Andy Gavil has been a member of the faculty at the Howard University School of Law since 1989 and currently teaches courses on antitrust law, civil procedure, complex litigation, federal courts, and Supreme Court Jurisprudence (seminar). He has written, lectured, and commented extensively on antitrust law and procedure and is a co-author with Professors William E. Kovacic and Jonathan B. Baker of "Antitrust Law in Perspective: Cases Concepts and Problems in Competition Policy" (5th ed. 2024),...| ProMarket
Andrew Gavil examines the Biden Administration's antitrust policy, placing it in the broader historical context of evolving competition law. He questions the fit of Kuhn’s concept of paradigm shift for antitrust policy and argues instead that Biden's initiatives reflect the unique demands of the digital economy and the true nature of antitrust, which is ever evolving.| ProMarket
A key distinction in economic viewpoints that goes oft-unnoticed is between pro-business and pro-market. A good bellwether to where someone stands on the pro-business/market continuum is his/her stance on antitrust policy: pro-business usually favors incumbents, while pro-market calls for aggressive antitrust enforcement to facilitate competition. “I would not dispute that even a monopoly-ridden market would be preferable to any economic system trying to operate without any kind of a market...| ProMarket
