This analysis of several early cases brought under the AML shows that civil litigation is already beginning to impact business behavior. Lester Ross (WilmerHale)

This is the story, in Justice Ginsburg’s words, of an “attempt to transform a $500 case into a $5,000,000 award." Aidan Synnott, Paul, Weiss & Daniel Crane, Univ. of Michigan

Class certification proceedings were never intended to be used to decide the merits of an underlying factual dispute in the lawsuitâ€â€be it discrimination felt by class members in common, or impact from a price-fixing violation on a class of purchasers generally. Jay L. Himes &...

Given the somewhat schizophrenic, and uncertain, approach of the EU authorities to private damages actions in the competition arena, it will likely, in the short- to medium-term anyway, be left to national legal systems in the EU to decide to what extent, if any, they wish to promote collective...

Because Dukes lowers the bar to class certification in the Ninth Circuit, businesses that may be targeted by antitrust class actions should be prepared to face more litigation there, and should be sure to preserve important issues for potential Supreme Court review. Donald M. Falk, Archis A....

Italy has abandoned a regime that had drawn bitter criticism among practitioners and companies alike. Stefano Grassani (Pavia e Ansaldo)

DG Comp says “Compliance Mattersâ€Ââ۠but, regrettably, not to DG Comp. Joe Murphy (CCEP)

The Australian government has proposed amendments to the CCA that aim to regulate information disclosure; if enacted, the proposal could be said to represent international worst practice. (Caron Beaton-Wells & Brent Fisse, Univ. of Melbourne Law School)

Can CRAs’ recent downgrading of sovereign ratings trigger antitrust liability? Nicolas Petit & Norman Neyrinck (Univ. of Liege)

The four new guiding principles in our lexicon of international cooperation are particularly important: mindfulness, respect, trust, and dialogue. Rachel Brandenburger (DOJ)