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This page contains the memorandum introducing the course, class schedule, reading materials, and class notes for the antitrust procedure course taught during the 2023 spring semester at Georgetown. It also contains links to related supplemental materials on the Applied Antitrust web site. There is no textbook for this course. Everything you need will be linked to this page. Introduction and "Rules of the Road" Memorandum Seminar Paper Due Dates
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Required Reading |
Supplemental Material |
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Unit 1 |
Introduction to Price Fixing: The Indianapolis Ready-Mix Concrete Conspiracy |
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Class 1 |
Tuesday, August 29 Major substantive antitrust offenses United States v. Beaver Price-fixing motivations Antitrust criminal investigations and search warrants Federal Rules of Evidence: Selected rules
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Introduction and "Rules of the Road" Memorandum Class schedule (rev. Feb. 2, 2023) Introduction to Price Fixing:Legal and Economic Foundations (class notes) |
Commentary ± Minhae Kim, Ryan Mansley, Nathn Miller, Marc Remer & Matthew Weinberg, Price-Fixing Allegations in the Canned Tuna Industry: A Look at the Data (Georgetown McDonough School of Business Research Paper No. 279625, Sept. 8, 2022). A History of Business Cartels (Martin Shanahan & Susanna Fellman eds., 2022) Perspectives on Antitrust Compliance (Anne Riley, Andreas Stephan & Anny Tubbs eds., 2022) James B. Lieber, Rats In The Grain: The Dirty Tricks and Trials of Archer Daniels Midland, The Supermarket to the World (2002) (lysine cartel) Kurt Eichenwald, The Informant (2000) (lysine cartel) Christopher Mason, The Art of The Steal: Inside the Sotheby’s-Christie’s Auction House Scandal (2005) Gilbert Geis, White Collar Crime: The Heavy Electrical Equipment Antitrust Cases of 1961, in Criminal Behavior Systems: A Typology 139 (Marshall B. Clinard & Richard Quinney eds., 1967) Prisoner's dilemma oligopoly game Jason Welker, Game Theory Intro The Prisoner's Dilemma as a Model for Oligopoly Behavior (YouTube) |
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Unit 2 |
Criminal Price-Fixing Investigations and Prosecutions |
For additional supplemental materials, see 3. Criminal Price-Fixing Investigations and Prosecutions in AppliedAntitrust.com |
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Class 2 |
Tuesday, January 24 Elements of a Section 1 criminal violation Sherman Act penalties Obstruction of justice crimes (including 18 U.S.C. § 1001) |
Class 2 reading guidance (replaced January 23, 2023) Criminal Price-Fixing Prosecutions (class notes) |
Generally ± Antitrust Division Criminal Enforcement web page Charles Doyle, Cong. Res. Serv., Corporate Criminal Liability: An Overview of Federal Law (Oct. 30, 2013) ± Brandon L. Garrett, The Metamorphosis of Corporate Criminal Prosecutions, 101 Va. L. Rev. Online 60 (2015) ± Donald I. Baker, To Indict or Not to Indict: Prosecutorial Discretion in Sherman Act Enforcement, 63 Cornell L. Rev. 405 (1978). |
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Class 3 |
Tuesday, January 31 DOJ leniency policy ACPERA Indictments and informations Criminal complaints and arrest warrants
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Criminal Price-Fixing Prosecutions (class notes) |
DOJ leniency policy U.S. Dept' of Justice, Antitrust Div., Frequently Asked Questions About the Antitrust Division’s Leniency Program (rev. Apr. 4, 2022) ATD Model Corporate Conditional Leniency Letter (rev. Apr. 4, 2022) Richard A. Powers, Dep. Ass't Att'y Gen. Antitrust Div., U.S. Dep't of Justice, A Matter of Trust: Enduring Leniency Lessons for the Future of Cartel Enforcement, Remarks as Prepared for Delivery at the 13th International Cartel Workshop, San Francisco, CA (Feb. 19, 2020) Jonathan S. Kanter, Ass’t Att’y Gen., Antitrust Div., U.S. Dep't of Justice, Opening Remarks at 2022 Spring Enforcers Summit, Washington, DC (Apr. 4, 2022) ± Joan-Ramon Borrell, Carmen García, Juan Luis Jiménez & José Manuel Ordóñez-de-Haro, Cartel Destabilization Effect of Leniency Programs (AQR–Working Paper No. AQR22/08, 2022). Donald C. Klawiter, A Really New Leniency Program: A Positive, Cooperative, and Enthusiastic Partnership for Effective Antitrust Enforcement, Antitrust, Summer 2022, at 52 Spotlight on Leniency Programs, in OECD Competition Trends 2022 Robert B. Bell & Kristin Millay, The Corporate Leniency Program: Did the Antitrust Division Kill the Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs?, Antitrust, Fall 2018, at 80. |
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Class 4 |
Tuesday, February 7 Pleas and plea agreements Criminal sentencing Criminal appeals |
Class 4 reading guidance (rev. Feb. 2, 2023) Criminal Price-Fixing Prosecutions (class notes) |
Plea agreements ATD Model Annotated Corporate Plea Agreement–11(c)(1)(B) (rev. Apr. 4, 2022) ATD Model Annotated Individual Plea Agreement (rev. Dec. 31, 2018) Compliance programs U.S. Dep't of Justice, Antitrust Div., Competition Compliance Programmes–Note by the United States (OECD submission June 8, 2021) U.S. Dep't of Justice, Antitrust Div., Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust Investigations (July 2019) Makan Delrahim, Ass't Att'y Gen., Antitrust Div., Wind of Change: A New Model for Incentivizing Antitrust Compliance Programs, Remarks at the New York University School of Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement, New York, NY (July 11, 2019) ± Sullivan & Cromwell, DOJ Issues Guidance on the Evaluation of Antitrust Compliance Programs (July 15, 2019) Sentencing Guidelines U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual (U.S. Sentencing Comm'n 2021) (± web page) U.S. Dep't of Justice, Antitrust Div., Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust Investigations (July 2019) U.S. Dep't of Justice Sentencing Memorandum, United States v. Zito, No. 1:22-cr-00113-SPW (D. Mont. Feb. 10, 2023) (attempted monopolization) Defendant’s Sentencing Memorandum, United States v. Zito, No. 1:22-cr-00113-SPW (D. Mont. Feb. 10, 2023) |
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Unit 3 |
The Private Cause of Action |
For additional supplemental materials, see 4. The Private Cause of Action in AppliedAntitrust.com |
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Class 5 |
Thursday, February 9 |
The Private Cause of Action (class notes) |
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Class 6 |
Tuesday, February 14 |
The Private Cause of Action (class notes) |
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NO CLASS |
Tuesday, February 21 |
NO CLASS--Legislative Monday |
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Class 7 |
Tuesday, February 28 |
The Private Cause of Action (class notes) |
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NO CLASS |
Tuesday, March 7 |
ALREADY HAD MAKEUP CLASS |
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Tuesday, March 14 |
SPRING BREAK |
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Unit 4 |
Antitrust Class Actions |
For additional supplemental materials, see 5. Antitrust Class Actions in AppliedAntitrust.com |
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Class 8 |
Tuesday, March 21 |
Antitrust Class Actions (class notes) |
Manual for Complex Litigation (Fourth) (Fed. Jud. Ctr. 2004) Leading treatise: William B. Rubenstein, Alba Conte & Herbbert B. Newberg, Newburg on Class Actions (available online through the library). |
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Class 9 |
Tuesday, March 28 |
Antitrust Class Actions (class notes) |
Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, No. 11-864 (U.S. Mar. 27, 2012) (reported at 569 U.S. 27 (2012) (see here for case materials) |
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Class 10 |
Tuesday, April 4 |
Antitrust Class Actions (class notes) |
For the significant documents in the Bus Tour litigation, see here Order and Final Judgment Approving In re NYC Bus Tour Antitrust Litigation Class Action Settlement (Oct. 21, 2014) Fairness Hearing transcript (Oct. 20, 2014) |
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Unit 5 |
Dispositive Motions: Proving Conspiracy |
For additional supplemental materials, see 6. Conspiracy in AppliedAntitrust.com |
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Class 11 |
Tuesday, April 11 |
Proving Conspiracy/Dispositive Motions (class notes) |
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Unit 6 |
DOJ/FTC Merger Review |
For additional supplemental materials, see 13. DOJ/FTC Merger Review and Settlement Procedures in AppliedAntitrust.com |
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Class 12 |
Tuesday, April 18 |
The DOJ/FTC Merger Review Process (class notes) |
Fed. Trade Comm'n, Model Second Request (rev. Oct. 2021) |
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Unit 7 |
Merger Litigation and Settlement |
For additional supplemental materials, see 14. Merger Antitrust Litigation in AppliedAntitrust.com |
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Class 13 |
Tuesday, April 25
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Merger Antitrust Litigation and Settlement (class notes) |
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Seminar Paper Due Dates |
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Wednesday, February 1 |
Need approval of question to be addressed on or before this date |
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Wednesday, February 8 |
First draft of introduction; identify key cases |
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Monday, March 6 |
Second draft of introduction; first draft of section providing motivation and background for the question to be addressed Additional requirement for the 3-credit course: Second draft of the outline of the paper |
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Wednesday, April 12 |
Complete first draft due |
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Tuesday, May 16 |
All final drafts are due |
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Seminar Paper Materials |
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Seminar Papers: Getting Started Thoughts on Persuasive Writing Legal Research in Antitrust Law ± Research for Upper-Level Writing Questions To Ask When Finalizing the Paper ± Knowadays, What Are Proofreading Marks? A Beginner’s Guide (May 2, 2020)
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