LAW REVIEW ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM
COMPETITION IN THE 21ST CENTURY:
Can Existing Antitrust Laws Govern a 21st-Century Digital Economy?
MARCH 4, 2022
The University of Memphis Law Review will explore whether existing antitrust law is sufficient to govern a 21st-century digital economy. Modern antitrust law in the United States has developed from the original passage of the Sherman Act in 1890 to a system largely focused on protecting the competitive process and increasing consumer welfare. Is this approach adequate for the rapidly changing digital economy of the 21st-century, where some claim that companies like Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are reminiscent of the oil and steel trusts which motivated the original passage of the Sherman Act?
CLE credit has been requested. Information on registration and potential for virtual format will be updated on this page as available. For more information contact Symposium editor, Lexie Haralson at ljhrlson@memphis.edu.
The University of Memphis Law Review hosts its annual symposium every spring at the Law School. For more information about the most recent past topics and speakers, please visit the links below.
2020:
2019: Barriers at the Ballot Box: Protecting or Limiting the Core of the American Identity?
2018: The American Addiction: Pathways to Address the Opioid Crisis
2017 - The Fragile Fortress: Judicial Independence in the 21st Century
2016 - Urban Revitalization: The Legal Implications of Remaking a City
2015 - In re Valor: Policy and Action in Veterans Legal Aid
2014 - Juvenile Courts in Transition
2013 - Breaking the Silence: Legal Voices in the Fight Against Human Trafficking