In this issue: U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in Twombly   Jan 01, 2007 Background on: Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly In this case, the Court addressed the issue of whether allegations of parallel conduct, coupled with a bare allegation of conspiracy, are sufficient to state a claim for relief under  1 of the Sherman Antitrust […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Max Huffman, May 29, 2007 Prof. Max Huffman was the author of the Brief of Amici Curiae Legal Scholars in Support of Petitioners filed in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly. On May 21, 2007 the Supreme Court reversed the unanimous decision of the […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Alberto Heimler, May 24, 2007 There are many philosophies of antitrust enforcement in the world, but in recent years we are witnessing greater and greater convergence. At the first ICN conference in Naples in 2002, Giuseppe Tesauro, then Chairman of the Italian Competition […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Randal Picker, May 24, 2007 This piece was originally published on the University of Chicago Law School Faculty Blog, reprinted here with the permission of the author. The original post, and comments thereto, may be found here. Today, in a 7-2 opinion, in […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Daniel Crane, May 22, 2007 Yesterday, in the Twombly case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that plaintiffs alleging a contract, combination, or conspiracy in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act must plead more than the conclusion that the defendants agreed to […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Jan 01, 2007 Issue: In Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, the issue before the Supreme Court was whether a complaint states a claim under  1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C.  1, when it alleges that defendants engaged in parallel conduct, and […]