Antitrust and Consumer Protection
Competition: Spring 2016, Vol 25, No. 1
Content
- Big Stakes Antitrust Trials: O'Bannonvnational Collegiate Athletic Association
- California Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Update: Procedural Law
- California Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Update: Substantive Law
- Chair's Column
- Considerations, Not Limitations: An Argument Against Defining the Anticompetitive Harm Under F. T.C. Vactavis As the "Elimination of the Risk of Potential Competition"
- Editor's Note
- Ftc Data Security Enforcement: Analyzing the Past, Present, and Future
- Golden State Institute 25Th Anniversary Retrospective and Prospective Views On California Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law
- Keynote Address: a Conversation With the Honorable Tani Cantil-sakauye, Chief Justice of California
- Managing Antitrust and Complex Business Trials-a View From the Bench
- Masthead
- Royal Printing and the Ftaia
- Settlement Negotiation Tactics, Considerations and Settlement Agreement Provisions In Antitrust and Ucl Cases: a Roundtable
- The Decision of the Supreme People's Court In Qihoo Vtencent and the Rule of Law In China: Seeking Truth From Facts
- The Nexium Trial Pioneers Actavis' Activation: a Roundtable of Nexiums Counsel Reflect On Their Six-week Trial
- The Ucl-now a Money Back Guarantee?
- 2015: a Year of Big Plaintiff Wins In Antitrust and Privacy Cases
2015: A YEAR OF BIG PLAINTIFF WINS IN ANTITRUST AND PRIVACY CASES
By Thomas N. Dahdouh1
I. INTRODUCTION
The year 2015 will go down as a year of big plaintiff wins in federal antitrust and privacy decisions, particularly notable for those cases brought by government law enforcement officials. With only one loss in the lineup,2 these victories suggest that active enforcement of the antitrust and privacy laws is alive and well in the federal courts. These wins stand in stark relief to the dire forecasts of some that federal courts are too tilted to the defense side.3
This Article summarizes eleven major court holdings and attempts to put each decision in context. The cases are generally arranged by area of law, beginning with two Sherman Act Section 1 cases, following with a hybrid Sherman Act Section 1/Section 2 case, then describing two new Sherman Act Section 2 matters, discussing one state-action immunity case, continuing with three major merger challenges, and finally ending with two important privacy cases.