DOJ’s AT&T appeal may be undercut by a trial concession

The government’s chances of successfully appealing the AT&T/Time Warner ruling are complicated by an apparent concession on efficiencies during the trial. William S Comanor – previously special economic assistant to the assistant attorney general for antitrust and director of the Federal Trade Commission’s bureau of economics – and Donald I Baker – former head of the DOJ’s antitrust division – explain.

• Google and the transatlantic antitrust abyss
• Out of Sync?: DOJ’s Policy Reversal Towards SEPs Lacks Legal Support

Preface

• Introduction
• FTC v Sysco/US Foods

An interview with Tim Wu

Several books have been written about monopoly over the past few years, and several more are still to come. But none are as succinct and pointed as The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust In The New Gilded Age, the new book from Tim Wu, the Columbia University law professor and former Federal Trade Commission advisor perhaps best known for coining the phrase “net neutrality”. Wu sat down with GCR’s Ron Knox to discuss fascism, breaking up Facebook, and replacing the consumer welfare standard.

• Q&A with Nokia’s Eeva Hakoranta
• Q&A with Noah Brumfield
• Q&A with Jay Jurata
• Exit interview with FTC commissioner Terrell McSweeny

Litigators of the Week: White & Case

The overturning of class certification for indirect purchasers of Asacol may reshape how some class actions are formed, as a defence strategy of aggressive discovery on plaintiffs bore fruit in a successful appeal.

• Litigators of the Week: Joe Presta and Robert Rowan
• Litigators of the Week: Counsel to the AndroGel defendants

Hot Docs – Hovenkamp, hospital-home bias and a healthy dose of judicial review

While the recent heatwave may have you inside by the air-conditioning all day, we have collected the hottest docs in antitrust to keep you entertained.

• Hot Docs: The ups and downs of horizontal shareholding and vertical enforcement
• Hot Docs: Dons and Bert and Roger and Herb