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CURRENT ISSUE

Can You Hear Me Now? Bell Atlantic v. Twombly and the Pleading Standards for Antitrust Conspiracy Claims

Chris Hockett and Todd Pickles explain the dispute over antitrust pleading standards that the Supreme Court will address in the upcoming case of Bell Atlantic v. Twombly.

Schering-Plough at the Supreme Court:
Justices Decline to Resolve the FTC-DOJ Dispute Regarding "Reverse Payments"

John Delacourt and Lee Istrail examine the disagreement made evident in Schering-Plough between the FTC and the DOJ regarding "reverse" payment settlements in patent litigation.

Reverse Payment Settlements: Structure, Purpose, and Reform

Jonathan Putnam presents his views on the structure and purpose of "reverse" payment settlements in pharmaceutical patent litigation and proposes reform he believes would obviate the need for such settlements.

The FTC's Investigation of Gasoline Price Manipulation and Post-Katrina Gasoline Price Increases: Some Comments

Liz Bailey summarizes the FTC's post-Katrina petroleum pricing report and comments on what the report does -- and does not -- say about the impact of industry consolidation and the need for anti-price-gouging legislation.

Paper Trail: Working Papers and Recent Scholarship

Editor Bill Page briefly reviews seven new books on European competition law.
 
NB: From the Editor

WELCOME to the October issue of The Antitrust Source – your source for up-to-the-minute expert analysis on the most timely topics in antitrust. In this issue, we are pleased to feature an article by Chris Hockett and Todd Pickles on one antitrust case the Supreme Court has chosen to hear this term (Bell Atlantic v. Twombly), and a pair of articles -- by Jonathan Putnam, and John Delacourt and Lee Istrail -- on another antitrust case the Court declined to review (Schering-Plough v. FTC). Equally timely are Liz Bailey's thoughtful comments on the FTC's recent report on gasoline price manipulation. We round out this issue with another insightful Paper Trail noting the many recently published books on European competition law.

If there is something you think we should cover or you have something you'd like us to publish, send it to us at antitrust@att.net.

Gary Zanfagna
Editorial Chair

Lisl Dunlop
Amy Stathos
Issue Editors

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