Antitrust Chronicle®

Dear Readers,   Competition policy has never existed in isolation from politics, economics, or institutional change. But the relationship between those forces is becoming more explicit, more contested, and more...

In this paper, Diana L. Moss reflects on the legacy of the Biden Administration's "Anti-Monopoly" agenda and its implications for the future of U.S. antitrust enforcement. While recognizing the movement's...

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) brought an antitrust lawsuit against Meta in 2021, claiming that Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp had allowed it to monopolize a relevant market for...

This paper examines Advocate General Rantos's July 2026 opinion in Groupama Asigurări v. Consiliul Concurenței, a reference arising from the Romanian Competition Council's finding that nine motor insurers coordinated premium...

Unusually, new administrations and governments in the U.S., EU, and UK came into office within a few months of each other at the end of 2024 and start of 2025....

This article explores one of the quieter, but potentially most consequential, innovations contained in the European Commission's draft Merger Guidelines: the evolving treatment of the merger counterfactual. The authors argue...

This article provides a comprehensive survey of recent developments in Australian competition law, highlighting the country's most significant merger reforms in decades. The author examines the transition to a mandatory...

Dear Readers,   Competition compliance has never been static. What began as a discipline focused primarily on preventing cartels and managing interactions with competitors has steadily expanded to encompass broader...

In this article, Joe Murphy argues that many companies continue to underestimate what constitutes an effective compliance program. Moving beyond policies and periodic training sessions, he examines the practical steps...

The use of algorithmic and artificial intelligence tools to assist businesses with pricing decisions has generated unprecedented antitrust scrutiny across federal agencies, federal courts, and state and local legislatures. This...

The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division recently introduced a Whistleblower Rewards Program that offers financial incentives for reporting antitrust-related crimes, marking a significant development in the Division’s longstanding enforcement framework....

Digital markets have given rise to additional sources of antitrust risk, including product architecture, platform governance, and data-driven design choices, alongside traditional concerns such as cartel conduct, bid rigging, and...