By María Fernanda Viecens1   Sugar: A History of Intervention, Protectionism, and Cartels The world sugar industry is characterized by strong regulations and protection by the State. These regulations and…

In this article, we take a retrospective look at the Supreme Court’s decision in Aspen Skiing Co. v. Aspen Highlands Skiing Corp. We offer several criticisms of the Court’s ruling…

By Niall E. Lynch & Sydney Kirlan-Stout*   I. Introduction Dating to 1907, California’s Cartwright Act1 is the primary state law through which private plaintiffs and state agencies challenge allegedly…

Information exchange has always been a sensitive area in EU and international competition law, with a chapter on the subject always featuring in the EU’s horizontal cooperation guidelines. However, the…

By Matthew D. Segal1   In January 2024, the Antitrust Division warned that a subpoena recipient’s failure to produce responsive documents from ephemeral messaging services “may result in obstruction of…

At the inaugural European conference hosted by Competition Policy International (CPI) on March 22, 2024, titled “Dynamic Competition in Dynamic Markets: Charting the Path Forward?” held at SDA Bocconi School…

The last two decades have seen a significant amount of actual or alleged cartel conspiracies uncovered, particularly in the financial sector, such as the discovery of the LIBOR rigging and…

Physician groups charged with price-fixing are typically prosecuted under civil law rather than criminal law even assuming the per se illegality of such agreements. This paper employs a “law and…

By Alejandra Palacios & Veronica Irastorza1   The economic system has historically undervalued or ignored environmental costs. As we face a climate emergency, it has become an area of much…

By Sonam Mathur, Shubhang Joshi & Riya Shah1   In April 2023, the Indian Parliament passed the Competition Amendment Act, 2023 (“Amendment Act”), to amend the Competition Act, 2002 (“Competition…

A debate is brewing between antitrust critics who claim that merger enforcement has been weak and fading since the 1980s and establishment defenders who respond that merger enforcement has stood…

While public price indexes are widely used for the purpose of increasing market efficiency through information transmission, they can also be used strategically with an anti-competitive purpose. The mechanisms vary,…