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09-08-2017 - AAI Tells Eleventh Circuit Not to Weaken Ban Against Price Fixing When It Involves Invitations to Collude Made During Investor Earnings Calls (Avery Ins. Group, Inc. v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.)

In an amicus brief filed in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the American Antitrust Institute (AAI) urged the court to reject the district court’s overly restrictive approach for allowing a price-fixing claim to reach a jury when the claim is based on an invitation to collude made during an investor earnings call.

09-07-2017 - AAI Urges Third Circuit to Reverse Reverse-Payment Decision (In re Wellbutrin XL Antitrust Litigation)

The American Antitrust Institute (AAI) filed an amicus brief in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in support of plaintiffs’ petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc. The petition seeks review of a decision by a panel of the court upholding summary judgment for defendants and dismissing plaintiffs’ pay-for-delay and sham litigation claims.

09-05-2017 - The American Antitrust Institute Adds Ellen Meriwether to its Board of Directors

Today, the Chairman of the American Antitrust Institute (AAI) Board of Directors, Pamela Gilbert, announced the addition of Ellen Meriwether to the Board. “Ellen brings a rich and diverse background in antitrust enforcement, research, and scholarship to the AAI board,” said Gilbert. “Her expertise and insights will be invaluable to AAI's continuing leadership in competition policy and advocacy. I am thrilled that she is joining the board."

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At a time of unusually rapid change, antitrust can be applied flexibly and effectively to meet the unique competitive challenges posed by technological progress. AAI applies antitrust and competition policy to support a competitive marketplace of ideas. . This requires interpreting emerging concepts of systems, platforms, and networks in the light of strategic behavior, concerns about high levels of concentration, globalization, and a high value on innovation.

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