Corporate & Securities Law

Innovation, Competition And Consumer Welfare In Intellectual Property Law

Posted on March 31, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Gustavo Ghidini, Professor of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, University of Milan and Director, Observatory on Intellectual Property, Competition and Communications Law, LUISS Guido Carli University has a new book on Innovation, Competition And Consumer...

The Development Of Competition Law: Global Perspectives

Posted on March 31, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Roger Zäch and Andreas Heinemann, Europa Institut, University of Zurich and Andreas Kellerhals, Europa Institut, University of Zurich, Switzerland and Member, Swiss Competition Commission, have edited The Development Of Competition Law: Global Perspectives...

Assessing the Link between Standard Setting and Market Power

Posted on March 31, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Anne Layne-Farrar, LECG and A. Jorge Padilla, LECG explain Assessing the Link between Standard Setting and Market Power. ABSTRACT: Some policymakers, courts, and academics have expressed concerns that when a firm?s patents are incorporated into...

The Coolest Antitrust Seminar of Spring 2010

Posted on March 31, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol It has to be Hanno Kaiser (Berkeley Law) and his Antitrust and the Internet class. The syllabus is available here.

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Microsoft On Trial: Legal and Economic Analysis of a Transatlantic Antitrust Case

Posted on March 31, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Luca Rubini, University of Birmingham - Law has assembled a group of experts to discuss Microsoft On Trial: Legal and Economic Analysis of a Transatlantic Antitrust Case in a new edited book. BOOK ABSTRACT: Microsoft...

Google is Under Attack from Competition (ie, the market)

Posted on March 31, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Facebook has overtaken Google as the most popular US website. I guess it means that Google might not be so dominant after all - not as if antitrust enforcers in the US and Europe seem...

Antitrust and Innovation Symposium, Stanford Law May 20-21, 2010

Posted on March 31, 2010
Postred by D. Daniel Sokol Antitrust and Innovation Symposium Stanford School of Law Stanford, CA May 20-21, 2010 About the Symposium The ABA Section of Antitrust Law and Stanford Law School have assembled a first-rate group of leading scholars, current...

Mathematical Properties of a Combined Cournot-Stackelberg model

Posted on March 30, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Fabio Tramontana (Department of Economics, University of Ancona, Italy), Laura Gardini (Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods, University of Urbino, Italy), and Tönu Puu (CERUM, Umeå University) explore Mathematical Properties of a Combined Cournot-Stackelberg model...

Trade Liberalization, Competition and Growth

Posted on March 30, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Omar Licandro (IAE) and Antonio Navas Ruiz (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid) have a new working paper on Trade Liberalization, Competition and Growth. ABSTRACT: Increasing evidence support the claim that international trade enhances innovation and productivity...

Key Features of 2009 Cartel Cases

Posted on March 30, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Romano Subiotto, Georgina Eclair-Heath and Itai Rabinovici (Clearly Gottlieb) explain the Key Features of 2009 Cartel Cases. ABSTRACT: Key points In 2009, the European courts have generally refrained from annuling cartel decisions adopted by the...

Entry and competition in freight transport: the case of a prospective transalpine rail link between France and Italy

Posted on March 30, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Delphine Prady (Tolouse - Econ) and Hannes Ullrich (U Zurich and ZEW Manheim) address Entry and competition in freight transport: the case of a prospective transalpine rail link between France and Italy. ABSTRACT: We analyze...

Information Sharing and Cross-border Entry in European Banking

Posted on March 30, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Caterina Giannetti (GSBC Jena, University of Siena), Nicola Jentzsch (DIW Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin.), and Giancarlo Spagnolo (University of Rome Tor Vergata, SITE Stockholm) explain Information Sharing and Cross-border Entry in European Banking...

Mergers and sequential innovation: evidence from patent citations

Posted on March 29, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jessica C. Stahl (Federal Reserve Board) has posted an empirical project on Mergers and sequential innovation: evidence from patent citations. ABSTRACT: An extensive literature has investigated the effect of market structure on innovation...

WSJ Op-Ed - Seeds of Antitrust Destruction: DuPont runs to the Justice Department's competition police

Posted on March 29, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The WSJ ran an op-ed in today's paper titled "Seeds of Antitrust Destruction: DuPont runs to the Justice Department's competition police" that denounces the regulatory capture of DOJ by DuPont and other less efficient competitors...

Happy Passover Antitrust Edition

Posted on March 29, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Tonight is the first night of Passover. I want to wish all of our readers at the Antitrust and Competition Policy Blog a Happy Passover. Even President Obama celebrates Passover. What are the best Passover...

New properties of the Cournot duopoly with isoelastic demand and constant unit costs

Posted on March 29, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Fabio Tramontana (Department of Economics, University of Ancona, Italy), Laura Gardini (Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods, University of Urbino, Italy), and Tönu Puu (CERUM, Umeå University) describe New properties of the Cournot duopoly with...

Access Regulation, Financial Structure and Investment in Vertically Integrated Utilities:Evidence from EU Telecoms

Posted on March 29, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Carlo Cambini (Politecnico di Torino and FEEM) and Laura Rondi (Politecnico di Torino and FEEM) discuss Access Regulation, Financial Structure and Investment in Vertically Integrated Utilities:Evidence from EU Telecoms. ABSTRACT: We examine theoretically and empirically...

Health Insurance Competition in Germany - The Role of Advertising

Posted on March 29, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Bettina Becker (Department of Economics, Loughborough University) and Silke Uebelmesser (CES, University of Munich) explore Health Insurance Competition in Germany - The Role of Advertising. ABSTRACT: In the 1990s, competition among health insurance funds (?sickness...

58th Antitrust Law Spring Meeting - There is Still Time to Register

Posted on March 29, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol 58th Antitrust Law Spring Meeting ABA Antitrust Section JW Marriott Hotel and The National Press Club Washington, DC April 21-23, 2010 A. Register Cut-off Date: March 31, 2010 A variety of methods of registration are...

Call for Papers: Searle Center Third Annual Research Symposium on Antitrust Economics and Competition Policy at Northwestern University School of Law

Posted on March 28, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol CALL FOR PAPERS SEARLE CENTER ON LAW, REGULATION, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: THIRD ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM ON ANTITRUST ECONOMICS AND COMPETITION POLICY Friday, September 24th-Saturday, September 25th, 2010 The Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic...

International Conference on Quality of Regulation: Case Research and Analysis

Posted on March 27, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON QUALITY OF REGULATION: CASE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS March 27, 2010 (0900 -1500 hrs) Conference Room, III, Annexe, India International Centre, 40, Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi 110003, India CUTS is organising an...

The New Vertical Restraints Regime - The new rules and how they will apply

Posted on March 26, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The New Vertical Restraints Regime - The new rules and how they will apply Tuesday 8 June 2010, The Stanhope Hotel, Brussels On 1 June 2010, a new Vertical Agreements Block Exemption will come into...

Public and Private: Are the Boundaries in Transition?

Posted on March 26, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The American Antitrust Institute presents: Public and Private: Are the Boundaries in Transition? National Press Club, Washington, D.C. June 24, 2010 8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introduction Albert A. Foer, President, American Antitrust Institute 9:00 a...

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Posted on March 26, 2010
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Resale price maintenance: Explaining the controversy, and small steps towards a more nuanced policy

Posted on March 26, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol MATTHEW BENNETT, AMELIA FLETCHER, EMANUELE GIOVANNETTI & DAVID STALLIBRASS (all OFT) discuss Resale price maintenance: Explaining the controversy, and small steps towards a more nuanced policy. ABSTRACT: The paper sets out why we consider that...

Agency Merger Enforcement in Non-Reportable Transactions

Posted on March 25, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Mary K. Marks and Beverly J. Ang (Schulte Roth) explain Agency Merger Enforcement in Non-Reportable Transactions. ABSTRACT: This article considers what may account for an apparent increase in agency challenges to mergers and acquisitions that...

Oral Hearings and the Best Practices Guidelines

Posted on March 25, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol James Modrall & Ruchit Patel, (Cleary Gottlieb) explain Oral Hearings and the Best Practices Guidelines. ABSTRACT: On January 6, 2010, the European Commission (the "Commission") published for consultation three "Best Practices" documents...

Microeconomic Evidence on Price-Setting

Posted on March 25, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Peter J. Klenow (Stanford - Econ) and Benjamin A. Malin (Federal Reserve Board of Governors) explain Microeconomic Evidence on Price-Setting. ABSTRACT: The last decade has seen a burst of micro price studies. Many studies analyze...

Prediction and Antitrust: An Invitational Symposium - June 23, 2010

Posted on March 25, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The American Antitrust Institute presents: Prediction and Antitrust: An Invitational Symposium National Press Club, Washington, D.C. June 23, 2010 8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introduction Albert A. Foer, President, American Antitrust Institute 9:00 a...

U.S. Discovery of European Union and U.S. Leniency Applications and Other Confidential

Posted on March 24, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Samuel R. Miller, Kristina Nordlander, & James C. Owens, (Sidley Austin) have posted U.S. Discovery of European Union and U.S. Leniency Applications and Other Confidential. ABSTRACT: An issue of growing importance in global competition law...

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