In 2025, AAI continued its leadership in promoting vigorous antitrust enforcement and sound, progressive competition policy. We thank our sponsors, donors, staff, leadership, advisors, volunteers, and friends who make our critical work possible. What follows is an “at-a-glance” summary of AAI’s major activities in 2025–across all areas of education, research, and advocacy.
Amicus Briefs
Epic v. Google January 9, 2025
Ryan v. FTC January 10, 2025
Ninth Inning, Inc. v. NFL January 22, 2025
Cornish-Adebiyi v. Caesars Entertainment January 29, 2025
Labcorp v. Davis April 9, 2025
PhantomALERT v. Apple July 23, 2025
Surgical Instrument Service Co., Inc. v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. August 6, 2025
Chatham Primary Care, P.C. v. Merck & Co. August 14, 2025
Epic Games v. Apple August 26, 2025
Gibson v. Cendyn (en banc) October 10, 2025
Trump v. Slaughter November 17, 2025
WAIPU v. NHL November 21, 2025
In re Generic Pharmaceuticals Pricing Antitrust Litig. November 24, 2025
In re Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litig. December 19, 2025 (forthcoming)
Comments, Commentaries, Statements, and Articles:
Letter to the Department of Justice re FuboTV v. Disney January 10, 2025
Commentary: “Cleaning and Sharpening Our Antitrust Tools for the Age of AI” March 5, 2025
Statement on President Trump’s Removal of Democratic FTC Commissioners Without Cause March 19, 2025
Letter to the Solicitor General re Duke Energy v. NTE Carolinas July 16, 2025
Letter to the Department of Justice on Reforms Needed in Criminal Antitrust Plea Bargains July, 30, 2025
Tunney Act Comments, United States v. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. and Juniper Networks, Inc. September 9, 2025
Commentary: “Competition, Market Failure, and Doublethink in News Markets” November 19, 2025
Reports and White Papers
Mergers & Cooptive Acquisitions April 3, 2025
Unrealistic Causation Standards Put Effective Monopolization Remedies at Risk August 18, 2025
Podcasts
Experts, Daubert, and Judicial Gatekeeping: A Conversation with Edoardo Peruzzi and Christine Bartholomew April 28, 2025
Applying Computer Science Principles to Police Modern Cartels: A Conversation with Giovanna Massarotto July 9, 2025
Monopolizing by Conditioning: A Conversation Between Jack Kirkwood and Daniel Francis, Jerry S. Cohen Award Winner for Antitrust Scholarship August 20, 2025
From Labor Market Theory to Antitrust Policy: A Conversation with Ioana Marinescu October 9, 2025
The Three-Legged Stool of U.S. Antitrust Enforcement: A Conversation with Michael Kades November 25, 2025
Taking an “Extra” Look at Addressing Monopolization: A Conversation with Jennifer Sturiale December 18, 2025
Virtual Programs and Conferences
Virtual CLE Lunch & Learn: Class Certification—The Motion, the Experts and the Hearing March 12, 2025
Virtual CLE Lunch & Learn: Summary Judgment and Daubert Motions – The Briefs and the Hearings May 22, 2025
26th AAI Annual Policy Conference – The State of the Antitrust Technocracy May 29, 2025
Virtual CLE Lunch & Learn: The Lead Up to Trial September 17, 2025
19th AAI Annual Private Antitrust Enforcement Conference November 06, 2025
Virtual CLE Lunch & Learn: Should I Settle, and If So, How? December 17, 2025
Major Presentations, Speeches and Appearances
Price Transparency Rules and Algorithmic Competition: Another Antitrust Paradox or the Latest Instance of Tacit Collusion?, GCR Live January 31, 2025
Should Courts Engage in Multi-Market Balancing?, Rethinking Antitrust February 26, 2025
Inputs: Seeds and Pesticide, Competition and Agricultural Markets, UC Irvine Antitrust Law and Innovation Forum April 11, 2025
(Still) Anticompetitive College Sports, Loyola Antitrust Colloquium April 25, 2025
Designing the Digital Platform Commission, Keynote, Public Knowledge April 28, 2025
The Google Ad Tech Case: Legal and Business Implications for Virginia Technology, Virginia State Bar April 29, 2025
The DOJ v. Google Ad Tech Decision: Did the Court Get It Right?, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation May 19, 2025
The Live Nation/Ticketmaster Case and Competition in Live Event Markets, R Street Conference July 29, 2025
Litigation Update: Tuesday’s Google Search Remedy Decision, The Federalist Society September 6, 2025
Policy Developments: Reshaping the Antitrust Landscape, Concurrences’ Bill Kovacic Antitrust Salon September 15, 2025
Update on Developments Relating to Section 2 of the Sherman Act, Philadelphia Bar Association September 18, 2025
DOJ v. Google: The Remedies Decision and the Future of Search, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation September 23, 2025
Unrealistic Causation Standards for Remedies in Monopolization Cases?, Rethinking Antitrust October 6, 2025
DOJ v. Google: What to Expect With Ad Tech Remedies, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation October 29, 2025
Trade and Professional Associations: What You Need to Know about Antitrust Law 2025, D.C. Bar December 2, 2025
