In this issue: Welcome to the home page of The CPI Antitrust Chronicle (formerly GCP Magazine).  We introduce our new name and our new website by looking back. We’re presenting…

William Michael, Aidan Synnott, Sep 24, 2009 During his campaign for the Presidency, then-Senator Barack Obama promised that he would direct his administration to reinvigorate antitrust enforcement, placing special emphasis…

Fei Deng, Adrian Emch, Gregory Leonard, Apr 30, 2009 On March 18, 2009, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) issued its decision to block the proposed takeover by The Coca-Cola Company…

Karl Hofstetter, Nov 25, 2009 The criticisms against the cartel fining policies of the European Commission are mounting. Feeling the heat, the Commission is finally entering the debate: that’s good…

Juan Briones, Oct 08, 2009 Since the Commission first tackled the oligopoly issue under the Merger Regulation, there has been considerable development of the Commission’s policy in this area and,…

Benjamin Bradshaw, Bimal Patel, Sep 15, 2009 It is no secret that the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) traditionally have not seen eye to eye…

Gregory Pelnar, May 27, 2009 The merchandising/licensing units of sports leagues have been challenged as violations of Section 1 of the Sherman Act in a series of lawsuits since the…

James Bourke, Nov 12, 2009 The imputation of liability to a parent company for its subsidiary’s participation in a cartel forms part of a field of law which has been…

Kent Bernard, Aug 13, 2009 If you want to know where you are going, it helps to know where you are. As we see the European Commission moving deeper into…

Richard Epstein, Jul 30, 2009 Without question, Bell Atlantic v. Twombly ranks as one of the most controversial decisions of the United States Supreme Court in recent years. Its importance…

Jul 13, 2009 Much ink has been spilled concerning the policy split revealed by the Justice Department’s September 2008 Report on Single Firm Conduct (SFC) and the Federal Trade Commission’s…

David Evans, May 13, 2009 Offering expert testimony that is a hair’s breadth away from nutty is no longer sufficient to secure class certification according to an emerging consensus across…