies? Should so called "edge companies" (like Google and Facebook) be regulated differently from Internet Service Providers? Today's panel will explore these and other issues.Hon. Brendan Carr, Commissioner, Federal Communications CommissionDr. Roslyn Layton, Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise InstituteHon. Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Acting Chairman, Federal Trade CommissionMr. Jonathan B. Sallet, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLPMr. Jonathan Spalter, President & CEO, USTelecomDr. Nicol Turner-Lee, Fellow, Governance Studies, Center for Technology Innovation, The Brookings InstitutionModerator: Hon. Stephen F. Williams, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

The Internet has dynamically changed the way we live. It touches every sector of the U.S. and global economies. For two decades, it flourished in an environment devoid of heavy-handed regulatory oversight, resulting in $1.5 trillion in investments by Internet Service Providers. However, the FCC dramatically changed course in 2015 when it reclassified broadband as an old style utility regulated under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934. Earlier this year, the FCC initiated a new proceeding, Restoring Internet Freedom, that proposes to return to the classification of broadband service as a Title I information service. But the legal and policy debate continues with passionate supporters on both sides.Moving forward, how should these tensions be addressed? How should the FCC move forward with its Internet Freedom proceeding? Is there a legislative or regulatory fix? Is there a role for other administrative agencies? Should so called "edge companies" (like Google and Facebook) be regulated differently from Internet Service Providers? Today's panel will explore these and other issues.Hon. Brendan Carr, Commissioner, Federal Communications CommissionDr. Roslyn Layton, Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise InstituteHon. Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Acting Chairman, Federal Trade CommissionMr. Jonathan B. Sallet, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLPMr. Jonathan Spalter, President & CEO, USTelecomDr. Nicol Turner-Lee, Fellow, Governance Studies, Center for Technology Innovation, The Brookings InstitutionModerator: Hon. Stephen F. Williams, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

The smartphone patent wars have caused a great deal of litigation and consternation. As global patent litigation has accelerated, an international arms race characterized by competing alliances and massive portfolio acquisitions ensued. One recurring claim was "hold-up": certain patent owners, having given assurances that they would license their essential technologies on reasonable and nondiscriminatory (RAND) terms, sought to enjoin smartphone makers from practicing industry standards. Charged with protecting consumers, antitrust enforcers experienced pressure to do something. -- The FTC and other competition agencies responded aggressively, clamping down on perceived efforts by owners of RAND-encumbered SEPs to hold-up standard implementers. They happened upon the rule that such patentees violate antitrust law if they try to enjoin a “willing licensee”—essentially a “no-injunction rule.” While that approach has intuitive appeal, is it consistent with core antitrust principles? Does the no-injunction properly consider whether the relevant conduct harms competition? Have the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's actions emboldened foreign competition agencies to act aggressively? These and other questions were addressed. -- Featuring: Hon. Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Acting Chairman, Federal Trade Commission and Mr. Alex Okuliar, Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.

The Federal Trade Commission has dual missions to protect consumers and competition. The agency has a 100+ years of history as an antitrust enforcer and general consumer protection agency. And over the last 20 years it has emerged as the lead U.S. agency addressing consumer privacy and data security. During the past administration, the agency faced challenges within and without. How well has it executed its dual missions? What external factors (such as actions by the CFPB and FCC) have affected its ability to further its missions? And how might the agency improve in the coming administration? To answer these questions we'll talk to Heritage Senior Fellow Alden Abbot and FTC Acting Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen. -- Featuring: Alden Abbott, Deputy Director of the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies and the John, Barbara, and Victoria Rumpel Senior Legal Fellow, The Heritage Foundation and Hon. Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission.

With the adoption of the Open Internet Order, the Federal Communications Commission has potentially waded into areas that have historically been within the Federal Trade Commission’s jurisdiction. How are privacy, consumer protection, and technology policy issues currently being handled by the agencies – do their actions complement each other or are they creating regulatory tension and uncertainty? If there is a turf war going on, will Congress step in or will the courts decide? How does it impact competition policies and consumer protection? Join FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai and FTC Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen as they engage in a moderated discussion about these and other issues relating to the respective roles of their agencies. -- Featuring: Hon. Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Federal Trade Commission and Hon. Ajit V. Pai, Federal Communications Commission. Moderator: Alexander Okuliar, Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.