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House for Rent in DC

Posted on March 16, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Professor Maurice Stucke (Tennessee Law) is looking to rent his DC home- $3500 / 3br - 3+br, 4 levels Sun-filled Colonial (Chevy Chase, DC) . If you tell him that you heard about the place...

Collective dominance and refusal to supply: Closing the gap in article 82?

Posted on March 16, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Paolo Siciliani (OFT) asks Collective dominance and refusal to supply: Closing the gap in article 82? The article is posted with the permission of The Antitrust Bulletin (the copyright holder) and it appears in volume...

Resale Price Maintenance: The Internet Phenomenon and 'Free Rider' Issues

Posted on March 16, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Marina Lao, Seton Hall School of Law explores Resale Price Maintenance: The Internet Phenomenon and 'Free Rider' Issues. ABSTRACT: Leegin and the literature on resale price maintenance (RPM) have largely overlooked the Internet phenomenon despite...

COMPETITION IN ANTITRUST REGULATION: LAW BEYOND LIMITS

Posted on March 15, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ronn Cass (Center for Rule of Law) has forthcoming COMPETITION IN ANTITRUST REGULATION: LAW BEYOND LIMITS. ABSTRACT: Twenty-five years ago, Frank Easterbrook published his essay The Limits of Antitrust, in which he argued for a...

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Toward a Unified Theory of Intellectual Property Misuse

Posted on March 15, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Gary Myers (Mississippi - Law) pushes Toward a Unified Theory of Intellectual Property Misuse. ABSTRACT: The misuse doctrine in intellectual property law has been the subject of frequent commentary and litigation. The doctrine in basic...

Maintaining New Markets: Determinants of Antitrust Enforcement in Central and Eastern Europe

Posted on March 15, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Robert M. Feinberg, Mieke Meurs, and Kara M. Reynolds (all American University, Ecvonomics) explain Maintaining New Markets: Determinants of Antitrust Enforcement in Central and Eastern Europe. ABSTRACT: While others have examined the implementation and/or the...

Pricing to market when quality matters

Posted on March 15, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Roberto Basile (ISAE - Institute for Studies and Economic Analyses), Sergio de Nardis (ISAE - Institute for Studies and Economic Analyses), and Alessandro Girardi (ISAE - Institute for Studies and Economic Analyses) explain Pricing to...

A Summary and Wrap Up of the Iowa Ag Competition Hearings

Posted on March 15, 2010
Posted by Peter Carstensen The DOJ-USDA Session on Agricultural Competition?March 12, Ankeny, Iowa Farmers were instrumental in forcing the adoption of the Sherman Act and they remain one of the most interested and commitment constituencies for antitrust...

Potential Competition in Preemption Games

Posted on March 15, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Catherine Bobtcheff (Toulouse School of Economics) and Thomas Mariotti (Toulouse School of Economics) have posted Potential Competition in Preemption Games. ABSTRACT: We consider a preemption game with two potential competitors who come into play at...

We Have Made the Top 50 Most Trafficked Law Blogs

Posted on March 14, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol I am happy to report that we rank number 43 among law related blogs according to Justicia Blawg search.

European State Aid 2010 - How State aid is applied and interpreted

Posted on March 13, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol European State Aid 2010 - How State aid is applied and interpreted Friday 7 May 2010, The Radisson Blu Portman Hotel, London W1 Chairman: Katherine Holmes Consultant, Reed Smith LLP Member, Competition Commission Failure to....

Can Antitrust Prevent Too Big to Fail?

Posted on March 12, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Today I am in New York to present at a conference at Fordham Law School on New Ideas for Limiting Bank Size - the Murphy Conference on Corporate Law. Most papers are by non-antitrust people...

The effects of entry on incumbent innovation and productivity

Posted on March 12, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Philippe Aghion, Richard Blundell, Rachel Griffith, Peter Howitt, and Susanne Prantl address The effects of entry on incumbent innovation and productivity. ABSTRACT: How does firm entry affect innovation incentives in incumbent firms? Microdata suggest that...

The State of European Competition Law and Enforcement in a Transatlantic Context

Posted on March 12, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Skadden hosts The State of European Competition Law and Enforcement in a Transatlantic Context Wednesday, March 17, 2010 9:00 a.m. | Registration 9:30 a.m. ? 6:00 p.m. | Panel Discussions Radisson Blu Royal Hotel Skadden's...

Economic Nationalism in Mergers and Acquisitions

Posted on March 12, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Serdar Dinc (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Isil Erel (Ohio State University) analyze Economic Nationalism in Mergers and Acquisitions. ABSTRACT: This paper studies the government reaction to large corporate merger attempts in the European Union during...

Advance Production, Inventories and Market Power: An Experimental Investigation

Posted on March 12, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Douglas D. Davis (Department of Economics, VCU School of Business) has a paper on Advance Production, Inventories and Market Power: An Experimental Investigation. ABSTRACT: This paper reports an experiment conducted to assess the effects of...

A Review of the Implications of Competition Law Implications of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

Posted on March 11, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Nicolas Petit & Norman Neyrinck (University of Liege) provide A Review of the Implications of Competition Law Implications of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. ABSTRACT: Most competition lawyers tend to view...

FTC v. Intel: Applying the 'Consumer Choice' Framework to 'Pure' Section 5 Allegations

Posted on March 11, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Bob Lande (Baltimore - Law) has penned FTC v. Intel: Applying the 'Consumer Choice' Framework to 'Pure' Section 5 Allegations. ABSTRACT: This short article analyzes the "pure" Section 5 allegations in the recent FTC complaint...

Rethinking Antitrust Policy Toward RPM

Posted on March 11, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol John Kirkwood (Seattle - Law) contemplates Rethinking Antitrust Policy Toward RPM. ABSTRACT: Resale price maintenance is a particularly dangerous vertical intrabrand restraint. Because of its direct impact on price competition, it is likely to harm...

EU Competition Law in 2010: Change or Continuity

Posted on March 10, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Eric Morgan de Rivery (Jones Day) discusses EU Competition Law in 2010: Change or Continuity. ABSTRACT: The Lisbon Treaty and the new Commission should not lead to major changes in the implementation of EU competition...

A Simple Theory of Predation

Posted on March 10, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Chiara Fumagalli, Bocconi University - Department of Economics and Massimo Motta, University of Bologna - Econ provide A Simple Theory of Predation. ABSTRACT: We propose a simple theory of predatory pricing, based on scale economies...

Conduct Specific Tests? How the FTC Can Reframe the Section 5 Debate

Posted on March 10, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Amanda Reeves (FTC) discusses Conduct Specific Tests? How the FTC Can Reframe the Section 5 Debate. ABSTRACT: Over the last few years, the Federal Trade Commission (?FTC?) has awakened Section 5?s ?unfair methods of competition?...

Peter Carstensen on the DOJ Antitrust/Department of Agriculture Hearings

Posted on March 10, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Listen here (right hand side of the page for the download) to his thoughts about why the workshops are necessary and what regulatory actions he hopes will follow.

Why the EU Merger Regulation Should Not Enjoy a Monopoly Over Tacit Collusion - A Close Look at Five Common Misconceptions

Posted on March 10, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Nicolas Petit (University of Liege - Law) and David Henry (Howrey) explore Why the EU Merger Regulation Should Not Enjoy a Monopoly Over Tacit Collusion - A Close Look at Five Common Misconceptions. ABSTRACT: Over...

DOJ Antitrust/Department of Agriculture Updated Speaker List for Iowa Workshop

Posted on March 10, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Who said that executive agency people are not subject to political pressure to the legislative branch? After some strong political pressure by members of Congress, more small farmers (a politically powerful and well organized group)...

Developments in Private Enforcement of Italian Antitrust Law

Posted on March 09, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Alberto Martinazzi (Labaton Sucharow) explains Developments in Private Enforcement of Italian Antitrust Law. ABSTRACT: As from January 1, 2010, a new procedural tool for the protection of consumers, the class action, is now available in...

The Intel Cases?Legal Convergence or Leaps of Faith?

Posted on March 09, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Kent Bernard (Fordham Law School) asks The Intel Cases?Legal Convergence or Leaps of Faith? ABSTRACT: Intel has managed to find itself in the cross-hairs of the antitrust authorities in Brussels and in Washington D.C. It...

Buyer Market Power and Vertically Differentiated Retailers

Posted on March 09, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Shinn-Shyr Wang, University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Eugene M. Isenberg School of Management, Christian Rojas, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and Nathalie Lavoie, University of Massachusetts at Amherst - College of Natural Resources &...

Dynamic Price Competition with Network Effects

Posted on March 09, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Luis M.B. Cabral, IESE Buxiness School, explores Dynamic Price Competition with Network Effects. ABSTRACT: I consider a dynamic model of competition between two proprietary networks. Consumers die and are replaced with a constant hazard rate;...

Legitimacy in EU Cartel Control

Posted on March 08, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ingeborg Simonsson (University of Stockholm Law) describes Legitimacy in EU Cartel Control. BOOK ABSTRACT: This book examines the law developed by the EU to control cartels. The law, including case-law, is carefully documented and analysed...

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