The methods recognized by U.S. courts and the European Commission underlying the procedural and quantitative tools and techniques for quantifying antitrust damages have more similarities than differences. Claire M. Korenblit (Sidley Austin)

The Supreme Court’s decision sets relatively clear limits on aspects of class certification that had become indistinct and thus improperly permissive. Donald M. Falk, Archis A. Parasharami, & Marcia E. Goodman (Mayer Brown)

Dukes is likely to have significant effect on the way antitrust class actions are litigated. William L. Monts III (Hogan Lovells)

That invitation will inevitably result in fewer class actions. Marcia McCormick (St. Louis Univ. School of Law)

Dukes did not address the requirement of predominanceâ€â€much less did it brighten the analysis or heighten the evidentiary standard by which predominance must be shown. Jay Himes & William Reiss (Labaton Sucharow LLP)

This ruling will make it harder for plaintiffs to obtain class certification in all types of actionsâ€â€including antitrust cases. Aidan Synnott & William Michael (Paul, Weiss)

The claim that current cartel sanctions have proved inadequate is not supported by the existence of recidivism in the United States. Gregory J. Werden, Scott D. Hammond, & Belinda A. Barnett (DOJ)

There appears to be no legal basis whatsoever to ban antitrust offenders from the United States for lengthy periods. J. Mark Gidley & Patrick Eyers (White & Case)

The court did not appreciate the difference between price setting in differentiated and undifferentiated markets. Herbert Hovenkamp (Univ. of Iowa)

The allegations that led to those convictions make strange reading today, for they contain almost nothing by way of economic analysis. Marc Levinson (Article & Interview)