Policy & Impact
U.S. Federal Trade Commission
Senior Economic and Technology Advisor, Office of Policy Planning
Led a landmark FTC study, spanning two White House administrations, of more than 1,000 acquisitions by Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, Facebook (Meta), and Microsoft that were not reported under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, improving the government's understanding of large technology firms' acquisition activity, from due diligence to post-acquisition technology integration and the movement of human capital.
Read the FTC study ↗OECD
Lead author, United States contribution
Lead author of the United States contribution to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on consumer data rights and competition.
Read the OECD submission ↗Testimony & Advisory
Expert witness and advisor
Wagman serves as an expert witness in major policy litigations, provided federal testimony, amicus briefs, and consultations to Fortune 500 companies, and collaborates with and advises startups, large private-sector firms, think tanks, governments, and non-governmental organizations.
Testimony & Regulatory Filings
Comments on Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements
International Center for Law & Economics – Amicus Brief in Illumina & Grail v FTC
Comments of FTC Alumni, Noncompete Clause Rulemaking
TechFreedom – Comments on Noncompete Clause Rulemaking
International Center for Law & Economics – Comments on Noncompete Clause Rulemaking
Brief of Economists as Amici Curiae in Gonzalez v. Google
Comments on Request for Information on Merger Enforcement
Reports & Studies
Caps on Apps: Why Fee Caps On Food Delivery Platforms Won’t Help (and Will Likely Hurt) Small Restaurants
Tech Industry Acquisitions and Competition: Counterpoints to an Incomplete FTC Report and Legislation that Relies on It
Non-HSR Reported Acquisitions by Select Technology Platforms, 2010-2019: An FTC Study
The Value of Technology Releases in the Mobile App Ecosystem: The Economic Impact of Software Developer Kits
Data as a Driver of Economic Efficiency
The Hart – Scott – Rodino Act at Fifty: Acquisition Patterns and Industry Dynamics
The Differential Effects of Privacy Protections and Digital Ad Taxes on Publisher and Advertiser Profitability
Commentary & Articles
Select Media Coverage
Competition policy
- Reuters ↗ — FTC staff present findings on Big Tech's smaller acquisitions
- Bloomberg ↗ — Tech giants used loopholes to duck merger reviews, FTC says
- CNBC ↗ — FTC presents findings from study of small tech mergers
- Brookings ↗ — With a new 6(b) study, the FTC reassesses antitrust enforcement
- Harvard Law School Forum ↗ — Killer acquisitions reexamined: economic hyperbole in the age of populist antitrust
- Benedict Evans ↗ — When Big Tech buys small tech
- iTech Post ↗ — New research debunks myth that Big Tech M&A crushes competition
- National Law Review ↗ — FTC Chair: Tech giants operate under radar to buy market power
Data regulation
- The Wall Street Journal ↗ — Europe regulates its way to last place
- Bloomberg ↗ — Facebook and Google aren't hurt by GDPR, but smaller firms are
- Forbes ↗ — How GDPR became Europe's tech job killer
- Politico ↗ — Six months in, Europe's privacy revolution favors Google and Facebook
- MoneyWeek ↗ — The EU's GDPR rules are an own goal
- Financial Post ↗ — Our outdated privacy rules were built for the internet of the '90s
- FTC Hearings ↗ — Competition & consumer protection in the 21st century: big data and personal information
Academic leadership
- The Troy Record ↗ — RPI names Wagman as dean of the Lally School of Management
- Poets & Quants ↗ — This business school had a 140% surge in enrollment this fall
- Yahoo Finance ↗ — Business school had a 140% enrollment surge
- Poets & Quants ↗ — This Chicago B-school is launching 4 online programs with performance-based admission
- PR Newswire ↗ — HITEC and Illinois Tech: empowering the next generation of Hispanic tech leaders