Background
Scher, Irving was born on July 22, 1933 in New York City. Son of Charles and Tillie (Ballenberg) Scher.
Scher, Irving was born on July 22, 1933 in New York City. Son of Charles and Tillie (Ballenberg) Scher.
College of the City of New York (Bachelor of Arts, 1955). Columbia University (Juris Doctor, 1962).
Worked at Weil, Gotshal & Manges Limited Liability Partnership. Admitted to the bar, 1963, New New York Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 1960, 1961, 1962.
Reviews Editor, Columbia Law Review, 1961-1962. Editor and Company-Author, Scher, Antitrust Advisor (1995), Manual of Federal Trade Regulations Affecting Retailers, 1969.
Antitrust Law Developments, 1975.
Author: "Antitrust and Consumerism: What Is lieutenant All About?" 22 Case Western Law Review (1970). "Emerging Issues Under the Antitrust Improvements Acting of 1976," 77 Columbia Law Review 679 (1977). "How Sellers Can Live With the Robinson-Patman Acting," 41 Business Lawyer 533 (1986).
"The Major Antitrust Issues of the Decade Ahead," 58 Antitrust Law Journal 181 (1989).
"Single-Firm Conduct: The Government"s and Antitrust Section"s Views," 59 Antitrust Law Journal 527 (1990). "Franchising and the Robinson-Patman Acting: Some Problems and Solutions," 60 Antitrust Law Journal 479 (1991).
Adjunct Professor of Law, New York University School of Law, 1973. Member, Advisory Board, BNA Antitrust and Trade Regulation Report, 1984.
Member: New York State (Chairman, Antitrust Law Section, 1980-1981) and American (Antitrust Section: Chairman, 1988-1989.
Delegate to House of Delegates, 1984-1987. Finance Officer, 1982-1984. Member, Council, 1978-1982.
Chairman, Federal Trade Commission Committee, 1975-1978.
Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section: Member, Council, 1976-1980. Chairman: Committee on Corporate and Antitrust Law, 1984-1988.
Committee on Regulatory Reform, 1980-1984. Consumer Affairs Committee, 1976-1980.
Class Action Committee, 1972-1976) Bar Associations.
Member, Advisory Board, BNA Antitrust and Trade Regulation Report, 1984. Member: New York State (Chairman, Antitrust Law Section, 1980-1981) and American (Antitrust Section: Chairman, 1988-1989. Delegate to House of Delegates, 1984-1987.
Finance Officer, 1982-1984.
Member, Council, 1978-1982. Chairman, Federal Trade Commission Committee, 1975-1978.
Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section: Member, Council, 1976-1980.
Married Amy Lynn Katz, June 8, 1985. 1 child, Sara Katz-Scher.