Cases and Materials on Modern Antitrust Law and Its Origins

Organises cases over four periods: 1890 to 1914, in which most of today's issues were foreshadowed; 1915 to 1939, in which the “rule of reason” forced courts to investigate the actual consequences of business practices; 1940 to 1975, in which the per se rule and industry concentration provided the predominant models for analysis; and the modern period.

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This text organizes cases over four periods: a 25-year period from 1890 to 1914, in which most of today's issues were foreshadowed; a 25-year period from 1915 to 1939, in which the 'rule of reason' forced courts to investigate the actual consequences of business practices; a 35-year period from 1940 to 1975, in which the per se rule and industry concentration provided the predominant models for analysis; and the modern period of now almost 40 years, which is a synthesis of the second and third periods.

The new Fifth Edition retains enough of the first three periods to provide important intellectual and economic context, but it expands upon, even more fully, the recent developments of antitrust policy. All major Supreme Court authority is covered, including the 2013 Actavis 'reverse payments' and Phoebe Putney 'hospital regulation' cases, as well as the 2010 Merger Guidelines and developments in lower court treatment of tying, bundled pricing and mergers.