Antitrust and Consumer Protection Section

Is meeting an Antitrust and Consumer Protection Section Law attorney on your bucket list? How about more than a dozen Antitrust and Consumer Protection Section Law Attorneys? Well, now's your chance! Read more

Is meeting an Antitrust and Consumer Protection Section Law attorney on your bucket list? How about more than a dozen Antitrust and Consumer Protection Section Law Attorneys? Well, now's your chance! Read more

Welcome to the April 2023 edition of e-briefs, news and notes. Read more

On March 9, 2023, a sold-out audience gathered at the Hotel Zelos for the Sixth Annual “Celebrating Women in Competition Law in California” panel presentation and networking event. The attendees spanned all age groups—from law students to young lawyers to experienced practitioners—and all sectors, including the plaintiff side, defense side, in-house, and government. The co-creators and co-chairs, Jill M. Manning* and Kate Patchen,** kicked off the event. Read more

WELCOME to the FEBRUARY 2023 edition of E-Briefs, News and Notes. Read more

Come hear from our panel of experts as they discuss antitrust regulators’ challenge to Microsoft Corp.’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Inc. Read more

Mr. Dahdouh has over 31 years of experience at the FTC and continues as an Advisor to the Section to this day. Mr. Dahdouh discussed the FTC’s November 2022 updated “Policy Statement Regarding the Scope of Unfair Methods of Competition under Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act.” Read more

WELCOME to the JANUARY 2023 edition of E-Briefs, News and Notes. Read more

The Sixth Annual “Celebrating Women in Competition Law in California” is back in San Francisco on March 9, 2023. Reserve your spot today! Read more

In the Turkey Antitrust Litigation, Plaintiffs alleged that Agri Stats which provided non-public pricing and supply information to the turkey industry, together with turkey suppliers controlling eighty percent of the U.S. turkey market, conspired to exchange competitive information.  The conspiracy was challenged on both a rule of reason and per se basis.  The court dismissed the per se challenge, finding it conclusory and not plausible, while allowing the conspiracy claim to proceed under a rule of reason standard. After discovery, plaintiffs filed an amended 600-page complaint, with one claim attacking the information-exchange conspiracy on a rule of reason basis, and a second claim alleging a per se price fixing conspiracy.  Defendants moved to dismiss the amended per se claim, which Judge Kendall in Chicago rejected after finding that the pleadings alleged sufficient circumstantial evidence of the price fixing conspiracy, with parallel conduct and additional “plus factors” indicative of an agreement. In re Turkey Antitrust Litigation, No. 19 C8318, 2022 WL 17093359, *6-7, 11 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 21, 2022). Read more