The Supreme Court Considers the Applicability of the “Price-Squeeze” Theory of Illegal Monopolization
The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in its first antitrust case of the term. In that case -- Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. linkLine Communications, Inc., No. 07-512 -- Plaintiffs allege a Section 2 claim against an alleged regional telephone monopoly, which is required by federal statute to allow its competitors access to its services so its competitors can also offer competing services. The Court is expected to address the extent to which antitrust laws apply to pricing related unilateral conduct by an alleged monopolist after Verizon Communications, Inc. v. Law Offices of Curtis V. Trinko, LLP, 540 U.S. 398 (2004)