Biographical Information
Susan Stark DeSanti, Federal Trade Commission
Susan Stark DeSanti is Deputy General Counsel for Policy Studies at the Federal Trade Commission. She had primary responsibility for the FTC's Oct. 2003 report, entitled "To Promote Innovation: The Proper Balance for Competition and Patent Law and Policy," and for the Hearings leading to that report. She also oversaw the July 2002 FTC Study, "Generic Drug Entry Prior to Patent Expiration," and had substantial involvement in the FTC's recent report, "Improving Health Care: A Dose of Competition." As Director of the FTC's Policy Planning, she was responsible for producing two FTC staff reports: "Entering the 21st Century: Competition Policy in the World of B2B Electronic Marketplaces" (Oct. 2000), and "Anticipating the 21st Century: Competition Policy in the New High-Tech, Global Marketplace" (May 1996). She has led workshops on factors that affect prices for refined petroleum products, e-commerce competition issues, and slotting allowances, and is one of the principal authors of the FTC/DOJ Competitor Collaboration Guidelines. Ms. DeSanti previously served as Assistant Director for Policy and Evaluation in the Bureau of Competition of the FTC, and as an attorney advisor to former Chairman Robert Pitofsky and former Commissioner Dennis Yao.
Prior to joining the Federal Trade Commission, Ms. DeSanti was a partner at the Washington, D.C. law firm of Hogan & Hartson, where her practice centered on antitrust litigation and counseling and other regulatory matters. She has held a variety of positions in the American Bar Association Antitrust Section and is a frequent speaker on antitrust issues. She received her J.D. cum laude from Boston University School of Law, where she was a member of the Law Review.