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Antitrust Chronicle® – Antitrust Compliance

Antitrust Chronicle® July 2026 Volume 2

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 questions of governance, corporate culture, technology, and business design. Today, as firms increasingly rely on algorithms, artificial intelligence, and digital...

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In this issue

Antitrust Compliance for the AI Pricing Era
Alejandra Uria, Andre Geverola
Jul 20, 2026
Race to Report: Antitrust Leniency in the Whistleblower Era
Brian R. Faerstein, Nicole H. Sprinzen
Jul 20, 2026
Antitrust-By-Design: Competition Compliance in Digital Markets
Marcos Drummond Malvar, Gabriela Costa Carvalho Forsman, Luciana Mendes
Jul 20, 2026
Revisiting Information Sharing in the Wake of Agri Stats and RealPage
Ryan Danks, John W O'Toole, Nancy Stephen
Jul 20, 2026

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July

The contributions in this Chronicle explore whether existing privacy frameworks remain fit for purpose in an environment characterized by large-scale data collection, increasingly sophisticated identification technologies, and evolving theories of harm.




June

“Buy Now, Pay Later” (“BNPL”) has moved from fintech curiosity to embedded infrastructure in modern consumer markets, quietly reshaping how credit is extended, priced, and experienced. What began as a frictionless alternative to traditional lending now sits at the intersection of payments, consumer protection, and competition policy.




May

As health systems evolve beyond purely clinical data toward richer, more contextualized information environments, the integration of SDoH into AI systems raises a central tension: the same data that can improve equity and care delivery can also encode and obscure discrimination. The contributions in this issue begin to map that terrain.


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