Robert Pitofsky
Robert Pitofsky
Robert Pitofsky, born December 27, 1929, was chairman of the Federal Trade Commission of the United States from April 11, 1995 to May 31, 2001. He had previously been Dean of the Georgetown University Law Center from 1983 to 1989, and is currently a professor there, teaching in the areas of antitrust and Constitutional law...
knew
It's their documents. They knew what they were doing,
approve commission reserves second third weak
The commission reserves the right to approve the second and third ISP -- we don't want any weak sisters.
adequate burden clear coming forward proposals sponsors
it should be clear that the burden of coming forward with adequate restructure proposals should be on the sponsors of the merger.
although companies concentration enormous involves merger operations overlap petroleum rarely threatens toward trend
Although the merger of BP and Amoco involves companies of enormous size, and there is a significant trend toward concentration in the petroleum industry, the operations of these two companies rarely overlap in a way that threatens competition.
believe congress consider given seriously work
We have not given up on self-regulation, ... If it does not work out, we believe Congress should seriously consider legislation.
cannot cut intel property
if you have an intellectual property dispute, Intel cannot cut you off.
business community consistent created decide difficult federal follow point possible privacy protect rules single situation soon states vacuum variety whether
Without comprehensive federal legislation, it is possible that something of a vacuum will be created and states may enter, not always with consistent proposals, to protect the privacy of their citizens, ... There may soon come a point when the business community will have to decide whether it prefers a single comprehensive federal rule, or a situation in which a variety of state rules create difficult to follow mandates.