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Competition
American
Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law
The ABA offers a $2,000 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.
Foreign 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.
Think Tanks
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 John Bowen, Professor Emeritus, Department of
Economics, Ripon College, with special attention to the jurisprudence of
individual Supreme Court justices. Not recommended as a substitute for
class reading.
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