Foreword

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FOREWORD

The Antitrust Section is pleased to present the second edition of Model

Jury Instructions in Civil Antitrust Cases. The first edition of the Model

Jury Instructions, published in 2005, built on the Section’s Sample Jury

Instructions, which were first published in 1987 and updated in 1999.

Model Jury Instructions differed from earlier civil jury instructions

handbooks in that it sought to present to the greatest extent possible

instructions that reflected the law as established by the Supreme Court and

the Courts of Appeal. As with the first edition of Model Jury Instructions,

this second edition includes explanatory notes and references to the

supporting case law.

Model Jury Instructions proved to be extremely popular and useful.

The Section’s decision to publish a second edition of Model Jury

Instructions reflects our view that practicing lawyers and judges continue

to want jury instructions that reflect settled law to the greatest extent

possible. But they also want instructions that reflect the most balanced

views of existing law and in language that jurors will understand. We

believe this handbook accomplishes these essential purposes, and

encourage trial lawyers to continue this work to seek balance and clear

instructions in the context of their individual cases. The Section and

antitrust practitioners generally owe deep gratitude to Roberta D.

Liebenberg and Rob Walters and other members of the Trial Practice

Committee for their enormous efforts in preparing this new edition.

June 2016 Roxann E. Henry

Chair, Section of Antitrust Law

American Bar Association

2015-16

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