Recent judicial decisions (such as the Supreme Court’s decisions in Empagran and Intel) and enforcement proceedings (such as the Oracle-Siebel merger and the still-pending Microsoft case in Europe) have again highlighted the difficulties of international antitrust coordination, particularly between the United States and the European Union. “New Economy” industries, including...

In tworecent cases, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed jurisdictional dimensions in international antitrust disputes, butonly one justice--Stephen Breyer--took a sensible view.

Seemingly arcane questions of jurisdiction have emerged as a massive problem in antitrust law. After settling with U.S. state and federal authorities over antitrust allegations, Microsoft was again the target on March 24 when the European Commission fined the company $613 million for monopolistic practices. Just a month later, in...

The theme of the Supreme Court's 2003-2004 term is jurisdiction--the allocation of decision-making authority and letting the federal courts judge conflicts between laws of sovereigns.

May Texas courts decide antitrust cases over allegedly anticompetitive conduct that, unfortunately, occurred wholly outside of Texas?