Prospects for Convergence in the U.S. and the EC Approach to Dominant Single Firms

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Janet L. McDavid, Jean-Michel Coumes, Oct 1, 2008

On September 8, 2008, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued its report on monopolization under the U.S. antitrust laws—“Competition and Monopoly: Single-firm Conduct Under Section Two of the Sherman Act” (“DOJ Report”). The Report was based largely on joint hearings undertaken by DOJ and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) (collectively “the ag