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General resources

ABA's Trade Practices Law
The Amercan Bar Association's section of Antitrust Law contains links to its publications, committee, it's calendar and contact details. It also contains links to other useful sights and membership details.

ABA - Section of Antitrust Law Conversation Archives
Mailing list archives - searchable

American Antitrust Institute
Information about the institute, activities, directory, events and links.

Antitrust and Trade Regulation
Links to legal websites, laws and Government documents, government agencies, legal journals, newsletters and articles, discussion groups, subject outlines and software from lexisONE US orientation.

Antitrust and Trade Regulation Update
From CCH

Antitrust and Unfair Competition
The State Bar of California - information about this section and its publications, events, committees and links to related internet sites.

Antitrust Modernisation Commission
Information about the AMC, documents, meeting information and more.

Antitrust Policy and Enforcement
Key issues and links (US orientation)

California Antitrust Law
Overview by John H. Dresslar at the 'Lectric Law Library

Glossary of Antitrust Terms
This is an article in the Antitrust Law and Economics Review by Chareles E. Mueller, which, as the name suggests, contains a glossary of the major antitrust terms such as 'barriers to entry', 'collusive oligopoly', 'competitive price', 'concentration', 'cross-elasticity of demand', 'economies of scale', 'efficiency', 'market', 'monopoly price', 'monopsony', 'oligopoly', 'product differentiation' and 'substitute products', to name only a few.

Hieros Games Guide to Antitrust and Unfair Competition
Updated daily - Links to relevant supranational and national organisations, national regimes (including a country by country antitrust index), comprehensive United States links, including competition news, commentary, laws, regulations, agencies and programs, state resources, cases and other resources, antitrust outlines, publications and discussion groups.

Issues and Answers under the Sherman Antitrust Act
Part of LawMall - plenty of useful information.

LawMall (TM) - Antitrust Litigation, Antimonopoly and Commercial Litigation Website for Small Business and Small Business Lawyers
According to the site it provides 'The most original offering of antitrust and litigation information on the internet'. Contains plenty of useful information.

LawResearch - Antitrust Law
A huge selection of Antitrust links. Links to legislation, cases, organisations and other relevant sites.

The American Antitrust Institute
Information about the Institute, recent activity, politics and antitrust, upcoming events, links, reference and contact information.

Understanding Antitrust Laws
Includes the following sections: Antitrust Actions, Antitrust Statutes and Microsoft watch and links.

The Virtual Chase: Legal Guide: Antitrust and Monopoly Law
Provides several links to competition/antitrust resources

Enforcement agencies

Department of Justice - Antitrust Division
Includes an overview, a highlights section, antitrust case filing, public documents, freedom of information act information, information on the Internationa Competition Policy Advisory Committee and contact information

Federal Trade Commission
This contains current press releases and information categorised into 'Who we are and how we serve you', 'consumer protection', 'antitrust/competition', 'business guidance', 'economic issues', 'formal actions, opinions and activities', 'news releases, publications and speeches', 'regional offices' and 'contact details'. It also includes a search engine for the site and links to other relevant sites. The antitrust/competition section contains a 'highlights' section as well as, amongst other things, information about the Bureau of competition, commission actions, policy statements and guidelines, news releases, testimony, speeches and 'a plain english guide to antitrust laws'.

Antitrust Division Manual (US)
US Department of Justice. Includes the following chapters and an index: Introduction, Organization of the Department of Justice and the Antitrust Division, Statutory Provisions and Guidelines of the Antitrust Division, Investigation and Case Development Litigation, Competition Advocacy, Information Services, Antitrust Division Relationships with Other Agencies and with the Public Bibliography

Subject-specific

Mergers

1992 Horizontal Merger Guidelines (US)
From the Federal Trade Commission

Mergers and Acquisitions Primer (US)
By Robert Doyle Jr published at Findlaw

Pre-Merger - Hart-Scott-Rodino Act
FTC site with information about the application of the Pre-Merger notification rules

Vertical price fixing

Vertical Maximum Price Fixing Not Per Se Illegal; Albrecht Overruled
Case details - State Oil Co v Khan 118 S.Ct 275 (1997)

Reports and articles

Antitrust Law Articles
Good selection of materials available at Findlaw

Statements of Antitrust Enforcement Policy in Health Care (US)
Issued by the DOJ and FTC, August 1996

Antitrust and Trade Regulation Bulletin
Antitrust articles by Hale & Dorr - from 1995.

Speeches

The Effect of Global Trade on United States Competition Law and Enforcement Policies
Speech by Robert Pitofsky, Federal Trade Commission, October 15, 1999

Cases and case summaries

1994 DOJ Brief in Florida v FL Power & Light Re: Recovery of Antitrust Treble Damages
Online at the Lectric Law Library

Microsoft Case
US v Microsoft - from the Department of Justice - links to judgments, orders, conclusion of facts and other documents relating to this case.

Supreme Court Antitrust Debates
The Supreme Court Antitrust Debates is 'a collection of excerpts from 72 of the Court's antitrust opinions from 1895 through 1993.' It is searchable by economic content, justices, guides or case.

West case updated: Antitrust
Brief articles summarising state and federal court cases of interest.

Legislation

General

Antitrust Statutes, Regulations and Guidelines
This document is available in HTML, PDF or Wordperfect format. It constitutes Chapter II of the DOJ Antitrust Division Manual and includes all relevant legislation and regulations - terrific source

US Code - Title 15 (Commerce and Trade) - Chapter 1 (Monopolies and Combinations in Restraint of Trade

Specific

Clayton Act 1914

Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act 1926

Robinson-Patman Price Discrimination Act 1936

Sherman Act 1890

Web Pomerene Act 1918 (US Code - Title 15, Chapter 2, sections 61-66)