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Administration Plans Tougher Antitrust Action - NYTimes.com May 11, 2009

The new enforcement policy would reverse the Bush administration’s approach, which strongly favored defendants against antitrust claims. It would restore a policy that led to the landmark antitrust lawsuits against Microsoft and Intel in the... Read full article »

The Consumer Impact Of Illinois Brick, A Short Analysis September 23, 2008

Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois 431 U.S. 720 (1977) By Daniel J. Mogin This article is a very short and informal analysis of the effect of the Supreme Court's decision in Illinois Brick Co. v Illinois 431 U.S. 720, from a practitioner's point of... Read full article »

“The Microsoft Media Debate”: Decide Based On Evidence And The Law, Not Economic Dogma August 18, 2008

By Daniel J. Mogin Peter Scheer's editorial "Better Gates than a Judge as Microsoft CEO" is an example of what's wrong with the "debate" regarding Microsoft in particular and the antitrust laws in general. It is really nothing more than a thinly... Read full article »

Antitrust and Democracy: Adam Smith was Right June 15, 2008

by Daniel J. Mogin Antitrust, monopolies, price gouging and deregulation have been in the news lately. The Justice Department case against Microsoft over its internet browser and operating system practices is about to resume, although rumors of... Read full article »

New Uniform Class Action Procedures April 10, 2002

By Daniel J. Mogin* Many antitrust and competition law cases are also class actions. Class actions are also common in other substantive areas of complex litigation that employ Competition‘s readers. In keeping with its move toward statewide... Read full article »