Antitrust Pressure Points: Dominant-Firm Conduct, Repair Markets, State Price-Focused Laws, and Worker Mobility (Presented by Troutman Pepper Locke)

This CLE offers a fast-moving, practical tour of the antitrust issues most likely to affect counseling and litigation right now. Building from the “monopoly broth” theme, it examines how the Supreme Court may reshape monopolization doctrine, especially the risk that a series of individually lawful actions can be viewed in the aggregate as exclusionary conduct, and what that means for advising dominant firms. The program then turns to the accelerating Right to Repair movement, exploring when repair restrictions, parts access, and licensing models may trigger antitrust scrutiny. Next, it surveys the growing patchwork of state competition and price-focused statutes, highlighting…