The latest antitrust ruling by the Fifth Circuit favors a giant, General Motors, despite its huge share of the parts market that the plaintiff accused it of monopolizing. But the case says less about the Fifth Circuit's pro-defense leanings than it does about the steep odds against predatory-pricing cases in general.
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Third Circuit Sustains Antitrust Verdict for Exclusive Dealing, Remands for Review of New Damages Model
By Barry Barnett on
The Third Circuit handles a lot of antitrust cases. It usually gets them right. It did that again last Friday, in ZF Meritor, LLC v. Eaton Corp., No. 11-3301 (3d Cir. Sept. 28, 2012).
The case involved heavy-duty truck transmissions, the kinds that go in semi-trailer rigs and dump and cement trucks. The biggest…
