Responding to a Complicated Antitrust Complaint

Antitrust complaints are infamous for their complexity. Can you really call a hundred-page pleading a “short and plain statement”? But Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombley was after all an antitrust case.  If you are answering an antitrust complaint or even drafting one, check out this sample complaint in Practical Guidance Antitrust, the Civil Antitrust Litigation topic detailing responses to a complicated online-distribution action, claiming violations of both section 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act. It is based upon a real Complaint and Answer.  

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