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Antitrust Chronicle® – Hub-&-Spoke Conspiracies

BY | January 26, 2026

Dear Readers,   Hub-and-spoke theories have long occupied an uneasy middle ground in antitrust law. They sit somewhere between the relative comfort of bilateral vertical agreements and the more demanding...

Dear Readers,

 

Hub-and-spoke theories have long occupied an uneasy middle ground in antitrust law. They sit somewhere between the relative comfort of bilateral vertical agreements and the more demanding evidentiary terrain of horizontal coordination. What unites the contributions in this issue is a shared concern that modern market structures — whether driven by algorithms or network advantages — increasingly make hub-and-spoke infringements both more plausible and more difficult to de

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