Hitting the Section 2 "Refresh" Button for In-House Counsel Following Trinko

An all-star panel drawn from academia, state and federal enforcement, in-house counsel, and private practice looks at counseling under Section 2 after the Supreme Court's Trinko decision.

Category Management

Ken Glazer, Brian Henry and Jon Jacobson tackle a controversial aspect of the antitrust analysis of category management: Whether discussions between a category captain and a retailer regarding the treatment of products of other suppliers should be viewed as being "horizontal" in nature.

Genzyme/Novazyme

Douglas Wald and Deborah Feinstein parse the FTC's written explanation of its decision not to challenge the combination of Novazyme and Genzyme.

Interview with Deputy Assistant Attorney General J. Bruce McDonald

Deputy AAG McDonald reflects on his first year at the Antitrust Division, recent high-profile cases, including Oracle, LePage's and Trinko, and the Division's priorities going forward.

Bundling Telecommunications Services

Mark Del Bianco identifies and examines antitrust risks facing incumbent ILECs and cable companies that have started to bundle their core product with other telecom services.

Paper Trail

An analysis of a recent article by Richard Schmalensee concerning sunk costs and barriers to entry, and a preview of an in-progress paper by three FTC economists regarding common ownership of media outlets and its impact on the ideological tilt of the media.