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Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

1996

Antitrust

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Trading Secrets--The International Antitrust Enforcement Assistance Act, Laraine L. Laudati, Todd J. Friedbacher Jan 1996

Trading Secrets--The International Antitrust Enforcement Assistance Act, Laraine L. Laudati, Todd J. Friedbacher

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

This article will explore the terms of the IAEAA, questioning in particular whether the Act provides a viable mechanism for information exchange, as well as whether it embodies a true commitment to argued to the European Court of Justice that the Agreement should have been concluded by the European Council rather than the European Commission. French Republic v. Commission of the European Communities, Case C-327/91 (1994).


Through A Glass Darkly: The Case Against Pilkington Plc. Under The New U.S. Department Of Justice International Enforcement Policy, Jeffrey N. Neuman Jan 1996

Through A Glass Darkly: The Case Against Pilkington Plc. Under The New U.S. Department Of Justice International Enforcement Policy, Jeffrey N. Neuman

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

An inquiry into subject matter jurisdiction under the 1995 Guidelines and in U.S. v. Pilkington, plc. requires a brief examination of the history of extraterritorial enforcement policy since the mid-1970s. This is set forth in section II. Next, in section III, the comment analyzes the ebb and flow of judicial approaches to U.S. antitrust subject matter jurisdiction, focusing on the pre- and post-FTAIA eras. Section IV looks specifically at the 1995 Guideline and the Justice Department's grounds for asserting U.S. subject matter jurisdiction against Pilkington. In doing so, the comment suggests that in an interdependent global economy, an aggressive jurisdictional …