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News from Global Authorities
Today's top headlines from around the world.
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Major firms confirm dawn raids following abuse-of-dominance complaints
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Antitrust Buzz 
To author Chris Sagers, the underlying economic story of the ebooks case had intuitive appeal: A major retailer entrant agrees with a manufacturing oligopoly, in exchange for a share of the spoils, to assist in coercion of the incumbent retailer, which got its dominant position through price-cutting. Motive, opportunity, plausibility. It was a conspiracy against the public, of a kind going to the core concerns of antitrust, and as a matter of legal doctrine it seems pretty simple. The author asks: Why did everybody seem to hate this case?
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Community Chat 
CPI had the chance to interview Christopher Sagers, Associate Professor at Cleveland-Marshall School of Law and author of the CPI Chronicle paper United States v. Apple and the Contemporary Legitimacy of Antitrust. Sagers offered us his opinion on Wednesday's verdict on the Apple ebooks trial and what it means for the future.
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CPI is welcoming news tips from competition authorities and law firms around the world. From job changes to new investigations, to anything the antitrust community would want to know, we want to know, too! Have a story? E-mail our managing editor!
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