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May 17, 2013Matt Yglesias has ventured into antitrust territory again, so who am I not to respond? Matt's skeptical that Amazon will be able to execute a predatory pricing strategy to monopolize retailing,...
Read moreAntitrust Links of the Week
May 17, 2013The FTC gets a temporary restraining order in its renewed case against Phoebe Putney, and Richard Feinstein is pleased. The FTC's order in the cast iron soil pipes case is final. Some...
Read moreAntitrust Links of the Week
May 10, 2013A pair of FTC final orders: collective bargaining by Puerto Rico nephrologists and Western Digital/Hitachi in hard drives. An FTC ALJ dismisses price fixing charges but upholds exclusionary...
Read moreFeels So Wright, Can’t Be Wrong
May 8, 2013Continuing my run of posts inspired by the Spring Meeting, let's touch on the other bit of news that came out at the time. I wasn't present when he said it, but it was reported to me that...
Read moreDon’t Turn Out The Lights
May 1, 2013Warning: This post is going to be a bit esoteric (perhaps "wonkish," as Paul Krugman would say). It also may not be very long. It may even be a bit obvious. Okay, so now that I've scared...
Read moreForm A Search Party
April 25, 2013The Google Commitments (hopefully that's not a band name) are out, so rather than just assume they will be ineffectual, as I did last time around, I guess I need to look at them and make some...
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The goal of Upward Pricing Pressure is to provide news, analysis and discussion of developments in the antitrust world. The major focus is on mergers and merger enforcement. Feedback and comments are highly encouraged.
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- May 17 2013 : Bailamos! (No Comments)
Matt Yglesias has ventured into antitrust territory again, so who am I not to respond? Matt's skeptical that Amazon will be able to execute a predatory pricing strategy to monopolize retailing, as [More...]
- May 17 2013 : Antitrust Links of the Week (No Comments)
The FTC gets a temporary restraining order in its renewed case against Phoebe Putney, and Richard Feinstein is pleased. The FTC's order in the cast iron soil pipes case is final. Some interesting thoughts [More...]
- May 10 2013 : Antitrust Links of the Week (No Comments)
A pair of FTC final orders: collective bargaining by Puerto Rico nephrologists and Western Digital/Hitachi in hard drives. An FTC ALJ dismisses price fixing charges but upholds exclusionary conduct allegations against McWane in [More...]
- May 8 2013 : Feels So Wright, Can’t Be Wrong (No Comments)
Continuing my run of posts inspired by the Spring Meeting, let's touch on the other bit of news that came out at the time. I wasn't present when he said [More...]
- May 1 2013 : Don’t Turn Out The Lights (No Comments)
Warning: This post is going to be a bit esoteric (perhaps "wonkish," as Paul Krugman would say). It also may not be very long. It may even be a bit [More...]
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Adam is of counsel at Fredrikson & Byron specializing in antitrust. In addition to handling merger notifications, reviews and challenges, his practice focuses on advising clients on the full range of antitrust and competition law. His experience includes advocacy before the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission and foreign competition authorities; defense of criminal and civil government investigations; litigating civil damages actions involving monopolization, cartelization or other anticompetitive conduct; representation of companies and individuals in grand jury investigations; and counseling clients on antitrust compliance.
