Lobel Novins & Lamont - Henry M. Banta

Henry M. Banta was born in 1937 and admitted to the District of Columbia Bar in 1966. His prior service as Advisor to the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission and Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee and Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly gives him a unique insight on antitrust and industrial organization issues, with a special focus on the energy industry.

Education:

Georgetown University (B.S., 1960; LL.B., 1965).

Publications:

With all that GOP corruption why are Democrats so quiet?, www.NiemanWatchDog.org, Feb. 27, 2006.

What if there are no gains from reducing Mid-east oil imports?,www.NiemanWatchDog.org, Feb. 8, 2006 (co-authored with Martin Lobel).

Supreme Court gets case of location incentives aka endless corporate welfare, www.NiemanWatchDog.org, Dec. 15, 2005.

The wealth puzzle: There’s a lot of money someplace, but where?, www.NiemanWatchDog.org, Nov. 3, 2005.

What’s the reason for the growing chasm in wealth and income?, www.NiemanWatchDog.org, , Sept. 14, 2005.

Economic inequality in the US is reaching Third World levels. Where’s the press?, www.NiemanWatchDog.org, June 24, 2005.

How the refineries are profiting from your pain, www.NiemanWatchDog.org, , May 5, 2005 (co-authored with Peter Ashton)

The Black Box Used to Justify Energy Tax Subsidies, 100 Tax Notes 399 (July 21, 2003)(co-authored with Lee Helfrich and Martin Lobel)

Transfer Pricing and Oil Royalties: A Cautionary Tale, Tax Notes, July 5, 1999, p. 151 (co-authored with Martin Lobel and Lee Helfrich)

Myths, Tax Policy, and the Oil Industry, Tax Notes, March 15, 1999, p. 1675 (co-authored with Martin Lobel and Lee Helfrich)

Barclays: A Test of the Administration's Willingness to Collect Taxes from Multinational Corporations, Tax Notes, June 28, 1993, p. 1841 (co-authored with Martin Lobel)

Billions in Windfall Profits Taxes Still to be Collected, Tax Notes, July 24, 1989, p. 445 (co- authored with Martin Lobel)

FTC Orders Under the Price Discrimination Law: An Evaluation, 3 Antitrust Law and Economics Review 89, 1970 (co-authored with H. Robert Field)

Employment:

Partner, Lobel, Novins & Lamont, LLP, 1980 to present.

U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1979-1980.

Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Division of Compliance, attorney 1971-1972.

The District of Columbia Bar (Member, Antitrust and Consumer Protection Division Steering Committee, 1977-1978);