CELS/USC Virtual Antitrust Law Workshop Series: 'Grounded: How DOJ Merger Analysis Left Consumers Stranded'

Speaker: Professor Christine Bartholomew (Buffalo University, School of Law)

Abstract: The Department of Justice has bungled airline merger oversight. Consumers are now in a holding pattern with an oligopoly that delivers higher prices, fewer choices, and turbulent service. Over three decades, fiftyplus airline mergers have shrunk the industry from ten major carriers to four. This paper delivers a comprehensive analysis of the DOJ’s analytical failures in applying the Clayton Act to airline mergers—adding a needed dimension to legal scholarship that has dissected everything from deregulation to labor disputes while the government’s enforcement strategy remained grounded.

To register your interest for this event please contact Professor Oke Odudu (oo201@cam.ac.uk).