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Antitrust Law Resources

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Competition

American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law
The ABA offers a $1,000 cash prize and national prestige to the author of the best student paper on antitrust published in a law journal during the calendar year.  If you are interested in writing for publication, I am happy to help.

Careers

American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law
With over 3,000 members, the Section advances practice and scholarship in antitrust law through a variety of conferences, publications, and other activities.

Public Enforcement

U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
The Antitrust Division, together with the offices of the United States Attorneys, has authority to enforce the antitrust laws, including the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act and the FTC Act, through both civil actions and criminal prosecutions.

Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Competition
The Federal Trade Commission has authority to enforce the substance of the antitrust laws, including the Clayton Act and the FTC Act, through civil actions.

National Association of Attorneys General
The states' attorneys general enforce state antitrust laws, most of which are similar to federal antitrust law.  In addition, the states can bring parens patriae actions on behalf of their residents for damages arising under the Sherman Act.  Since 1983, multistate enforcement actions have been coordinated under the auspices of the National Association of Attorneys General.

Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Interpretations Database (free registration required)
Created by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, the HSRScan™ searchable database provides access to letters interpreting the obligation of parties to large business transactions to report information to the antitrust agencies under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, 15 U.S.C. § 18a.

International Agencies

Competition, Antitrust and Regulatory Sites
A compilation of links to foreign antitrust and trade regulation agencies, from Argentina's Comision Nacional de Defense de la Competencia to the World Trade Organization.

Research Organizations

American Antitrust Institute
The American Antitrust Institute is a nonprofit public interest research organization based in Washington, D.C. with a distinguished slate of officers and advisors and a generally pro-enforcement tilt.

NERA Economic Consulting
NERA is an economic consulting firm that has provided expert testimony in many high-profile antitrust cases, generally in support of defendants.

Study Aids

Antitrust Case Browser
Summaries of key antitrust cases by Prof. Anthony Becker, Department of Economics, St. Olaf College.  Not recommended as a substitute for class reading.

Antitrust Policy
Collection of topic outlines and links to antitrust resources, generally from a neoclassical perspective.  Features interesting economic simulations of market performance.

Supreme Court Antitrust Debates
Study guides for key antitrust cases by Prof. John Bowen, Department of Economics, Ripon College, with special attention to the jurisprudence of individual Supreme Court justices.  Not recommended as a substitute for class reading.