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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MAY 2013

Comments On: C. Scott Hemphill & Tim Wu, Parallel Exclusion, 122 Yale L.J. 1181 (2013)

Spencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law 

APRIL 2013

Praise, But Not Excitement, for the Proposed Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act

Brandon Cavanaugh
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law

FTC v. Phoebe Putney: State Action Clear Articulation Clarified

Joseph Axelrod
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Editorial - Both Sides Now

Stephen Calkins
Wayne State University Law School

Marek Martyniszyn
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law

The Irish High Court Issues its First Order on a Commitment Agreement between the NCA and an Undertaking (FitFlop)

Marek Martyniszyn
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Anna Louise Hinds
Faculty of Law
National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG)

MARCH 2013

Issue Papers from the Rome Antitrust Marathon
Italian Competition Authority
March 18, 2013

Public-Private Partnerships for Effective Enforcement: some 'hybrid' insights?

Dr. Philip Marsden
Director, Competition Law Forum
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law

Effective Injunctive Relief

Spencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law

Private Actions for Damages

Philipp Fabbio
Università Mediterranea di Reggio

Real Crime: Criminal Competition Law

Susan Beth Farmer
Professor of Law & International Affairs
McQuaide Blasco Faculty Scholar
Pennsylvania State University Law School

Book Review: Private Enforcement of Antitrust Laws in the United States: A Handbook (edited by Albert A. Foer and Randy M. Stutz)(Edward Elgar 2012)

Spencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law

Panel II Implementing the Settlement: The Role of the Monitor and Legal Oversight

The National Mortgage Settlement Conference
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
February 22, 2013

Panel I: From Preemption to Cooperation

The National Mortgage Settlement Conference
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
February 22, 2013

FEBRUARY 2013

In Re Sulfuric Acid Antitrust Litigation: Reaffirming the Principles of BMI and Polk;‌‌

Ismael T. Salam
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Less is More: Why the CFPB Should Not Regulate Debt Collectors

Greg Jones
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law

The Polish Competition Authority Submits a Draft Amendment to the Polish Competition Act: Revolution or Fine-Tuning?

by Marek Martyniszyn
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law 

by Maciej Bernatt
Jean Monnet Chair on European Economic Law, PhD
Centre for Antitrust and Regulatory Studies
University of Warsaw

DECEMBER 2012

Coming Out Swinging: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's First Enforcement Actions Pack a Punch for the Credit Card Industry

by Hanah Harris-Yager
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law

NOVEMBER 2012

Reasonable Reversal: The Application of the Rule of Reason in the K-Dur Antitrust Litigation‌

by Eric Olson
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law

SEPTEMBER 2012

ABA Section of Antitrust Law, Market Definition in Antitrust: Theory and Case Studies (2012)‌

by Spencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law

Book Review: Trade and Competition Law in the EU and Beyond by Inge Govaere, Reinhard Quick and Marco Bronckers (eds.) (Edward Elgar, Cheltenham 2011, xxx, 478 pp.)‌

by Marek Martyniszyn
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law 

AUGUST 2012

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by Spencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law

Minn-Chem, Inc., et al., v. Agrium Inc., et al.: Redefining FTAIA Jurisdiction‌

by: Patrick W. Gleeson
Fellow, Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
JD 2013, Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Brett M. Frischmann, Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources (Oxford University Press 2012)‌

by Spencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law

The Global Limits of Competition Law (edited by Ioannis Lianos and D. Daniel Sokol 2012)‌

by Spencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law

JULY 2012

Market Power Handbook: Law and Economic Foundations‌

by: Dr. James Langenfeld
Navigant Economics
Loyola University Chicago School of Law

JUNE 2012

E-Book Lawsuit Will Test Antitrust Principles on the Electronic Frontier
by: James A. Morsch
Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLP 
Member, Institute Advisory Board

MAY 2012

United States v. AU Optronics Corporation: A Message to Board Rooms Around the World‌
by: Ismael T. Salam
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law

FTC Commissioner Julie Brill's keynote address
Privacy, Competition and Consumer Protection
12th annual Loyola Antitrust Colloquium
April 27, 2012

APRIL 2012

H&R Block-ed: Summarizing the District Court's Decision to Enjoin H&R Block's Attempted Merger‌

by Brandon M. Cavanaugh
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law

The 2012 Mortgage Settlement: Who Gains?‌

by Greg Jones
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law

Marc Levinson, The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America (Hill & Wang 2011)‌

by Spencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law

MARCH 2012

American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law, Monopolization and Dominance Handbook (2011)‌

by J. Douglas Richards
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC

Death of a Deal: The End of the AT&T/T-Mobile Merger‌

by Noelle Croley
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law

FEBRUARY 2012

CPI Antitrust Chronicle - February 2012(1) Antitrust Compliance: It’s All About the Culture ‌

by Theodore L. Banks
Schoeman Updike Kaufman & Scharf

American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law, Monograph 26, Electronic Commerce: Antitrust and Consumer Protection in the Information Age (2011)‌

by Spencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law

NOVEMBER 2011

Passing the Buck: A Look Into the Durbin Amendment to the Dodd-Frank Act‌

by Daniel B. Heidtke
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law

Advisory Board Member Avishalom Tor has an interesting new article on a behavioral economics approach to resale price maintenance just published in the University of Illinois Law Review entitled Behavioral Antitrust: A New Approach to the Rule of Reason After Leegin.

OCTOBER 2011

Do Not Track: Privacy In An Internet Age‌ (PDF)

by J. Thomas Rosch
Commissioner
Federal Trade Commission

An Analysis of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Part II‌ (PDF)

by Sarah Riddell
Research Associate
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law

SEPTEMBER 2011

REVIEW:Kenneth M. Davidson, Reality Ignored: How Milton Friedman and Chicago Economics Undermined American Institutions and Endangered the Global Economy ISBN -13:978-1456391867 (2011)‌ (PDF)

by Spencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law

AUGUST 2011

Online Search: "Antitrust": There Is Still A Long Way To Go In Satisfying Antitrust Concerns (PDF)

by Dr. Philip Marsden
Senior Research Fellow
British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Member International Advisory Board
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies

Hardly Settled: The Google Books Settlement‌ (PDF)

by Danny Heidtke
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law

JULY 2011

Kabletown? Overview of the Comcast-NBC Universal Merger‌ (PDF) 

by Noelle Croley
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law

JUNE 2011

REVIEW:Daniel A. Crane, The Institutional Structure of Antitrust Enforcement‌ (PDF) (Oxford University Press 2011)

by Spencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law

MARCH 2011

Richard Brunnell of the American Antitrust Institute has written an interesting paper on The Regulated Conduct Defense which he recently presented at the OECD in Paris

FEBRUARY 2011

China Updates Its Anti-Monopoly Law: National and Foreign Businesses, Beware‌

by Caroline Erol
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Mr. Varney Goes to Washington: The Obama Administration’s Reinvigoration of Section 1 of the Sherman Act‌

by Emily L. Hussey
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law

JANUARY 2011

REVIEW:The International Handbook on Private Enforcement of Competition Law‌ (Albert A. Foer & Jonathan W. Cuneo editors 2010)

by Spencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law

Institute Comments on Compliance Issues to the UK Office of Fair Trading‌ (PDF)