http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/233605.htm

News release about terms of settlement between Justice Department and National Association of Realtors where realtors agreed to cease using such anti-competitive practices as withholding multiple service listings from Internet-based brokers. From the Justice Department

http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/busreview/230598.pdf

Provides Justice Department responses to statements of proposed business activity by corporations, indicating whether the department plans to challenge the activity on federal antitrust grounds. From the Justice Department.

http://www.ftc.gov/os/2008/01/080116postal.pdf

Reports on the competitive mail market and the burdens and advantages that the Postal Service has as a federal entity compared to its private competitors. Concludes that the burdens exceed the benefits but that both distort the marketplace and explores ways that Congress and the Postal Regulatory Commission could minimize these distortions. From the Federal Trade Commission.

http://laws.findlaw.com/us/000/06-480

5-4 Supreme Court decision that ruled that manufacturers could dictate minimum prices to be charged by retailers without violating antitrust laws. From Findlaw.com.

http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/reports/223094.pdf

Examines the nature of real estate transactions, innovations that are changing these transactions, and the obstacles to greater competition, including multiple listing services, legislative and regulatory restrictions, and realtor association practices. From the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission.

http://www.ftc.gov/reports/innovation/P040101PromotingInnovationandCompetitionrpt0704.pdf

Discusses the relationship between intellectual property rights and antitrust legislation, especially in cases where monopoly power over a market is alleged. Sythesizes the views of more than 300 panelists at a series of hearings on Competition and Intellectual Property Law and Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy. From the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department.

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06963.pdf

After the Justice Department sued 9 universities for restraint of competition by making collective financial aid decisions about students, Congress passed a temporary antitrust exemption to allow limited collaboration regarding financial aid practices. This study concludes that the antitrust exemption has not significantly affected college affordability or the likelihood of low income student enrollment at the participating universities . From the Government Accountability Office.