Ramirez and Baer face questions, criticisms at House hearing

( November 19, 2013) -- FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez and Bill Baer, the Justice Department’s antitrust chief, recently were peppered with questions at a House subcommittee hearing that examined a broad range of antitrust issues, including whether DOJ’s approval of the US Air-American Airlines merger was the appropriate outcome, whether the FTC has used its authority under Section 5 of the FTC Act arbitrarily, and whether the FTC’s administrative procedures are fair....

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