The Antitrust Review of the Americas 2015 features a chapter by BakerHostetler antitrust partner Edmund W. Searby entitled, “United States: Private Antitrust Litigation – Class Actions.” He wrote:
“As many appreciate, two Supreme Court decisions in the last seven years have assisted the defense of antitrust class actions. The first and most significant is the enhancement of pleading standards. Second, the Supreme Court addressed the standards for class certification in terms that at the very least require greater rigour in class certification. While neither Supreme Court decision is new, we review in this article recent cases to see how these decisions have affected the prosecution of antitrust class actions.”
The chapter includes sections on motions to dismiss antitrust class actions under Twombly, trends involving the application of greater rigor by courts in assessing antitrust class certifications, and patterns in antitrust class action filings by judicial circuit. Read the chapter.
The 18th annual edition of The Antitrust Review of the Americas covers hot topics in the U.S., Canada and Brazil including: Cartels, Energy, Foreign Investment, Joint Ventures, IP & Antitrust, Mergers, Private Enforcement, Private Equity, Technology and Vertical Restraint. Government officials discuss current enforcement and priorities for the year ahead in the U.S., Canada, Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Nicaragua.
Extracts from The Antitrust Review of the Americas 2015 – www.GlobalCompetitionReview.com