Jeffery M. Cross

  • Jeffrey Cross, Today's General Counsel Columnist

    Jeffery M. Cross is a columnist for Today’s General Counsel and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board. He is Counsel in the Litigation Practice of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP. Cross was a Partner at Freeborn & Peters, which merged with SGR in 2023. He can be reached at jcross@sgrlaw.com.

Is Criminal Enforcement of Section 2, the Sherman Act Coming?

November 30, 2023

In March, I attended the American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section’s Spring Meeting in Washington. A hot topic under discussion […]

Ruling Redefines “Rule of Reason” in McDonald’s Antitrust Case

October 3, 2023

No-poach agreements are a hot topic in antitrust. Both government agencies and private plaintiffs have challenged such agreements. Recently the […]

Unfair Competition Under Section 5 of the FTC Act

June 28, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission under Chair Lina Khan has sought to invigorate competition enforcement and rulemaking since President Biden appointed […]

The Exchange of Information: Per Se or Rule of Reason?

May 2, 2023

Recently, I attended the ABA Antitrust Section’s Spring Meeting in Washington. One of the hot topics of discussion was the […]

The FTC Rule Banning Noncompete Agreements

February 28, 2023

A hot topic in antitrust today is the FTC’s proposed rule banning noncompete agreements as an unfair method of competition […]

No-Poach Agreements and Antitrust

October 28, 2022

No-poach agreements are very much in the antitrust news recently. The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission have […]

Amending the Antitrust Laws to Address Big Tech

July 6, 2022

In April, I participated in a debate at the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. The topic […]

Antitrust Lessons From Footnotes and Citations

March 28, 2022

In the summer of 2016, the Federal Judicial Center (FJC), which is the educational arm of the federal courts, approached […]

Epic Games v. Apple: The Antitrust Analysis

December 3, 2021

The recent decision by the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California in Epic Games v. Apple garnered […]

Antitrust Lessons From the Supreme Court’s NCAA Decision

October 1, 2021

In June, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in NCAA v. Alston, an antitrust case involving the NCAA’s restrictions […]

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