Sleeping with the Enemy? Antitrust Advice for Online Collaborators

1 See, e.g., Susan S. DeSanti, "The Evolution of Electronic B2B Marketplaces," remarks before the FTC Public Workshop, (June 29, 2000).
2 "Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors" ("Collaboration Guidelines"), 4 Trade Reg. Rep. (CCH) ¦13,160, (April 7, 2000).
3 See Collaboration Guidelines ¤¤ 3.31(a) and Appendix, Example 4.
4 Id.
5 Id.; but see Appendix, Example 9.
6 Id. ¤ 4.1.
7 See generally Collaboration Guidelines, ¤ 3.34(d).
8 Collaboration Guidelines ¤¤1.2, 3.2.
9 Collaboration Guidelines ¤ 3.34(a).
10 See generally William Blumenthal, "B2B Internet Exchanges: The Antitrust Basics," Antitrust Report at 49-50, May 2000.
11 See "FTC Enforcers Believe B2B Auctions Are Similar To JVs," , April 10, 2000, 6 (summary of speech by David Balto, Assistant Director, FTC Policy and Evaluation Office).
12 See generally Allied Tube & Conduit Corp. v. Indian Head Inc., 486 U.S. 492, 501, 1988.
13 See generally Collaboration Guidelines ¤ 3.34(c).
14 See generally U.S. v. Alex Brown & Sons Inc., 1997-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) ¦¦ 71,788-89 (S.D.N.Y. 1997); see also In re NASDAQ Market-Makers Antitrust Litigation, 894 F. Supp. 703 (S.D.N.Y. 1995); Competitive Impact Statement, U.S. v. Alex Brown & Sons Inc., 61 Fed. Reg. 40, 433-434 (1996).
15 See Collaboration Guidelines ¤ 4.2.
16 Collaboration Guidelines ¤ 4.1.
17 See, e.g., U.S. v. Seville Indus. Mach. Corp., 696 F. Supp. 986 (D.N.J. 1988).