Dr. Albert’s work focuses on the economic analysis of antitrust and competition issues, and damages analysis.
Washington, DC
Jason Albert’s work focuses on the economic analysis of antitrust and competition issues and damages analysis. Before joining Secretariat, Dr. Albert was a staff economist in the Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice for four years, where he analyzed antitrust issues in the healthcare, media, cybersecurity, and construction industries. While much of his work has involved mergers, he has expertise in other competition issues, including collusion and monopolization.
Dr. Albert has published peer-reviewed research in the International Journal of Industrial Organization and taught graduate-level courses in microeconomics at Georgetown University and George Washington University.
An Overview of Market Definition in the 2023 Merger Guidelines
On December 18, 2023 the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice (collectively, the Agencies) released the 2023 Merger Guidelines. The new guidelines are a modification of the draft Merger Guidelines published in July 2023 and replace the 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines and the 2020 Vertical Merger Guidelines.
An Overview of Market Definition in the Draft Merger Guidelines
In this client alert, Secretariat’s economic experts share their perspectives on how the description of market definition has changed in the recently issued a draft version of new Merger Guidelines from The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The authors outline the four “tools” included in the Guidelines that “demonstrate that a market is a relevant antitrust market.” They also outline key elements that are absent and discuss concepts that have been expanded, including Bundled Product Markets and One-Stop Shops in Markets.