Modern Horizontal Restraints Analysis V: Polygram Holding, Inc. v FTC

This video will cover Per Se Condemnation of all Group Boycotts: Klor’s, Inc. v. Broadway-Hale Stores, Inc., 359 U.S. 207 (1959).

Northwest Wholesale Stationers v. Pacific Stationery and Printing, 472 U.S. 284 (1985): Narrowing the Per Se Rule Against Group Boycotts.

This is the recording for Foundational Cases on Horizontal Restraints Cases Part 1 – Chicago Board of Trade v US and US v Trenton Potteries Co.

United States Trotting Association v. Chicago Downs Ass’n, 666 F.2d 781 (7th Cir. 1981): Flexible Application of the Per Se Rule Against Group Boycotts

This is the video for Foundational Cases for Horizontal Restraints: Foundational Cases Part 2 – Appalachian Coals (Socony) and Socony – Vacuum Oil Co.

Lessons on the Per Se Rule: Catalano, Inc. v Target Sales, Inc. and Arizona v Maricopa County Medical Society

We discuss the FTC’s case against the 1-800 Contacts and the settlement agreements it entered into with rivals that restricted particular forms of advertising. We review the Section 1 framework and compare and cont...

Modern Horizontal Restraints Analysis: National Society of Professional Engineers v US

We discuss the Supreme Court’s 2021 decision in NCAA v. Alston. We introduce the basic economics of monopsony and review the Court’s condemnation as unlawful under the rule of reason the NCAA’s rules li...

Reviving the Ancillary Restraints Doctrine: Polk Brothers, Inc. v. Forest City Enterprises, Inc., 776 F.2d 185 (7th Cir. 1985).

In this class we explore the Supreme Court’s analysis and decision in NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma. We review Section 1 analysis, introduce the concept of quick look rule of reason, explai...

We discuss and synthesize the factors courts have used to distinguish parallel conduct from coordination in Section 1 cases.