In this issue: The Price Squeeze Issue: Views From the United States Scott Martin, Apr 15, 2009 The linkLine Decision: Section 2 Gets Squeezed Further The Court’s February 25, 2009 decision in linkLine can afford little comfort to plaintiffs pursuing claims under Section 2 of the Sherman Act. David Olsky, Apr 15, 2009 Pacific Bell […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Scott Martin, Apr 15, 2009 Though antitrust cases have appeared with surprising frequency on the U.S. Supreme Court’s docket in recent years, certain issues of real interest to practitioners and especially businesspersons continue to elude scrutiny. (Bundling, anyone?) However, the Court’s February 25, […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Peter Alexiadis, Anthony Shortall, Apr 15, 2009 In a nutshell, the question is whether it is correct to consider that a margin squeeze simply consists, as the U.S. Supreme Court holds in linkLine, in an evaluation of a predatory pricing action (at the […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Paolo Palmigiano, Apr 15, 2009 A striking contrast between the two [United States and Europe] becomes obvious in relation to the so-called abuse of “margin squeeze. Recent court cases dealing with very similar situations, show the differences of approach. In the United States, […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle David Olsky, Apr 15, 2009 Much of the commentary published since thelinkLine decision has focused on the first part of the Court’s ruling. Specifically the Court held that, per its earlier ruling in Verizon Communications Inc. v. Law Offices of Curtis V. Trinko, […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Francisco Enrique Gonzalez-Diaz, Jorge Padilla, Apr 15, 2009 In the United States, the debate about margin squeeze has been linked to the more general debate about whether the antitrust laws should protect competition (no margin squeeze as an independent claim) or competitors (margin […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Serge Clerckx, Laurent de Muyter, Apr 15, 2009 This paper remains within the ambit of the now established Article 82 price squeeze test, and focuses on one aspect of its implementation the application of the reasonably-efficient operator test, as opposed to the equally-efficient […]