The American Antitrust Institute is an independent non-profit organization based in Washington D.C. with a mission to increase the role of competition, assure that competition works in the interests of consumers, and challenge abuses of concentrated economic power in the American and world economy. Through its education and advocacy work, the AAI provides valuable legal and economic information, analysis, and perspective on U.S. and international antitrust law, litigation, and legislation, with a particular focus on the effects of anticompetitive practices on consumers.

Highlights

Diana Moss Talks Airline Mergers on NPR
6-19-13

On June 19, 2013, AAI Vice President Diana Moss was interviewed for NPR'sMorning Edition. Listen to How A Merger Could Affect...

AAI Statement in Response to the U.S. Supreme Court's 5-3 Opinion Supporting the FTC in its Challenge to "Pay-for Delay" in FTC v. Actavis
6-17-13

The American Antitrust Institute (AAI) gives two-and-a-half cheers for the Supreme Court's decision, which supports application of the antitrust laws to reverse payment settlements in which branded drug companies holding patents pay allegedly...

Competition Law and Patent Assertions with keynote address by FTC Chairwoman Ramirez
6-14-13

Patent assertion entities, commonly referred to as patent trolls, have received a lot of attention recently. In the last five years, lawsuits by patent assertion entities have increased more than 250% and now account for more than 60% of all...

Kirkwood, Connor, and Lande Named 2013 Winners of Jerry S. Cohen Award for Antitrust Scholarship at AAI Annual Conference
6-12-13

John B Kirkwood, John M. Connor, and Robert H. Lande have been selected as the recipients of the 11th annual Jerry S. Cohen Award for the best antitrust scholarship of 2012.

The award was created through a trust established in honor...

Robert Skitol Elected Chairman of the American Antitrust Institute Board of Directors
6-12-13

The Board of Directors of the American Antitrust Institute (AAI) elected Robert Skitol, a partner at the Washington office of Drinker Biddle and Reath, as the Chairman of the Board. Skitol is one of the most versatile and respected members of the...

AAI Special Counsel Sandeep Vaheesan's Article in the Michigan Journal of Law Reform "Market Power in Power Markets: The Filed Rate Doctrine and Competition in Electricity"
6-11-13

AAI Special Counsel Sandeep Vaheesan recently published an article in the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform on antitrust and competition in electricity markets. The article critiques the application of the filed rate immunity in...

Amicus Brief: AAI Asks the Ninth Circuit to Think Twice Before Conferring State Action Immunity (United National Maintenance v. San Diego Convention Center Corp., No. 12-56809)
6-6-13

The AAI has asked the Ninth Circuit to apply both prongs of the Midcal test before conferring state action immunity on public agencies that are controlled by private actors, or that act as commercial market participants. In United National...

AAI Working Paper No. 13-03: Administrative Adjudication in Antitrust: Still a Controversy?
6-3-13

The purpose of this annotated bibliography is to survey the recent literature on administrative adjudication in antitrust and the rule of law in the United States, European Union, and from a comparative or global vision.

The bibliography...

AAI Energy Roundtable Summary of Proceedings
5-29-13

The AAI held its 13th annual Energy Roundtable on April 23, 2013 at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) in Arlington, Virginia.  This year’s Roundtable focused on transmission planning, access, traditional and...

AAI Calls on DOJ and FTC to Create Joint Enforcement Guidelines on the Patent Policies of Standard Setting Organizations
5-29-13

The American Antitrust Institute (AAI) has petitioned the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to issue joint enforcement guidelines on the patent policies of standard setting organizations (SSOs).

“Guidelines are...