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Monopoly Leveraging In Verizon Communications V. Law Offices Of Curtis V. Trinko, Llp: Why The United States Supreme Court Should Draw A Clear Line For Anticompetitive Behavior Violative Of The Sherman Act, Anthony J. Lazzaro
Cleveland State Law Review
The Court should draw the line for anticompetitive behavior violative of the Sherman Act above the mere gain of a competitive advantage in the second market. If the Supreme Court were to draw the line at this level, the circuit split and the resulting confusion would be ameliorated. By recognizing the three types of conduct that characterize monopoly leveraging, with the exception to the third type of conduct, the Supreme Court would provide much needed guidance for the lower federal courts in determining whether a firm's behavior in a given case rises to the level of the monopoly leveraging. The …