Herbert Hovenkamp

James G. Dinan University Professor; Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, The Wharton School; Professor of Law at The Wharton School

James G. Dinan University Professor at University of Pennsylvania Law School

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  • University of Pennsylvania Law School

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The Wharton School

Herbert Hovenkamp is the James G. Dinan University Professor, Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, and Professor of Law. As a Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) Professor with appointments in Wharton and Penn Law, Professor Hovenkamp works at the intersection of antitrust law, legal history, business, patents, and innovation.

Called “the dean of American antitrust law” by The New York Times in 2011, Professor Hovenkamp received the John Sherman Award from the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice in 2008, awarded a few times a decade for “outstanding achievement in antitrust law, contributing to the protection of American consumers and to the preservation of economic liberty.” He is an appointed fellow in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and American Council of Learned Societies.

University of Pennsylvania Law School

Herbert Hovenkamp is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 2008 won the Justice Department’s John Sherman Award for his lifetime contributions to antitrust law.

In 2012 he served on the ABA’s Committee to advise the President-elect on antitrust matters. His principal writing includes The Opening of American Law: Neoclassical Legal Thought, 1870-1970 (Oxford, 2015); Antitrust Law (formerly with Phillip E. Areeda and Donald F. Turner) (22 vols., Aspen 2008-2021); Principle of Antitrust (West 2d ed. 2021); Creation Without Restraint: Promoting Liberty and Rivalry in Innovation (Oxford, 2012, with Bohannan); The Making of Competition Policy (Oxford, 2012, with Crane); The Antitrust Enterprise: Principle and Execution (Harvard, 2006); Federal Antitrust Policy: The Law of Competition and Its Practice (West, 5th ed. 2015); IP and Antitrust (2 vols., Aspen, 2017, with Janis, Lemley, Leslie, and Carrier); and Enterprise and American Law, 1836-1937 (Harvard, 1991).

He has also co-authored casebooks in antitrust, property law, and a free open source casebook on innovation and competition policy. He has consulted on numerous antitrust cases for various government entities and private plaintiffs. He has two sons.

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