Responses
The U.S. Chamber has assembled a range of preeminent experts in the field of antitrust from across a wide political spectrum to offer timely views on key questions of antitrust law and policy. This group brings together senior enforcers spanning seven administrations, and includes agency leaders from both the Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. Collectively, the experts have decades of experience counseling clients, teaching law, and writing academic and economic literature. They may not all agree on all policy matters, but they share a common belief in the importance of competition in the marketplace.
November 19 Prompt:
Every few weeks, the Chamber poses a “prompt” to this panel of experts. The prompt can solicit open-ended answers, or come in the form of a true/false question (but we note that we’ve received lengthy answers even to those types of questions). If you have any ideas or suggestions for future prompts, please email us at theprompt@uschamber.com.
Responses to The Prompt are solely the anonymized views of individual members of the expert group. The opinions expressed should not be associated with policy positions of the U.S. Chamber, nor should the opinions be attributed to any individual in the group or to any law firm, client, organization, or affiliation an expert may have. The Chamber has provided biographical information of each expert simply to illustrate the extensive experience and thought leadership positions that each has held during his or her career. For any reason (e.g., to avoid a conflict of interest) an individual expert might elect not to participate in the response to a particular question.
Past Prompts
November 2025
Summer '25 Featured Prompt
Spring 2025
Meet the panel
Alden AbbottFormer FTC General Counsel
Thomas O. BarnettFormer Assistant Attorney General, DOJ Antitrust Division
William (Bill) BlumenthalFormer FTC General Counsel
Ian ConnorFormer Director, FTC Bureau of Competition
Daniel A. CraneProfessor of Law, University of Michigan
Deborah (Debbie) FeinsteinFormer Director, FTC Bureau of Competition
Deborah GarzaFormer Acting Assistant Attorney General, DOJ Antitrust Division
Renata HesseFormer Acting Assistant Attorney General, DOJ Antitrust Division
Michael KadesFormer Deputy Assistant Attorney General, DOJ Antitrust Division
Jon LeibowitzFormer FTC Chairman
Henry LiuFormer Director, FTC Bureau of Competition
Terrell McSweeneyFormer FTC Commissioner
Diana MossVice President and Director, Competition Policy, Progressive Policy Institute
Bernard (Barry) Nigro Jr.Former Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, DOJ Antitrust Division
Maureen OhlhausenFormer FTC Acting Chairman and Commissioner
Noah J. PhillipsFormer FTC Commissioner
Sharis PozenFormer Acting Assistant Attorney General, DOJ Antitrust Division
Amanda ReevesFormer FTC Attorney Advisor, J. Thomas Rosch
Charles (Rick) RuleFormer Assistant Attorney General, DOJ Antitrust Division
Carl ShapiroFormer Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economics, DOJ Antitrust Division
D. Daniel SokolProfessor of Law and Business, USC Gould School of Law
David WalesFormer Acting Director, FTC Bureau of Competition
Mark WhitenerFormer Deputy Director, FTC Bureau of Competiton
Christine WilsonFormer FTC Commissioner
Gary ZanfagnaFormer Assistant Director, FTC Office of Policy Planning
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns, please email Sean Heather - Senior Vice President (sheather@uschamber.com) and Ashley Gum - Vice President (agum@uschamber.com).
Disclaimer
*Responses to the prompt are solely the anonymized views of individual members of the expert group. The opinions expressed should not be associated with policy positions of the U.S. Chamber, nor should the opinions be attributed to any individual in the group or to any law firm, client, organization, or affiliation an expert may have. The chamber has provided biographical information of each expert simply to illustrate the extensive experience and thought leadership positions that each has held during his or her career. For any reason (E.G., to avoid a conflict of interest) an individual expert might elect not to participate in the response to a particular question.













