An overview of US antitrust – from the Sherman Act to the second Trump Administration
Speaker(s):
Rachel Brandenburger, Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of European and Comparative Law/Centre for Competition Law and Policy, University of Oxford
Series:
Centre for Competition Law and Policy Lecture Series
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The session will explore:
- the history and objectives of antitrust law in the United States
- the institutional structure – two Federal enforcement agencies, Federal and State enforcement, and the role of the courts
- the roles of criminal and civil enforcement, and public and private enforcement, with some current case examples
- a comparison with EU competition law, with some current case examples
- the “politicisation” of US antitrust enforcement and the current geopolitical context.
