Editor's Note

• Jurisdiction: United States,Federal,California
• Citation: Vol. 30 No. 1
• Publication year: 2020
• topic: Antitrust and Competition,Business of Law,Commercial Litigation,Civil Procedure

EDITOR'S NOTE

Qianwei Fu

Zelle LLP

San Francisco, CA

Welcome to the first issue of Volume 30 of Competition, our Section's official journal published biannually both in print and electronically. Last November, the Section continued its streak of success with its 29th Golden State Institute. The conference brought together experienced jurists and practitioners who shared their insights on the recent developments in competition law as well as the challenges with emerging issues and trends. In this issue, we are pleased to present eight articles reprising those discussions at the GSI. In addition, we present three articles on topics that have received recent attention from practitioners on both sides of the aisle.

The issue starts off with a comprehensive review of the law by the "three Toms" panel: Tom Papageorge, head of the Consumer Protection Unit of the San Diego District Attorney's Office; Tom Greene, a trial attorney for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice; and Tom Dahdouh, the Federal Trade Commission's Western Region Director. In these pages, we reproduce Tom Papageorge's discussion of California substantive law and Tom Greene's discussion of state and federal procedural law relating to competition issues. These notes are well worth a close reading since they contain...