Antitrust Law Journal

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Antitrust Law Journal is a peer-reviewed periodical focusing on antitrust law and competition law scholarship, litigation, and policy. Published by the American Bar Association since the mid-20th century, the Journal has served as a forum connecting practitioners from the Department of Justice (United States), scholars associated with Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, and University of Chicago Law School, and litigators from firms appearing before the Supreme Court of the United States and regional United States Courts of Appeals. Contributors frequently include referees from institutions such as the Federal Trade Commission, judges from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and economists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

History

The Journal traces origins to professional discussions in the American Bar Association sections contemporaneous with landmark enforcement actions like the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States litigation and later developments following the Sherman Antitrust Act and Clayton Antitrust Act. Early issues reflected influence from prominent antitrust figures associated with the Federal Trade Commission and scholars connected to Columbia Law School and Georgetown University Law Center. During the mid-20th century, the Journal published commentary responding to decisions from the Supreme Court of the United States such as interpretations influenced by justices who served through the Warren Court and Burger Court eras. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the Journal engaged with scholarship arising from debates at Harvard University, Stanford Law School, and policy shifts under administrations that included appointees to the Department of Justice (United States) and the Federal Trade Commission.

The Journal covers litigation analysis, doctrinal essays, and empirical studies related to cases from the Supreme Court of the United States, appellate rulings from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Antitrust Division. It publishes symposia responding to events like mergers involving companies litigated before the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and policy shifts debated at institutions such as Brookings Institution, American Enterprise Institute, and the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Articles draw on economic theory from scholars at the University of Chicago, London School of Economics, and Princeton University and on comparative law perspectives involving the European Commission and national competition authorities in Germany, United Kingdom, and Japan.

Issued quarterly by the American Bar Association through its publishing division, the Journal is distributed to members of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law and available in law libraries at Harvard Law School Library, Yale Law Library, and the Library of Congress. Institutional subscriptions are held by university providers such as HeinOnline, LexisNexis, and Westlaw for access alongside other legal periodicals like the Yale Law Journal, Harvard Law Review, and Columbia Law Review. Print editions have been supplemented by online platforms that coordinate with digital repositories at the Social Science Research Network and archives maintained by university libraries.

The Journal’s editorial board traditionally comprises practitioners and academics affiliated with institutions including Georgetown University Law Center, Boston University School of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School, and the New York University School of Law. Notable contributors have included former enforcers and scholars affiliated with the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, and law firms that have litigated in the Supreme Court of the United States and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Symposia have featured speakers from Stanford University, Columbia University, Duke University School of Law, and think tanks such as the Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute.

The Journal is cited in briefs filed before the Supreme Court of the United States and in decisions from appellate tribunals including the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. It informs regulatory debates involving the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division and is referenced in academic work from faculties at NYU School of Law, Berkeley Law, and Michigan Law School. Reviews and commentary about the Journal’s influence have appeared in forums hosted by American Enterprise Institute, in panel discussions at Association of American Law Schools conferences, and within law school curricula at Harvard Law School and University of Chicago Law School.

The Journal is indexed by legal and interdisciplinary services such as HeinOnline, LexisNexis, Westlaw, and bibliographic databases used by libraries including the Library of Congress and university catalogues at Yale University, Harvard University, and Princeton University. Abstracting appears in legal periodical indexes and citation services utilized by scholars at Stanford Law School, Columbia Law School, and research centers like the Brookings Institution.

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