Hal Singer
Managing Director
Econ One Research
Hal Singer
Managing Director
Econ One Research
Hal Singer is Managing Director of Econ One Research. He is an expert in antitrust and regulation. He has researched, published, and testified on competition-related issues in a wide variety of industries, including media, pharmaceuticals, sports, and finance. He has extensive experience providing expert economic and policy advice to regulatory agencies in the United States and Canada, as well as before congressional committees.
Dr. Singer is also a Senior Fellow at the George Washington Institute of Public Policy and an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business, where he teaches advanced pricing to MBA candidates. In 2018, the American Antitrust Institute honored Dr. Singer with an antitrust enforcement award for his work in the Lidoderm antitrust litigation.
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Contributions
Deep Dive Episode 175 – Big Tech and Antitrust
The Federalist Society’s Chicago Lawyers Chapter hosted a panel of antitrust experts to discuss the current debates over antitrust law and Big Tech.
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Big Tech and Antitrust
The Federalist Society’s Chicago Lawyers Chapter hosted a panel of antitrust experts to discuss the current debates over antitrust and Big Tech.
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Deep Dive Episode 123 – Antitrust Investigations into Big Tech Companies
This live podcast explores what investigations into big tech tell us about innovation and antitrust, as well as the current concerns regarding these firms’ market power and conduct.
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Tech Roundup Episode 2 – The Techlash: Big Tech and Antitrust
50 attorneys general have launched an investigation into Google for violations of antitrust law. Are they addressing real consumer harms? Is antitrust law the proper tool to address them? Adam Thierer, Geoffrey Manne, and Hal Singer debate.
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Deep Dive Episode 42 – Populist Antitrust
In this panel, the speakers debate varying standards for antitrust rule-making and enforcement. The merits of the Neo-Brandeisian “populist” approach are weighed against more recent “consumer-welfare” standards.
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Pepperdine Law Review’s 2019 Symposium: Populist Antitrust
Today’s regulatory landscape presents challenges for public and private entities. Private actors are often faced with conflicting, ambiguous, or altogether absent regulatory frameworks. Is it possible for them to overcome these challenges while delivering the creativity and innovation the marketplace demands? How can government regulators and legislators avoid stifling opportunity, function more efficiently, and enact and enforce sensible and effective regulatory schemes?
Pepperdine Law Review’s 2019 Symposium, in partnership with the Regulatory Transparency Project, explored these vital questions from both the academic and practical perspectives. The second panel of the symposium focused on the current debate over the future of antitrust enforcement.
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Reboot 2018: “What Has Big Tech Ever Done for Us?“ Towards a 21st Century Competition Policy
Increasing skepticism about the influence and power of big tech companies has given rise to expanded calls for government to break up, punish or regulate the tech industry. We’ll bring together experts on all sides to debate the impact of big tech on society, and whether we need to rethink competition policy for the modern era. Moderated three-way debate.
The Regulatory Transparency Project co-sponsored the Lincoln Network’s Reboot 2018 conference.
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