Deborah Garza reflects on the work of the Antitrust Modernization Commission, discussing the Commission's specific recommendations for reforming the antitrust laws, the prospects for Congressional, agency, and judicial adoption of the Commission's recommendations, and describes the process of gaining consensus and working with the Commission staff.
Darren Tucker and Kathleen Pessolano focus on the Weyerhaeuser case and other recent Supreme Court decisions to see whether there is a trend favoring antitrust defendants.
Elizabeth Bailey analyzes the economics of private equity consortium bidding, explaining possible theories underlying the current DOJ investigation and private suits.
Robert Skitol uses three years' of experience with the landmark Supreme Court decision in Trinko to discuss dissatisfaction with a decision that may have raised more questions than answers about what constitutes an anticompetitive refusal to deal.
William Rowley, Martin Low, and Omar Wakil consider how extradition has become a critical tool in effective cartel enforcement in the United States and other countries.
Alden Abbott reviews Einer Elhauge and Damien Gerardin's new casebook, Global Antitrust Law and Economics.
NB: FROM THE EDITOR
WELCOME to the April 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 our interview with Deborah Garza, Chair of the Antitrust Modernization Commission, in which she reflects on the past three years of work by the Commission and shares her views and insights on its recently released final report to Congress and the President. Also featured in this issue is our always probing and provocative Paper Trail: Working Papers and Recent Scholarship. The Paper Trail has been an integral part of The Antitrust Source since our first issue more than five years ago. We are delighted to highlight in this issue complementary comments by PT's two perennial stalwarts, Bill Page and John Woodbury. In this Paper Trail, they critique and summarize articles on net neutrality and essential facilities, among the hottest topics in antitrust today.
Looking ahead to our June issue, we will feature the Enforcement Officials' Roundtable Conference from the ABA Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting.
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.
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