Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies: News and Views
Because the antitrust world is so fast paced, the Institute wanted to create a vehicle to comment on current events while they were still fresh. This section of the Institute web site will feature regular news summaries and commentaries from the Institute Director, student fellows, members of the United States and International advisory boards, and friends of the Institute which are shorter and more journalistic than the scholarly works in the working paper section. If you have an item that you would like to submit for consideration please email it to antitrust@luc.edu or swalle1@luc.edu.
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November 2009
Conference Announcement: New Frontiers of Antitrust, February 2010, Paris
Brazilian Legal Newspaper Interview with Professor Waller
October 2009
Concurring Opinions: Do We Need A Law of the Brand?
Patrick Polcari
Research Associate
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law
September 2009
Audio of September 11th Loyola-ABA Program
Complete audio of the September program with the Antitrust Section of the ABA on Designing Better Institutions for Deciding Antitrust Issues is now available at http://www.abanet.org/antitrust/at-programs/symp-09/audio.html.
August 2009
Recent Antitrust Stories on National Public Radio
NPR recently featured two different antitrust-related stories in its Story of the Day. In its detailed story on competition and antitrust policy in the dairy sector, NPR features an interview with Peter Carstensen of the Wisconsin Law School who is also a member of the Institute Advisory Board. In a later story, NPR focuses on the fate of the Toyota plant in Fremont California which was the subject of the Toyota-GM joint venture that drew such close FTC antitrust scrutiny in the 1980s. These stories in both print and audio form are available at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112002639 and http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112118267.
New English Language Journal on Polish Competition and Regulatory Law
The Centre for Antitrust and Regulatory Studies at the University of Warsaw has just published the first volume of the Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies. This is a first-rate English language resource for developments in Polish competition law. The first volume contains article on parallel trade in the EU; the goals of Polish antitrust law, private antitrust enforcement in Poland; telecommunications law; state-owned infrasturcture; copyright collectives, and a variety of legislative, case comments, and book reviews. For now, this appears to be a hard-copy only publication with a web site under construction at http://www.wz.uw.edu.pl/csair
Spencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law
July 2009
Professor Christopher Leslie of the University of California-Irvine School of Law has just published the first major critique of judgment sharing agreements in antitrust litigation. A copy of his thorough and excellent article is available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1400968.
June 2009
William Schubert
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of LawREVIEW: ABA Section of Antitrust Law, Issues in Competition Law and Policy (2008)
Spencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of LawSpencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of LawREVIEW: ABA Section of Antitrust Law, Antitrust and Associations Handbook (2009)
Spencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law
May 2009
Thomas Weber
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of LawSee Professor Waller's interview on First Business on antitrust in the Obama Administration with a hot link to http://www.firstbusinessx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1337&Itemid=76
April 2009
Registration Open for AAI's Annual National Conference
On June 18, the American Antitrust Institute will host its 10th annual conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. This year's conference is titled "International Antitrust in a World without a Center" and will focus on international challenges facing the antitrust community.
The AAI is honored to host Mario Monti, former European commissioner for competition and now president of the Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi in Milan, and John Fingleton, the chief executive officer of the U.K. Office of Fair Trading, as speakers on the June 18 program.
Click here for complete agenda and to register today. http://www.antitrustinstitute.org/Events/EventDetails.aspx?eventId=32.
The Congressional Agenda in Antitrust (PDF)
Matt Showel
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of LawThe Melbourne Law School in Australia has launched a new Cartel Project. The web site can be found at http://www.cartel.law.unimelb.edu.au.
March 2009
Twenty Top Consumer Complaints of 2008
Comments on Draft Canadian Competition Guidelines (PDF)
February 2009
The EC Commission Article 82 Guidance
Femi Alese
Senior Research Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of LawBroadening Tobacco Litigation: A Look at Altria Group, Inc. v. Good (PDF)
Patrick Polcari
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law
January 2009
Justice Department's Section 2 Report Sparks a Heated Debate in the Antitrust Community (PDF)
by Dawn Goulet
(as published in 21 Loy. Cons. L. Rev. 268 (2008))
Spencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of LawSpencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law
November 2008
European Commission Publishes Guidance on Abuse of a Dominant Position (PDF)
New Book on Competition Policy and Merger Analysis in Deregulated and Newly Competitive Industries (PDF)
Discounting, Bicycles, and the Supreme Court (PDF)
Spencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of LawNew York Times Editorial on DOJ Monopoly Report
October 2008
Detroit's Big Three: Purge the Urge to Merge
James Brock
Professor of Economics
Miami University - OhioHearing But Not Listening: Comparative Competition Law and the DOJ Monopoly Report (PDF)
Forthcoming in Global Competition Policy (2008), www.globalcompetitionpolicy.orgSpencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law
September 2008
Proposed Amendment to Illinois Antitrust Act Confirms Attorney General Parens Patriae Standing (PDF)
Peter Bergan
Student Fellow, Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of LawDepartment of Justice Releases Report on Monopoly
August 2008
Reviews of Recent Antitrust Books (2006-2008)
July 2008
Call for Papers for the 2009 Symposium
June 2008
REVIEW: Handbook of Antitrust Economics
Spencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of LawREVIEW: New Antitrust Casebooks
Spencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of LawNew Leniency Policy for South Africa
MAY 2008
Law Professor Letter Regarding Connecticut Legal Finance Legislation (PDF)
A New Antitrust Law for Hong Kong (PDF)
The European Union's New Antitrust Law Reforms
APRIL 2008
Recent Competition Issues at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (PDF)
Matt Showel
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of LawEuropean Commission Issues White Paper on Private Rights of Action
CADE Practical Guide: The Defense of Competition in Brazil (PDF)
MARCH 2008
New Research Fellowship (PDF)
6th Annual Symposium on Recent Developments in Competition Law
Erciyes University Faculty of Law & Turkish Competition Authority
April 4-5, 2008
Erciyes University IIBF Conference Hall
Kayseri, Turkey
FEBRUARY 2008
INCSOC BRIEFING: Consumers Demand Action Against Abusive Monopolies (PDF)
JANUARY 2008
Georgetown Law Podcast on the Effects of Conservative Economic Analysis on US Antitrust
Robert Pitofsky hosted a conference last year on Conservative Economic Influence on US Antitrust Policy. The papers are terrific and will be published in a book by Oxford University Press. For those who can't wait, the podcast of the conference is available at http://www.law.georgetown.edu/webcast/eventDetail.cfm?eventID=342
DECEMBER 2007
Reinventing Consumer ProtectionDavid Adam Friedman of the Willamette University law faculty has just published Reinventing Consumer Protection, 47 DePaul L. Rev. 45 (2007). It is both interesting and innovative and I highly recommend it.Audio of American Antitrust Institute Conference on Private Antitrust Litigation available here.
NOVEMBER 2007
South Africa imposes largest fine to date in bread cartel case (Word Document)
Indian Parliament Passes Competition Bill (PDF)
Janna Grandone
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
OCTOBER 2007
See Professor Waller's interview on First Business on recent merger law developments.
AUGUST 2007
Two New Upcoming Antitrust Conferences:
Latin American Competition Policy Conference, details at http://law.missouri.edu/latin-am-antitrust.9th Annual Sedona Conference on Antitrust Law and Litigation, details at http://www.thesedonaconference.org/conferences/20071025.
JULY 2007
Why don't more elite law schools teach consumer protection?
The following entry from Public Citizen's Consumer Law & Policy Blog discusses this important and intriguing topic.
http://pubcit.typepad.com/clpblog/2007/06/why-dont-more-e.html.
MAY 2007
Click here to view Professor Waller's Interview about the Whole Foods-Wild Oats Merger
Monograph: Federal Statutory Exemptions from Antitrust Law (PDF)
The 2007 Report and Recommendations of the Antitrust Modernization Commission (PDF)
Mark L. Evans
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
APRIL 2007
The Antitrust Modernization Commission has issued its final report which is available here (PDF).
MARCH 2007
Transcript of Supreme Court Oral Argument in Leegin Litigation on Resale Price Maintenance (PDF)
Amicus brief of Consumer Federation of America in Leegin litigation (PDF)
FEBRUARY 2007
Supreme Court's Antitrust Review Expands (PDF)
Tim Cox
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
JANUARY 2007
Executive Summary (PDF)
Tentative Recommendations (PDF)
Congressional Letter on Resale Price Maintenance (PDF)
REVIEW: Michael D. Whinston, Lectures on Antitrust Economics (PDF)
James Langenfeld, PhD
LECG and
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
NOVEMBER 2006
REVIEW: Antitrust Policy and Vertical Restraints (PDF)
Spencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
SEPTEMBER 2006
REVIEW: New Books on Mergers and Joint Ventures (PDF)
Spencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director
Institute for Consumer Antitrust StudiesCall for Papers for Turkish Competition Law Conference (PDF)
AUGUST 2006
Law Professor Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee Regarding Air Travel Competition Issues (PDF)
JULY 2006
Supreme Court Clarifies that a Patent does not Automatically Confer an Antitrust Monopoly * (PDF)
James Morsch, Partner
Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLP
Chicago, Illinois
and
Mindy A. Finnigan, Associate
Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLP
Chicago, Illinois
* Reproduced with the permission of Corporate Counsel MagazineReal Competition? Proposed Deregulation of Local Telephone Service in Illinois (PDF)
Shirley T. Chiu
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
JUNE 2006
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ASKS COURT TO HOLD AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION IN CIVIL CONTEMPT (PDF)
ABA Acknowledges Consent Decree Violations and Agrees to Pay $185,000
MAY 2006
REVIEW: The Antitrust Enterprise of Herbert Hovenkamp (PDF)
Spencer Weber Waller
Associate Dean for Faculty Research
Director, Institute of Consumer Antitrust Studies and
Professor
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
APRIL 2006
Institute Comments on EU Green Paper on Private Rights of Action (PDF)
Spencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
MARCH 2006
Tim Cox
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
FEBRUARY 2006
Law Professor Letter in Price v. Philip Morris (PDF)
JANUARY 2006
EC Issues Green Paper Re: Damage Actions for Breach of EC Antitrust Rule (PDF)
DECEMBER 2005Illinois Supreme Court Blocks Road to Consumer Fraud Victims: A Look at Avery v. State Farm (PDF)
Mark L. Evans
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of LawKorean Fair Trade Commission Takes Action Against Microsoft (PDF)
NOVEMBER 2005
FTC and DOJ to Host Joint Public Hearings On Single-firm Conduct as Related to Competition
OCTOBER 2005
REVIEW: A Helpful New Consumer Protection Handbook:Consumer Protection Handbook Section of Antitrust Law, American Bar Association (PDF)
Spencer Weber Waller
Associate Dean for Faculty Research
Director, Institute of Consumer Antitrust Studies and
Professor
Loyola University Chicago School of LawREVIEW: When Antitrust Decided Presidential Elections:1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs - The Election That Changed the Country by James Chace (PDF)
Spencer Weber Waller
Associate Dean for Faculty Research
Director, Institute of Consumer Antitrust Studies and
Professor
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
SEPTEMBER 2005
1st Biography of Thurman Arnold to be published by NYU Press (PDF)
Spencer Weber Waller
Associate Dean for Faculty Research
Director, Institute of Consumer Antitrust Studies and
Professor
Loyola University Chicago School of LawThe Supreme Court's Upcoming Antitrust Cases (PDF)
Robyn Axberg
Associate, Holland & Knight LLP
Former Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
AUGUST 2005
New Zealand Antitrust: A Snapshot in 2005 (PDF)
Mark Berry, Barrister
Wellington, New Zealand
International Advisory Board
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
JULY 2005
Reviewed by Spencer Weber Waller
Associate Dean for Faculty Research
Director, Institute of Consumer Antitrust Studies and
Professor
Loyola University Chicago School of LawState Action Doctrine Protects Wisconsin Tavern Owner's Agreement to Cut Back on Drink Specials * (PDF)
James A. Morsch
Jason S. Dubner
Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLP
* As originally seen in Corporate Counsel, a publication of American Lawyer MediaChanges Under Study to Amend the Brazilian Legal Framework (PDF
Jayme Vita Roso
Member of the Brazilian Bar
International Advisory Board
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
JUNE 2005
The States Don't get a Taste: Out-of-State Wineries Can Ship Direct (PDF)
Antonio J. Fricano
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
APRIL 2005
Antitrust at the Beach: Mass Market Books about Competition Law (PDF)
Spencer Weber Waller
Associate Dean for Faculty Research
Director, Institute of Consumer Antitrust Studies and
Professor
Loyola University Chicago School of LawThird Circuit Finds Prohibited Exclusive Dealing in United States v. Dentsply International, Inc. (PDF)
James W. Kim, MPH
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
MARCH 2005
Insurance Brokage Giant Exposed by Consumer Fraud Charges * (PDF
Douglas C. Nelson
J.D. Candidate, May 2005
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
* Courtesy of Volume 17, No. 2 of the Loyola Consumer Law Review
FEBRUARY 2005
Competition Policy in Uruguay (PDF)
Robyn Axberg
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
JANUARY 2005
Consumer News: Antitrust Modernization Commission Goes to Work * (PDF)
Douglas C. Nelson
JD Candidate
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
* Reprinted with permission of the Loyola Consumer Law Review,
Vol. 17, No. 1.EU Competition Policy and the Consumer (PDF)
by Walter Adams and James W. Brock
Reviewed by Spencer Weber Waller
Associate Dean for Faculty Research
Director, Institute of Consumer Antitrust Studies and
Professor
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
DECEMBER 2004Heba M. Hamouda
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
NOVEMBER 2004Sloppy Statue Spawns a Split: Justices Review Elimination of Cap on Lender Liability under TILA (PDF)
Jennifer L. Boughanem
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
SEPTEMBER 2004Implied Immunity: Stock Exchanges Options Survives Trinko (PDF)
Robert E. Draba
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of LawNew European Union Study on Private Enforcement of Competition Law (PDF)
REVIEW: Reinventing the Bazaar: A Natural History of Markets (PDF)
by John McMillan
Reviewed by Spencer Weber Waller
Associate Dean for Faculty Research
Director, Institute of Consumer Antitrust Studies and
Professor
Loyola University Chicago School of Law2004 Antitrust Legislative Developments (PDF)
Renee Zipprich
Loyola J.D. 2003
AUGUST 2004REVIEW: Antitrust and the Formation of the Postwar World (PDF)
by Wyatt Wells
Reviewed by Spencer Weber Waller
Associate Dean for Faculty Research
Director, Institute of Consumer Antitrust Studies and
Professor
Loyola University Chicago School of LawConsumer Link: A Monthly Bulletin of Consumer Affairs Movement of Nigeria (CAMON) (PDF)
Center for Consumer Protection, Competition, Trade,
Environment and Sustainable Development
JULY 2004Todd Lindquist
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
MARCH 2004The Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2003 (PDF)
Bridget C. Kevin
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
JANUARY 2004Down One and Three to Go: Supreme Court to Decide Four Antitrust Cases in 2003-04 Term (PDF)
Robert E. Draba
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
DECEMBER 2003Commission Appoints Consumer Liaison Officer (PDF)
Unsportsmanlike Conduct Committed by the BCS (PDF)
Nicole Hanna
Second Year Student and Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
NOVEMBER 2003First Data and Concord Merger Primer (PDF)
Winnie Wong
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law
OCTOBER 2003REVIEW: May the Best Team Win: Baseball Economics and Public Policy (PDF)
by Andrew Zimbalist
Reviewed by Spencer Weber Waller
Associate Dean for Faculty Research
Director, Institute of Consumer Antitrust Studies and
Professor
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
SEPTEMBER 2003REVIEW: What If Richard Posner was Australian? (PDF)
by Michal S. Gal
Reviewed by Spencer Weber Waller
Associate Dean for Faculty Research
Director, Institute of Consumer Antitrust Studies and
Professor
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
JULY 2003The Spirit of the Antitrust Laws (PDF)
Spencer Weber Waller
Associate Dean for Faculty Research
Director, Institute of Consumer Antitrust Studies and
Professor
Loyola University Chicago School of LawWhile Antitrust Slept (PDF)
Spencer Weber Waller
Associate Dean for Faculty Research
Director, Institute of Consumer Antitrust Studies and
Professor
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
MAY 2003Testimony (PDF)
APRIL 2003Foreign Plaintiffs and U.S. Antitrust Law: Who Can Sue Under The FTAIA? (PDF)
Michael Boffa
Second Year Student and Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
FEBRUARY 2003DeWine, Kohl Announce Antitrust Subcommittee Agenda (PDF)
FTC Holds Healthcare Hearings in Effort to Broaden Enforcement Framework (PDF)
Leatrice Berman Sandler
Fellow, Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
JANUARY 2003An Open Letter to Illinois Attorney General Madigan (PDF)
Spencer Weber Waller
Associate Dean for Faculty Research
Director, Institute of Consumer Antitrust Studies and
Professor
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
DECEMBER 2002The Next Big Thing in Antitrust
Spencer Weber Waller
Associate Dean for Faculty Research
Director, Institute of Consumer Antitrust Studies and
Professor
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
NOVEMBER 2002Lesson Plans to Caution Chicago Teens about Risks of Internet Fraud
Maker of George Foreman? Contact Grill Settles Resale Price Maintenance Complaint with 45 Attorneys General and Agrees to Pay $8.0 Million and End Anti-Competitive Policies
Robert E. Draba
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
OCTOBER 2002
SEPTEMBER 2002Get The Lead Out!
Sam Zabek
Student Fellow of the Institute
Class of 2002
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
AUGUST 2002Don't Forget Antitrust in the Current Corporate Crisis
Spencer Weber Waller
Associate Dean for Faculty Research
Director, Institute of Consumer Antitrust Studies and
Professor
Loyola University Chicago School of Law

