Antitrust
Section 1, Spring 23
Schedule Information
Enrollment: 37/64
Credits: 4
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01/23/2023 | 04/27/2023 |
Course Description
This course provides an introduction to U.S. antitrust law and the economic principles that inform antitrust practice. Topics covered include price fixing and horizontal conspiracies; monopolies, monopolization, and market power; vertical distribution restraints; boycotts; exclusive dealing and tying arrangements; mergers and acquisitions; the application of U.S. antitrust law abroad; and state action and petitioning immunity. Economic analysis plays a central role in this course, but no prior background in economics is required.
Course Requirements
Exam Info:
Final Type (if any): Flex
Description: Flex exam at end of semester.
Written Work Product
Written Work Product:
Other Work
Other Course Details
Prerequisites: None Concurrencies: None
Mutually Exclusive With: None
Laptops Allowed: Yes
First Day Attendance Required: No
Course Resources: To be announced.
Course Notes:
Graduation Requirements
*Satisfies Writing Requirement: No
**Credits For Prof. Skills Requirement: No
Satisfies Professional Ethics: No
*If “Yes,” then students are required to submit a substantial research paper in this course, which means students do not need to submit any form to SRO for this paper to meet their upper-level writing requirement. If “No,” then students must submit a “special request” e-form to SRO (available via LawWeb) no later than five weeks after the start of the term for a paper in this class to be counted toward the upper-level writing requirement.
**Yes indicates course credits count towards UVA Law’s Prof. Skills graduation requirement, not necessarily a skills requirements for any particular state bar.
Schedule No.
123217957
123217957
Law No.
LAW7005
LAW7005
Modified Type
Lecture
Lecture
Cross Listed: No
Cross-Listed Course Mnemonic:
Public Syllabus Link: None
Evaluation Portal Via LawWeb Opens: Friday, April 21, 12:01 AM
Evaluation Portal Via LawWeb Closes: Sunday, April 30, 11:59 PM
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