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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 website 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 2022
From the Conference Room to the Courtroom: Consumer Protection and Antitrust Law under the FAIR Act
Corinne Stratton, Brady Sweet & Puja Valera
Student Fellows
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
May 2022
Preventing Greenwashing from Becoming Mainstream: 2022 Revisions to the FTC’s Green Guides
Emily Binger
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of LawWe
Increased Risk of Unwinding as Result of Extended Agency Review
Danielle Feingold and Josh Neumann
Antitrust Fellows
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
The Open App Markets Act: Reining in a Duopoly
Leah Cable & Sean Linehan
Student Fellows
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Prescription Drug Importation: A Politically Feasible Solution to an Economically Challenging Problem
Scott Hulver
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
January 2022
NCAA v. Alston: The Future of Student-Athletes
Erin Foster, Rory Svoboda, & Reilly Dougherty
Student Fellows
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
December 2021
Alleging Monopoly Power in the Meta-Verse
Yoan Hernandez, Anna Kenneally & Puja Valera
Student Fellows
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
November 2021
(I Can’t Get No) Restitution: The Supreme Court’s Attack on the FTC’s Equitable Enforcement Powers
Patrick Gilsenan
Student Fellow, Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
May 2021
Facebook v. Duguid: A 21st Century Question for a 20th Century Statute
Rory Svoboda, Anna Kenneally, & Blake Kolesa
Student Fellows
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
April 2021
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Institute Newsletter, Issue 21
What Are the Limits of the FTC’s Authority under Section 13(b)? The High Stakes of AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC
Jacob Morse
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Preserving the Telephone Consumer Protection Act: The Underlying Disconnect on Severability
Sean Linehan & Reilly Dougherty
Student Fellows
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
December 2020
Real High Prices, Unreal Authority: HHS Lacks Rulemaking Power to Force Drug Price Disclosures
Scott Hulver & Perri Nena Smith
Student Fellows
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Justin Deffenbacher, Patrick Gilsenan, & Elizabeth Miller
Student Fellows
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
November 2019
Who is in Charge at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?
Jacob Morse
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Private Eyes, They're Watching You?
Blake J. Kolesa
Student Fellow
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
All Americans Deserve the Same Protection from Predatory Loans that Service Members Have
APRIL 2019
The Waiting Game: The Seventh Circuit Insulates NCAA Transfer Rules from Antitrust Scrutiny
Bill Sullivan
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Illinois Enacts New Law to Protect Home Buyers from Predatory Rent-to-Own Contracts
Alexandra M. Harrington
Student Fellow
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
MARCH 2019
The Dark Side of Deference: Auer and its Effects on Consumer Protection
Jacob Rheaume
Student Fellow
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Video Privacy: An Illusory Concept or an Essential Right?
Francisca Wolfenson
Student Fellow
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
ABA Section of Antitrust Law, Antitrust Class Actions Handbook
Director, Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Justice John Paul Stevens Chair in Competition Law
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JANUARY 2019
Judicial Impact on Foreign Relations: Questions Linger After the Supreme Court’s Decision in Animal Science Products
Alexandra Benigni
Student Fellow
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Welcome Back to the Fight
Spencer Weber Waller
Director, Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Justice John Paul Stevens Chair in Competition Law
NOVEMBER 2018
American Express vs. Expressions: The Supreme Court Sends Mixed Messages on Credit Card Fees
Frances Butler
Student Fellow
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
SEPTEMBER 2018
Commentary: Feds moving in wrong (and dangerous) direction on military consumer protection
Army Col. Paul Kantwill (Ret.)
Senior Fellow, Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
APRIL 2018
Not a Latte There: District Court Dismisses Starbucks Customers’ Class Action Lawsuit
Anais Holland-Rudd
Student Fellow
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Elon Musk, Renewable Energy, and Immediate Appeals
William Sullivan
Student Fellow
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Unresolved Questions: Disagreement Over the Per Se Treatment of Tying Arrangements Creates Uncertainty
Jake Rheaume
Student Fellow
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
MARCH 2018
Midland Funding v. Johnson: Balancing Two Consumer-Oriented Statutes
Alexandra M. Harrington
Student Fellow
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
FEBRUARY 2018
The Uncertain State of Consumer Protection Law after Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman
Frances Butler
Student Fellow
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Will the Third Time Be the Charm? Antitrust Whistleblower Protections May Need Further Incentives to Pass the House
Bruce Winters
Student Fellow
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Working Papers
2023
Lasting Change in Competition Law and Policy
Spencer Weber Waller
Loyola University Chicago
Bespoke Antitrust
Harry First
New York University School of Law
Spencer Weber Waller
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
2022
A Pop Culture Guide to Antitrust
Spencer Weber Waller
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Bespoke Antitrust
Harry First
New York University School of Law
Spencer Weber Waller
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Competition law enforcement in European post-socialist countries: authoritarian legal culture legacy, semantic dissonance and skewed agencification
Jasminka Pecotić Kaufman
2021 Non-Resident Senior Research Fellowship Program
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies - Loyola University of Chicago
2021
Addressing high prescription drug price increases in EU and U.S. pharmaceutical markets: which role for antitrust policy?
Margherita Colangelo
2021 Non-Resident Senior Research Fellowship Program
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies - Loyola University of Chicago
2020
The Political Face of Antitrust
Spencer Weber Waller & Jacob E. Morse
The Political Misuse of Antitrust: Doing the Right Thing for the Wrong Reason
Spencer Weber Waller & Jacob E. Morse
Institutional Design Issues and Policy Changes: Reflections from former Chair, Dr. Mark Berry
Dr. Mark Berry
Former Chair, New Zealand Commerce Commission; Member, International Advisory Board, Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Invited Submission of Spencer Weber Waller to United States House of Representatives Antitrust Subcommittee Investigation of Digital Platforms
Spencer Weber Waller
Loyola University Chicago
The Old New (Or is it the New Old) Antitrust: “I’m Not Dead Yet!!”
Diane P. Wood
Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
2018
The Omega Man or The Isolation of U.S. Antitrust Law
Spencer Weber Waller
Loyola University of Chicago, School of Law
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Spencer Weber Waller
Loyola University of Chicago, School of Law
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
2017
Citizen Fox: The Global Vision of Eleanor Fox
Philip Marsden
Inquiry Chair, Competition & Markets Authority, UK;
Professor of Law and Economics, College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium.
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Spencer Weber Waller
Loyola University of Chicago, School of Law
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
2016
How Much of Health Care Antitrust is Really Antitrust?
Spencer Weber Waller
Loyola University of Chicago, School of Law
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
A Profile of Bio-pharma Consolidation Activity
Jordan Paradise, J.D.
Professor of Law
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Online Casebook
COMPETITION POLICY IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
An On-Line Case Book
Spencer Weber Waller
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
25 E. Pearson Suite 1341
Chicago, IL 60611
312-915-8598
This on-line casebook examines the fields of international antitrust and international trade law. In general, it examines how the United States and other jurisdictions regulate competition among firms which do business abroad. This will include how competition policy regulates individuals and firms located outside the United States in their competition with United States firms as well as the rules governing United States firms.
These materials are intended for use in a U.S. style law school class or seminar and designed to provide the base knowledge necessary to engage in sophisticated research in the field and to produce a research based paper of 20-25 pages in length. By necessity, these materials are in English and have primarily a United States focus. The value of an on-line casebook in this field goes beyond the merely the cost savings and convenience. It is also an opportunity for a collaborative exercise that will allow for the creation of a more in-depth and creative set of materials that can be done in traditional hard cover format. Use of the casebook for educational purposes with attribution is available on a royalty-free basis under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/. For all other uses please contact Professor Waller at the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies at Loyola University Chicago School of Law or swalle1@luc.edu.
I therefore invite any competition law teacher or scholar to submit additional chapters on other competition law topics or jurisdictions not covered in these materials for inclusion in future iterations of these materials. Materials must be original or accompanied with proof of permission/license to use for this purpose and be in English and in either Word or Word Perfect. Submission of materials constitutes your permission to include the material in future editions of the on-line casebook for educational purposes with attribution available on a royalty-free basis under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/.
Submission of materials also constitutes permission to edit the submitted material for style, content, and compatibility with the existing text, although every reasonable effort will be made to allow you to review edited material before posting on-line. I look forward to working with the global competition law and policy community to make this the most effective and interesting teaching tool possible.
Chapter One - Extraterritoriality: The U.S. Perspective
Chapter Two - Extraterritoriality: Foreign Perspectives and Commentary
Chapter Three - Jurisdiction Over Export Conduct
Chapter Four - International Litigation Issues
Chapter Five - Unsolvable Conflicts
Chapter Six - The Role of Foreign Governments
Chapter Seven - Antitrust and Trade Issues
Chapter Eight - International Mergers and Joint Ventures
Chapter Nine - International Antitrust I: Enforcement Cooperation
Chapter Ten - International Antitrust II: Harmonization and Convergence
