The antitrust treatment of trade secrets has remained largely hidden, with trade secrets today being viewed as simply the equivalent of other forms of intellectual property. Closer examination reveals, however, that although the antitrust treatment of trade secrets fits generally into the debate...

Before there was Hipster antitrust there was Woodstock antitrust. Flourishing in the decade from 1969 to 1979, Woodstock antitrust sought to take on the central issues in antitrust. Looking back we can see a program of enforcement and proposed legislation that constituted a radical effort to fix...

Shortly after the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as President in 2017, we wrote an article entitled “America-First Antitrust.” In the article we speculated on what the signature theme of Donald Trump’s campaign might mean for antitrust enforcement in the coming administration. We feared...

Today's conversation about antitrust civil remedies generally, and the private action specifically, focuses most often on optimal deterrence and effectiveness. Generally lost in conversation is the basic idea that antitrust violations cause economic harm, and that those victimized by that harm...

Substantive antitrust law has spread around the world. This has been a rather amazing turn of events in our post-cold war era, with more than 100 jurisdictions now claiming some form of antitrust legislation. Even though there is no global treaty framework for antitrust (similar, for example, to...

The Microsoft antitrust cases -- Microsoft's early encounters with the U.S. antitrust system : the FTC investigation and the Antitrust Division's licensing case -- Bringing the Windows 95/98 monopolization case -- Concluding the Windows 95/98 case : appeal and settlement -- Private litigation in...