Antitrust: On the Cutting Edge

• Date: 01 March 1999
• Author: Jeffrey L. Harrison,Roger D. Blair
• DOI: 10.1177/0003603X9904400101
• Published date: 01 March 1999
• Subject Matter: Part I: Antitrust: On the Cutting Edge

The Antitrust Bulletin/Spring 1999

Antitrust: on the cutting edge

BY ROGER D. BLAIR* and JEFFREY L. HARRISON**

Bill Curran suggested that we consider organizing aconference on

pressing issues in antitrust policy. We accepted his suggestion and

the result was a very busy and stimulating day in Gainesville. The

entire venture was made possible by the generous financial sup-

port

of

the College of Law and the Warrington College

of

Busi-

ness Administration at the University of Florida. Bill

Curran's

commitment

to publish the proceedings was also important in

attracting the distinguished scholars who agreed to participate.

Taken as a whole, the day

turned

out

to be a study in the

adaptability

of

antitrust

and the

challenges

presented by new

industries, technologies, and markets. Specifically, can the same

body

of

antitrust principles be applied to issues raised in the con-

text

of

the Internet, intellectual property, the defense industry, air-

line competition, and emerging health care delivery systems? The

sense one

gets

from reading the following

articles

is that the

antitrust law is sufficiently malleable to handle most of the new

issues to which it must be applied. This is not to say that it will

"Huber Hurst Professor, Department of Economics, University of

Florida.

** Chesterfield Smith Professor of Law. University of Florida.

Ci) 1999 by Federal Legal Publications. Inc