Antitrust Courses Still Can Teach Valuable Practical Skills — If Taught Well
Author: Steven J. Cernak In addition to being a full-time antitrust attorney at Bona Law PC, I have taught at least one antitrust course every year since 2009 at three different Michigan law schools....
View ArticleThe FTC Continues the HSR Antitrust Process’s “Death of a Thousand Cuts”
Authors: Steve Cernak and Luis Blanquez New management at the FTC keeps reviewing all aspects of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) premerger notification process. On August 26, the current head of the...
View ArticlePractical Advice for In-House Counsel Amid the Antitrust Sound and Fury
Author: Pat Pascarella The press is awash in reports on proposed amendments to the antitrust laws and heightened, and in some instances targeted, enforcement agendas at the DOJ, FTC, and state AGs’...
View ArticleThe FTC withdraws Vertical Merger Guidelines. Will it take on big-tech small...
Authors: Steven Cernak and Luis Blanquez FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan keeps up her frenetic crusade to change the practice of antitrust enforcement. The new––and surely not last––change: the vertical...
View ArticleSupply Chain Issues and Antitrust
Author: Steven J. Cernak Remember when UPS ran TV commercials, complete with jingles, trying to make logistics something that everyone cares about? No need now. Now, everyone knows how supply chain...
View ArticleClassic Antitrust Cases: Leegin and Resale-Price Maintenance Agreements
Author: Jarod Bona Some antitrust questions are easy: Is naked price-fixing among competitors a Sherman Act violation? Yes, of course it is. Indeed, it is a per se antitrust violation. But there is...
View ArticleNew York 21st Century Antitrust Act: The Donnelly Act might become European!
Author: Luis Blanquez “The legislature hereby finds and declares that there is great concern for the growing accumulation of power in the hands of large corporations. While technological advances have...
View ArticleState and Federal Enforcers Pull Out All the Stops to Target Meat and Poultry...
Author: Aaron Gott A couple years ago, clamor for antitrust scrutiny of the agricultural industry was growing apace. But then the pandemic happened. Demand bottomed out, processing plants shuttered...
View Article2021 Antitrust Developments Affecting Distribution That Flew Under the Radar
Author: Steven J. Cernak Recently, I was researching 2021 antitrust developments to update my Antitrust in Distribution and Franchising book and draft a long article for another publication. That...
View ArticleDon’t Let Antitrust Stick a Fork in Your Blockchain
Author: Pat Pascarella “The blockchain did it” is unlikely to be a winning defense in an antitrust suit. That, combined with the current enforcement (and legislative) trends targeting digital...
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