Four Axinn Thought Leadership Pieces Nominated for the Antitrust Writing Awards

Four written pieces authored by Axinn lawyers have been nominated for the Concurrences 2025 Antitrust Writing Awards. These awards aim to promote competition scholarship and contribute to competition advocacy. Axinn’s lawyers have consistently been recognized in previous nominations over the years.

Support Axinn’s commitment to excellence by casting your ballot alongside a distinguished jury of government regulators, academics, and business leaders to choose the winning articles. Your participation matters in shaping the future of antitrust scholarship.

To read and vote for Axinn’s nominated articles, please view the links below:

• "A Year of Antitrust Challenges Within U.S. Organised Sports," Nick Gaglio, Global Competition Review, Americas Antitrust Review 2025 (August 2024)
• "Antitrust Advocacy: U.S. Agencies Shifting International Dialogue Away from Merger Review Best Practice and Towards Prohibition and Deterrence," Michael Keeley, Competition Law Insight (April 2024)
• "Recent Challenges to FTC Constitutionality: Surveying the Landscape," Craig Minerva, American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section’s Antitrust Magazine (April 2024)
• "Setting the AI Standard for Algorithmic Pricing in the U.S.: Per Se or Rule of Reason?," Daniel Oakes and Sandhya Taneja, NZKart (July 2024)

As you navigate through these thought-provoking pieces, remember that your vote isn’t merely a choice between nominations; it’s an endorsement of intellectual rigor and a vision for a fair and competitive marketplace.

The winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on April 1, 2025, on the eve of the ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting, in Washington, D.C.

About Axinn

Axinn combines the skills, experience, and dedication of the world’s largest firms with the focus, responsiveness, efficiency, and attention to client needs of the best boutiques. The firm was established in the late 1990s by lawyers from premier Wall Street firms with a common vision: provide the highest level of service and strategic acumen in antitrust, intellectual property, and high-stakes litigation. Axinn’s lawyers have served as lead or co-lead counsel on more than half a trillion dollars in transactions and, in the last 10 years alone, have handled more than 500 litigations.