Please click here to read an article that was published in the Fall 2008 special edition of "Competition," published by the State Bar Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section. The article commemorates the 100th anniversary of the enactment of the Cartwright Act, California’s analogue to Section 1 of the federal Sherman Act, and maintains that the symmetry between the two acts is essential to promote consumer welfare and allocative efficiency.

Authored by:

Don T. Hibner, Jr.

(213) 617-4115

dhibner@sheppardmullin.com

and

Heather M. Cooper

(213) 617-5457

hcooper@sheppardmullin.com