Antitrust Chronicle® 2026

April 2026 - 2

This Chronicle examines an area of merger analysis that continues to evolve rapidly: the assessment of unilateral effects and the economic frameworks used to evaluate them.

April 2026 - 1

This Chronicle examines the increasingly tight interconnection between AI infrastructure, energy systems, and competition law. As data centers scale at unprecedented speed, the competitive questions they raise are no longer confined to digital markets alone, but extend deep into physical infrastructure, procurement, and regulatory frameworks.

March 2026 - 2

This Chronicle examines how competition authorities are increasingly confronting collaboration between market participants in areas shaped by technological change, shifting policy priorities, and evolving enforcement strategies.

March 2026 - 1

This Chronicle focuses on data-driven competition and its implications for enforcement, merger control, and digital regulation.

February 2026 - 2

This edition of the CPI Antitrust Chronicle focuses on behavioral economics and its growing influence on competition law, enforcement practice, and institutional design.

February 2026 - 1

This edition of the CPI Antitrust Chronicle explores how antitrust law is being retooled to confront the governance, labor, & contractual challenges posed by the platform-driven gig economy.

January 2026 - 2

Hub-and-spoke theories have long occupied an uneasy middle ground in antitrust law.

January 2026 - 1

Recidivism has an intuitive moral pull in antitrust: if competition law is meant to deter, repeat offending feels like the clearest evidence that deterrence has failed. Yet, as this edition’s contributions show, recidivism is also a concept riddled with definitional, institutional, and jurisdictional complexity.