Amanda Lewis

Amanda Lewis joined Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP from the Federal Trade Commission, where she worked as an attorney in the Bureau of Competition since 2012.  While at the FTC, she served for over two and a half years as a Counsel-Detailee to the Antitrust Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee.

Amanda was one of the primary authors of the Digital Markets Investigation Majority Staff Report and worked on the big tech legislation currently being considered by Congress.  Prior to the FTC, Amanda was an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore and a law clerk for Judge Lawrence McKenna of the Southern District of New York. She received her B.A. from New York University in 2002 and her J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2008.

How Counterfeit Drugs Threaten U.S. Health and Innovation

By Anne Pritchett According to the Department of Homeland Security, counterfeit drugs “threaten national security and public safety directly when introduced into government and critical infrastructure supply chains, and indirectly if used to generate revenue for transnational criminal organizations.” Furthermore, counterfeit drugs harm pharmaceutical innovation by eroding profitability and investor
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U.S. Universities: Engines of Economic Growth

By Sujai Shivakumar, Charles Wessner, Chris Borges, and Shruti Sharma Universities are among the United States’ most enduring sources of competitive advantage and a key pillar of the nation’s innovation system. Home to more than 35 of the world’s top 100 research universities, the United States owes many of its most
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Andrei Iancu – Congressional Testimony: Hearing on the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)

On October 8th, 2025, Andrei Iancu testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property during the Hearing on the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA). Iancu, Partner at Sullivan & Cromwell, former Under Secretary of Commerce for IP and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and
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