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Supreme Court Limits Antitrust Suits ( March 2007 )
In a victory for major U.S. companies, a unanimous Supreme Court has set a strict standard of proof for cases alleging predatory bidding in violation of federal antitrust law. The court held that the standard it applied in 1993 to predatory selling also applies to predatory buying. -
Indirect Purchaser Antitrust Claims on the Rise in New Mexico ( May 2003 )
Federal antitrust statutes provide a cause of action for price-fixing allegations only to direct purchasers from the alleged wrongdoer. Thus, if price fixing occurs among manufacturers of furniture, wholesalers can bring claims against the manufactures, but others in the chain of distribution, including consumers, may not. -
In Re High Fructose Corn Syrup: A New Form of Chicago School Education ( November 2002 )
Labels are not always a good tool for handicapping litigation. The Chicago School is a major school of thought in contemporary antitrust law. Its central premise is that antitrust laws serve only to facilitate market efficiency. Under this theory, judicial intervention is inappropriate (and likely to be counterproductive) where the goal is not efficiency or the conduct being challenged is (at least theoretically) uneconomic. -
Vitamin Price Fixing Investigation Expanded ( December 1999 )
Last week it was disclosed that small vitamin producers may face charges in an expanding federal price-fixing inves. -
Antitrust Guidelines for International Operations ( June 1999 )
On April 5, 1995, the United States Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission issued joint Antitrust . -
DOJ Initiates Antitrust Probe of Underwriters' Standard 7% IPO Fee ( June 1999 )
The United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") announced on April 30, 1999 that its antitrust division has commenc. -
Maximum Vertical Fixing ( June 1999 )
Late last year, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in State Oil Co. v. Khan, 118 S.Ct. 275 (1997), . -
Antitrust Enforcement and The Consumer ( March 1999 )
This pamphlet was prepared by the Department of Justice to alert consumers to the existence and importance of antitrust laws and to explain what the consumer can do for antitrust enforcement can for him/herself. -
Government Agencies Soften Stance on What Constitutes Price Fixing ( May 1998 )
The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice have modified their views on what constitutes. -
Supreme Court Lifts Ban on Vertical Maximum Price Fixing ( January 1998 )
Overturning a decision nearly three decades old, the United States Supreme Court recently announced that it was lif.
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