Foreword

An Antitrust Guide for Trade Associations

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Foreword

The ABA Antitrust Section has developed

this Antitrust Guide for Trade Association Pro-

fessionals and Members in order to provide a

tool for antitrust compliance that may be used

by association professionals, managers, and

staff, as well as the counsel who advise associa-

tions and the firms and individuals who par-

ticipate in association activities. This Antitrust

Guide is designed to help association profession-

als and members identify the antitrust issues

that typical association activities may present,

and to offer general practical guidance for con-

ducting association activities. We hope this pub-

lication will become a major resource for

antitrust compliance programs for trade asso-

ciations and for their members.

The Antitrust Section gratefully recognizes

the contributions of the attorneys who conceived

and organized this project, drafted the manu-

script, and prepared it for publication: Stephen

W. Armstrong, Christopher J. MacAvoy, Timo-

thy J. Waters, Patricia M. Vaughan, Kathleen

Haley McGillis, Elise Kirban, and Neil Imus.

Kevin E. Grady

Chair 2003-2004

Section of Antitrust Law

American Bar Association