Steven Semeraro Principal, Kensington Antitrust Advisors Group Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law EDUCATION 1984-1987 Stanford Law School, J.D. with Distinction Positions: Editor-in-chief, Volume 6, Stanford Environmental Law Journal; President, Sergeants-at-Law Trial Advocacy Group. Honors:Best Brief, 1987 Kirkwood Moot Court Competition; Olaus and Adolph Murie Award (Second Prize) in Writing […]
Author Archives: Steve Semeraro
Group Member Bios
July 3, 2008 – 7:05 pm
Kensington Antitrust Advisors Group Steven Semeraro, Principal Member Steven Semeraro, a graduate of the Stanford Law School and a tenured, full professor at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, CA, has more than 20 years experience as an antitrust lawyer and consultant. After studying under William Baxter at Stanford, Professor Semeraro joined the law […]
Links
July 3, 2008 – 6:27 pm
Enforcement Agency Sites United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Competition Federal Government Antitrust Enforcement Guidelines & Policy Statements Health Care Intellectual Property Guidelines Most Recent Policy Statement International Operations Joint Ventures Mergers – Guidelines Most Recent Policy Statement Department of Justice Primer on Antitrust & the Consumer Department of […]
Questions & Answers
July 3, 2008 – 6:27 pm
If you have a question about antitrust law generally or a specific situation, you can contact us here. Will do our best to answer promptly.
Antitrust Law Summaries
July 3, 2008 – 6:26 pm
The short summaries at each of these links are intended to introduce the subject to the lay person with little or no knowledge of the antitrust laws. The United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, includes excellent summaries at various levels of generality on its website. Practicing lawyers will want to review those summaries in […]
Antitrust: Latest Developments
July 3, 2008 – 6:26 pm
June 24, 2008: The European Commission has filed cases with the Tribunal de Commerce in Brussels seeking damages from four lifts companies that were previously found to have operated a cartel charging supra-competitive prices for the installation and maintenance of lifts and escalators in its own buildings and those of other EU institutions, both in Brussels and Luxembourg. June […]
Who We Are
July 3, 2008 – 6:04 pm
The Kensington Antitrust Advisors Group is the project of Steven Semeraro, who has worked as an litigator with the law firm Covington & Burling, and as a trial attorney with the United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division. He is currently a professor of law at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California, and a […]
Experience
July 3, 2008 – 6:02 pm
We have more than two decades of experience advising and representing clients, and prosecuting antitrust violations, in the state and federal courts. From initial case assessment through appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court in cutting edge antitrust cases, we have been there. Because we have defended clients, large and small, we can provide frank advice […]
About
July 3, 2008 – 3:19 pm
The Kensington Antitrust Advisors Group provides a full range of consulting services to businesses and law firms relating to antitrust compliance, litigation, and policy. We can design compliance programs, evaluate competition questions about business plans, or assist in the preparation of a business review letter. We also assess potential antitrust violations; facilitate meetings with the […]
Simplified Settlement Procedure
June 30, 2008 – 2:27 am
A simplified settlement procedure for cartels is planned that will permit companies suspected of price-fixing to receive a 10% fine reduction if they acknowledge their involvement.