O’Connor, Kevin J.L.; Gaughan, Anthony J.; Renfro, Hannah L.; Arends, Wendy K.; Briggs, Adam C.; Arends, Wendy K. --- "Interaction of Public and Private Enforcement" [2012] ELECD 855; in Foer, A. Albert; Stutz, M. Randy (eds), "Private Enforcement of Antitrust Law in the United States" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012)

Book Title: Private Enforcement of Antitrust Law in the United States

Editor(s): Foer, A. Albert; Stutz, M. Randy

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9780857939593

Section: Chapter 11

Section Title: Interaction of Public and Private Enforcement

Author(s): O’Connor, Kevin J.L.; Gaughan, Anthony J.; Renfro, Hannah L.; Arends, Wendy K.; Briggs, Adam C.; Arends, Wendy K.

Number of pages: 25

Extract:

11 Interaction of public and private enforcement
Kevin J.L. O'Connor, Anthony J. Gaughan, Hannah L.
Renfro, Adam C. Briggs, and Wendy K. Arends1


§ 11.01 Introduction
11.01.1 Varying remedies
11.01.2 Varying incentives and concerns
§ 11.02 Public enforcers often initiate cases before private plaintiffs
11.02.1 Applicability of rulings in prior government cases
11.02.2 Limits on private plaintiffs' use of materials and
information acquired in the government's suit
§ 11.03 Private plaintiffs take the lead in initiating some cases
11.03.1 Advantages of private enforcement
11.03.2 Difficulties faced by private plaintiffs
§ 11.04 Coordinated action among private and public plaintiffs
11.04.1 Parens patriae actions
11.04.2 Private class actions
11.04.3 Overlapping lawsuits: Case examples
11.04.4 Coordination problems and solutions
11.04.4(a) The investigative and precomplaint case
strategy phase
11.04.4(b) Litigation phase
11.04.4(c) Settlement/arbitration phase
11.04.5 Qualitative and quantitative results of multiple layers
of enforcement
11.04.6 The multiple layers create a unique antitrust enforcement
landscape
§ 11.05 Conclusion

§ 11.01 Introduction

One of the unique features of antitrust enforcement is the multiplicity of potential plain-
tiffs, governmental and private, authorized to challenge allegedly unlawful conduct under

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Kevin J. O'Connor is a shareholder with Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., and chairs the firm's
Antitrust and Trade Regulation Practice Group. Before joining Godfrey & Kahn, O'Connor
headed the ...