Daniel Mogin's practice concentrates on
antitrust, competition and business litigation.
As a member of the assistant attorney generals senior staff and the
Antitrust Division's leadership team, Overton advised on enforcement, operations and policy matters.
This upward trend in scrutiny and punishment for individual
antitrust offenders is likely to continue.
The articles appearing in this issue of the
Antitrust Bulletin contribute to the central theme of the symposium.
Indeed, South Dakota passed its own state
antitrust law during the first month of its statehood.
Read the Wall Street Journal for more about the ABA
antitrust meeting.
The preclusion of such cases has strong implications for the future of both
antitrust enforcement and industrial regulation.
Varney has gone so far as to suggest that the economic crisis is partly attributable to lax
antitrust enforcement.
Justice's
Antitrust Division considers prosecuting this type of behavior to be its top priority--and the size of the players doesn't really matter.
As can be seen by its statutory charge, this Commission has no specific mandate or focus on any aspect of the federal
antitrust laws.
However, several recent developments in Europe provide sharp reminders to smaller companies that
antitrust is alive and well overseas.
The
antitrust law exists to prevent that, and I intend to enforce the law.
