8-13-08

The AAI website now includes papers published by the Antitrust Bulletin which were first presented at AAI conferences. Reprinted with permission of the Antitrust Bulletin.

7-31-08

AAI's Robert Lande claims "World War 4.0" and says consumers will win with pursuit, punishment of any anticompetitive practices by Intel

7-29-08

AAI 10th Anniversary booklet now available online.

7-15-08

The AAI wrote to the director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office reiterating its support for H.R. 5638, a bill that would create an exception to infringement of design patents for certain component parts used to repair another article of manufacture.

07-12-08

This paper by John Connor evaluates the effectiveness of the efforts of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice to detect, indict, and deter horizontal collusion during 1990-2007 and offers policy suggestions likely to improve that enforcement.

7-10-08

The American Antitrust Institute (AAI) today issued a white paper analyzing how the proposed merger of Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines could harm competition and consumers. The $3.1 billion deal would create the single largest airline in the U.S. and worldwide.

R. Shyam Khemani is an economist with the Washington, D.C., based firm, MiCRA (Microeconomic Consulting and Research Associates). Until recently he was Advisor, Competition Policy, at the World Bank.

6-24-08

Photos from AAI's 10th Anniversary Conference on June 18 and 19, 2008.

6-24-08

The United States Supreme Court handed down its decision in Quanta v LG Electronics in June, 2008, and the unanimous, relatively short opinion has raised more questions than it perhaps answered. Professor Shubha Ghosh, now of The University of Wisconsin Law School, wrote an amicus brief on behalf of the American Antitrust Institute supporting the side that was ultimately victorious.

6-23-08

Listen to the audio recordings from AAI’s Annual National Conference on June 18th and 19th at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.