Library Guides: Antitrust & Competition Law: Organizations

Antitrust Organizations - United States

American Antitrust Institute "Promoting competition that protects consumers, businesses, and society is more important than ever. Through our research, education, and advocacy programs, AAI has been active in focusing public and private competition enforcement priorities and shaping progressive competition policy."
American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section "The ABA Antitrust Law Section is the world’s leading community of competition, consumer protection, and data privacy professionals. Our members include attorneys and non-lawyers from private law firms, in-house counsel, nonprofits, consulting firms, federal and state government agencies, as well as judges, professors and law students. We provide outstanding conferences, committee programs, publications, discussion groups, and timely updates on recent developments in all facets of antitrust and consumer protection law."
U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division "The mission of the Antitrust Division is to promote economic competition through enforcing and providing guidance on antitrust laws and principles."
U.S. Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Competition "The FTC’s Bureau of Competition enforces the nation's antitrust laws, which form the foundation of our free market economy. The antitrust laws promote the interests of consumers; they support unfettered markets and result in lower prices and more choices."

European Commission: E.U. Competition Policy "This Commission department is responsible for EU policy on competition and for enforcing EU competition rules, in cooperation with national competition authorities."
International Competition Network (ICN) "The ICN's mission is to advocate the adoption of superior standards and procedures in competition policy around the world, formulate proposals for procedural and substantive convergence, and seek to facilitate effective international cooperation to the benefit of member agencies, consumers and economies worldwide."
List of Foreign Competition Law and Consumer Protection Agencies by Country This list is compiled and hosted by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC): "The FTC engages with competition and consumer protection agencies in other countries, directly and through international networks, to halt deceptive and anticompetitive business practices that affect U.S. consumers. Follow the selected link to the consumer protection or competition agency’s website."