Episode 178: Robinson-Patman Act 101 with Daniel Hanley

The Checkout does a deep dive on the Robinson-Patman Act with antitrust scholar Daniel Hanley of the Open Markets Institute.

Daniel Hanley is a senior legal analyst at the Open Markets Institute. His research and writing focus on the relationship between technology and antitrust law, legal remedies, and political economy.

Before joining Open Markets, Hanley interned at the American Antitrust Institute, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, and the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection. To bring awareness to antitrust issues, Hanley gave a TEDx Talk at the University of Connecticut in 2017, where he detailed systemic industry consolidation in the United States and the economic consequences of market concentration.

Hanley’s work has appeared in ProMarket, Competition Policy International, the Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal, The American Prospect, Slate, and other publications. In February 2020, Hanley was profiled by UConn Magazine.

Hanley has a B.S. in management from the University of Connecticut and a J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law. You can reach him at hanley@openmarketsinstitute.org or follow him on Twitter @danielahanley.

https://www.openmarketsinstitute.org/staff/daniel-hanley

The Robinson-Patman Act as a Fair Competition Measure: https://deliverypdf.ssrn.com/delivery.php?ID=422073103008120085107120092067007088050013055019019054113026093123111094098127116089026006024040028056016078103116001064119118061043059044028069096101098102108116015025022043091071003014094099114091074084002081100072067075081100122070113097025013022074&EXT=pdf&INDEX=TRUE

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