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Antitrust Chronicle® – Theories of Harm

Antitrust Chronicle® – Theories of Harm

Antitrust Chronicle® June 2025 Volume 1

Dear Readers,   This edition of the Chronicle gathers timely contributions, each grappling with a deceptively foundational question: What constitutes “harm” in competition law? Sean P. Sullivan opens the discussion with a probing analysis of the oft-repeated benchmark of “harm to the competitive process.” He challenges us to recognize that...

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Antitrust Chronicle® – Theories of Harm
CPI
Jun 17, 2025
What Do We Mean by Harm to the Competitive Process?
Sean Sullivan
Jun 17, 2025
Is There a Better Approach to Vertical Merger Analysis?
Bob Majure, Andrew Sfekas
Jun 17, 2025
California’s Ill-Advised Turn Toward Europeanized Theories of Harm For Single-Firm Conduct
Geoffrey Manne, Dirk Auer, Brian Albrecht
Jun 17, 2025
EU Competition Policy in Support of Democracy and Sustainability: What Theories of Harm When Moving Away From the Predominance of the Consumer Welfare Paradigm?
Marios C. Iacovides
Jun 17, 2025
The Challenges of Form-Based Enforcement Approaches In Dominance Cases
Stefan Thomas
Jun 17, 2025
When Is a Breach of Regulation an Abuse?
Lola Damstra, Hannes Seidel, Kimela Shah
Jun 17, 2025

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