Course Description


Course	Antitrust Law - Law 618
Instructor	Barak Y. Orbach View Faculty Page
Email	orbach@law.arizona.edu
Units	3 - Graded
Prerequisites:	None.
Recommended Courses:	None.
Overview	This course is about the intersection between law and markets. It provides an introduction to the federal antitrust laws dealing with restraints of trade, monopolization and mergers. We will examine the history of U.S. antitrust laws and their development to understand the modern applications of antitrust laws. We will focus on business choices that lead firms to consider antitrust as a cause of action or create potential antitrust liabilities.
Materials	Sullivan, Hovenkamp & Shelanski, Antitrust Law, Policy and Procedure: Cases, Materials, Problems (Sixth Edition, 2009) (hard cover and the (much) cheaper loose-leaf version are identical)
Course Format
Written Assignments	None.
Type of Exam	Short Essays.
Basis for grading	Exam.
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