Antitrust 101

Host Gwendolyn Lindsay Cooley is joined by Debbie Feinstein of Arnold and Porter to discuss this important DC Court of Appeals case that articulates the burden-shifting framework.  You can read it for yourself in US v. Baker Hughes, 908 F.2d 981 (1990).

Why is an old RPM case a case you need to know?  Join host Gwendolyn Lindsay Cooley and Stacie Lambert DeBlieux for a tete a tete about meetings of the mind.

You’ve read the Amex decision, and now let us help you try to understand it.  Join host Gwendolyn Lindsay Cooley and guests Florida Assistant Attorney General Chris Knight and David B. Schwartz of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP discuss what is accepted and what is controversial about this Supreme Court decision on two-sided markets.

What is the difference between harm to competition and harm to a competitor?  In Brunswick v. Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat, 429 US 477 (1977), the Court gives us an answer.  Join host Gwendolyn Lindsay Cooley and University of Wisconsin Law Students Erin Lyman and Steven Meyer as they discuss Brunswick’s rollup and whether Pueblo Bowl O Mat can get damages for its competitor keeping bowling alleys on the market.

This foundational case is a state antitrust practice basic: why States plead things the way they do.  Host Gwendolyn Lindsay Cooley is joined by Quinnipiac School of Law students Rose Levine and Benjamin Milano to discuss harm to a state’s general economy and what that does for proving standing and injury.

News Flash: Courts do not always agree.  Two courts, the Maryland District Court and the Third Circuit were presented with the same facts and came to opposite legal conclusions.  Join host Gwendolyn Lindsay Cooley and Maryland AAG Byron Warren as they unpick the facts and law of the parallel pricing allegations on summary judgment in two courts: In re Titanium Dioxide (D. Maryland) and Valspar v. EI Dupont de Nemours (3d Cir.).

When are State Boards immune from antitrust liability? Join Antitrust 101 host Gwendolyn Lindsay Cooley and FTC Bureau of Competition Deputy Director Rahul Rao as they discuss NC Dental, the FTC Act and FTC Procedure, and where to get your teeth whitened.

In this doubleheader about foundational State Action cases, MA AAG Katherine Krems and CT AAG Victoria Field join Gwendolyn Lindsay Cooley as they discuss the State Action, the two prong test, and the Court’s caution about gauzy cloaks of state involvement.

Parker v. Brown, 317 US 341 (1943), and California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn v. Midcal Aluminum, 445 US 97 (1980)

Need a brief introduction to the Sherman Act?  Join us on today’s episode of Antitrust 101 Demystified: the Sherman Act.  I will give you a quick tip and some insights on the Sherman Act and where you can see it in the wild.  Designed for beginners, the Demystified series will provide the very basics of the foundational statutes and concepts that are the subject of the cases we read in Antitrust 101. 

Take a “Quick Look” at this episode about a famous almost group boycott of an insurance company and what the Supreme Court thought about that.  Host Gwendolyn Lindsay Cooley is joined by UT AAG Matt Michaloski for some insights about non-price horizontal restraints, group boycotts, and of course, the Quick Look rule of reason.

When is there an antitrust duty to deal with rivals and is all hope lost for plaintiffs on this issue? Join Gwendolyn Lindsay Cooley and Koren Wong Ervin as they discuss this decision, the various views on it, and where it fits in the broader landscape of the duty to deal with rivals.

What is Antitrust 101 all about? Join Gwendolyn and her special guests as we take a deep dive into the facts and law of the cases that matter most in antitrust.

Come join us as we get back to basics in Antitrust 101!