Herbert Hovenkamp (born 1948) is an American legal scholar serving as James G. Dinan University Professor at the

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and the

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. Prior to that he held the Ben and Dorothy Willie Chair at the

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. Hovenkamp is a recognized expert and prolific author in the area of

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Biography

Hovenkamp graduated from Calvin College in 1969. He then did graduate study at the

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, receiving an

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in American literature in 1971 and a

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in American civilization in 1976. He also attended the

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, receiving a Juris Doctor degree in 1978. Hovenkamp was previously Professor of Law at the

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. Hovenkamp is a member of the

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Antitrust scholarship

Hovenkamp is sometimes cited as "the most influential antitrust scholar of our generation" and the ''

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'' reported that many consider him "the dean of American antitrust law." Along with the now-deceased Phillip Areeda, Hovenkamp is one of the two authors of ''Antitrust Law'', a widely cited American antitrust law treatise.http://onlinestore.cch.com/productdetail.asp?productid=3656 In each of the last ten antitrust cases heard by the United States Supreme Court, either the petitioner or the solicitor general pointed to Hovenkamp as supporting the position the justices were being urged to take. Professor Hovenkamp’s writings have been cited in 36 Supreme Court decisions and more than 1300 decisions in the lower courts. Thomas Hungar, deputy solicitor general of the United States from 2003 to 2008, has called Hovenkamp one of the prime shapers of antitrust legal interpretation by U.S. courts. In 2008, Hovenkamp received the John Sherman Award from the Antitrust Division of the

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. The award is presented approximately once every three years to "a person or persons for their outstanding achievement in antitrust law, contributing to the protection of American consumers and to the preservation of economic liberty."

References

External links

Penn Law Faculty page

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