Tag: Conspiracy
Hub-and-Spoke Antitrust Conspiracies and the Classic Case of Toys “R” Us...
By: Jarod Bona (The Antitrust Attorney)
Like life, sometimes antitrust conspiracies are complicated. Not everything always fits into a neat little package. An articulate soundbite...
The Seventh Circuit Explains the “Co-Conspiracy Exception” to the Illinois Brick...
Jarod Bona, The Antitrust Attorney
Antitrust law evolves in such a way that opinions from federal appellate courts are always interesting in how they affect the doctrine. But...
Germany: Publisher DuMont Mediengruppe and its lawyer fined €16m
Germany’s competition authority has fined newspaper publisher DuMont Mediengruppe €16 million (US$18.5 million) for agreeing to divide markets with rival publication Bonner General-Anzeiger Group,...
US: DOJ opens probe into TV advertising
The US Justice Department (DOJ) is investigating whether local television station owners, including Sinclair Broadcast Group and Tribune Media, violated antitrust laws, according to...
US: FTC files dental supplies cartel complaint; Henry Schein denies participation
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint against the nation’s three largest dental supply companies, alleging that they violated US antitrust laws by...
US: Man sentenced in real-estate bid-rigging conviction
More than 6 months after his conviction for participating in a bid-rigging conspiracy, Alvin Florida Jr. was sentenced on July 26.
An investigation found that...
Design and Implementation of Screens and Their Use by Defendants
Rosa Abrantes-Metz, Sep 28, 2011
Over the last few years, economic analysis in general, and empirical screens in particular, have become increasingly important in cases...
