Corporate & Securities Law

Exporting Knowledge Through Technical Assistance and Capacity Building

Posted on June 10, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol D. Daniel Sokol of the University of Florida Levin College of Law and Kyle Stiegert of the University of Wisconsin Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics have just posted Exporting Knowledge Through Technical Assistance and...

Natural Selection, Irrationality and Monopolistic Competition

Posted on June 10, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Guo Ying Luo (McMaster University- DeGroote School of Business) analyzes Natural Selection, Irrationality and Monopolistic Competition. ABSTRACT: This paper builds an evolutionary model of an industry where firms produce differentiated products...

Follow-on Biologic Drug Competition

Posted on June 10, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol From the FTC press release: The Federal Trade Commission today released a report entitled ?Follow-on Biologic Drug Competition?which examines whether the price of biologic drugs ? products manufactured using living tissues and microorganisms ? could...

The Contract Requirement for the Joint Venture Exceptions under Sections 44ZZRO and 44ZZRP of the Cartel Bill

Posted on June 09, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Brent Fisse (Melbourne Law) explains The Contract Requirement for the Joint Venture Exceptions under Sections 44ZZRO and 44ZZRP of the Cartel Bill. ABSTRACT: The joint venture exceptions under ss 44ZZRO and 44ZZRP of the Bill...

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Railway Mergers and Railway Alliances: Competition Issues and Lessons for Other Network Industries

Posted on June 09, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Russ Pittman (DOJ) analyzes Railway Mergers and Railway Alliances: Competition Issues and Lessons for Other Network Industries. ABSTRACT: Freight railway enterprises in both Europe and North America are in the process of significant restructuring, with...

Antitrust Law Enforcement: What To Do About The Current Economics Cacophony?

Posted on June 09, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol FTC Commission Tom Rosch defends his thoughts on law and economics in antitrust in a speech titled Antitrust Law Enforcement: What To Do About The Current Economics Cacophony?

Competition agencies and global markets: the challenges ahead

Posted on June 09, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol John Fingleton (OFT) and the new head of the ICN gave an important closing speech at the ICN conference last week. A copy of the speech is available below. Also available is his excellent paper...

Capacity Investments, Exclusionary Behavior, and Welfare: A Dynamic Model of Competition in the Airline Industry

Posted on June 08, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jonathan Williams (Virginia - Econ) explains Capacity Investments, Exclusionary Behavior, and Welfare: A Dynamic Model of Competition in the Airline Industry. ABSTRACT: This paper applies recently developed methods for estimating dynamic games to a unique...

New Masters Program Launched in Competition Policy and Regulation

Posted on June 08, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez in Chile is launching a master's program in competition policy and regulation. As some of you know, I will be teaching next month in the competing program at the Centro de Libre...

ICN Zurich Meeting - A Review

Posted on June 08, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol For those who could not attend the ICN meeting in Zurich this past week, this document summarizes the various outputs of the meeting.

Essential Facility Access in Europe: Building a Test for Antitrust Policy

Posted on June 08, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Angelo Castaldo (Law - University of Rome ?La Sapienza?) and Antonio Nicita (Economics - University of Sienna) address Essential Facility Access in Europe: Building a Test for Antitrust Policy. ABSTRACT: This paper investigates the evolution...

Issues in Competition Law and Policy

Posted on June 08, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The ABA Antitrust Section has published Issues in Competition Law and Policy This new 2,400+ page book is a complete and detailed perspective on issues in the design and enforcement of competition law, the technical...

ForoCompetencia Colloquium

Posted on June 06, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol En nombre del Comité Organizador quería anticiparles que el viernes 16 de octubre de 2009 se realizará el 4° Coloquio ForoCompetencia en el Sheraton Pilar, en las afueras de Buenos Aires. Este año el temario...

Antitrust and 'Free Movement' Risks of Expanding U.S. Professional Sports Leagues into Europe

Posted on June 05, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Marc Edelman, Rutgers School of Law-Camden and Brian Doyle, Seton Hall Law explain Antitrust and 'Free Movement' Risks of Expanding U.S. Professional Sports Leagues into Europe. ABSTRACT: This article discusses the legal risks that would...

More Common Ground for International Competition Law?

Posted on June 05, 2009
The 4th ASCOLA Conference More Common Ground for International Competition Law? June 16-17, 2009 George Washington University Law School Washington, D.C. Registration is free Day 1: Tuesday, June 16 8.45 a.m. Welcome and Opening Edward Swaine, Competition Law Center at...

Intellectual Oligopoly: A Cautious Defense of Intellectual Oligopoly with Fringe Competition

Posted on June 05, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Mark Lemley (Stanford Law) challenges Michele Boldrin and David Levine in Intellectual Oligopoly: A Cautious Defense of Intellectual Oligopoly with Fringe Competition. ABSTRACT: Michele Boldrin and David Levine offer a strong attack on intellectual property...

Entry in the ADHD Drugs Market: Welfare Impact of Generics and Me-toos

Posted on June 04, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Farasat A.S. Bokhari (FSU - Econ) and Gary M. Fournier (FSU - Econ) explain Entry in the ADHD Drugs Market: Welfare Impact of Generics and Me-toos. ABSTRACT: In this paper, we exploit a novel approach...

Economic Effects of State Bans on Direct Manufacturer Sales to Car Buyers

Posted on June 04, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Gerald R. Bodisch (DOJ) examines the Economic Effects of State Bans on Direct Manufacturer Sales to Car Buyers. I think that this is an important paper. The reason that the franchise rules work the way...

Antitrust, Patents and Developing Nations

Posted on June 04, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol John Barton (Stanford Law) writes on Antitrust, Patents and Developing Nations. ABSTRACT: In the developed world, antitrust policy has traditionally been a foil to intellectual property (IP). There are now serious concerns that the world's...

Sports Leagues and the Rule of Reason: How to Assess Internal Venture Restraints

Posted on June 04, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol James Keyte & Paul Eckles (both Skadden) address Sports Leagues and the Rule of Reason: How to Assess Internal Venture Restraints. ABSTRACT: ...The question, then, is whether there is an alternative analytical framework the Court...

Alitalia?Government Interventionism, The Road to Recovery?

Posted on June 03, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Philippe Noguès (O'Melveny & Myers) & Giovanni Cifelli (O'Melveny & Myers) asks Alitalia?Government Interventionism, The Road to Recovery? ABSTRACT: On December 3, 2008, the Italian competition authority (the ?ICA?) authorized the merger between Compagnia Aerea...

Horizontal Mergers, Involuntary Unemployment, and Welfare

Posted on June 03, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Oliver Budzinski (Environmental and Business Economics - University of Southern Denmark) and Jürgen-Peter Kretschmer (Economic Policy Unit - Philipps-University of Marburg) analyze Horizontal Mergers, Involuntary Unemployment, and Welfare...

The world turn?d upside down

Posted on June 03, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Peter Freeman (Chairman, Competition Commission) delivered a speech The world turn?d upside down. ABSTRACT: The line from which the title phrase is taken is from a ballad sung in protest against the abolition by Oliver...

The Overcharge as a Measure for Antitrust Damages

Posted on June 03, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Martijn A. Han, University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics, Maarten Pieter Schinkel, University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics, and Jan Tuinstra, University of Amsterdam - Department of...

ICN 8th Annual Conference

Posted on June 02, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The annual conference is this week. Movers and shakers from around the world will gather in Zurich. AGENDA Tuesday, June 2, 2009 09:00 - 16:30 Competition Principles under Threat Pre-ICN Competition and Development Forum Co-sponsored...

Avoidance and Denial of Liability for Cartel Offences: Proactive Lawful Escape Routes Left Open by the Cartel Legislation

Posted on June 02, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Brent Fisse (Melbourne Law) discusses Avoidance and Denial of Liability for Cartel Offences: Proactive Lawful Escape Routes Left Open by the Cartel Legislation. Download Fisse_Avoidance_&_Denial_of_Liability_for_Cartel_Offences ABSTRACT: Cartel litigation and cartel investigation are likely to be...

Asia-Pacific Antitrust Review 2009

Posted on June 02, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The Global Competition Review has published the The Asia-Pacific Antitrust Review. Introduction Introduction Graeme Samuel - Chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Overviews Overview: Cartels Paul Schoff, Andrew Matthews - Minter Ellison Overview:...

A Plea for Greater Antitrust Transparency

Posted on June 02, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Comments over breakfast one morning last week at a great antitrust conference in Santorini organized by Ioannis Lianos and UCL got me thinking about the lack of transparency among antitrust practitioners and academics -- at....

The unfulfilled promise of New Zealand?s monopolisation law: Sources, symptoms and solutions

Posted on June 02, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Rex Ahdar (Law, University of Otago) has an interesting piece on The unfulfilled promise of New Zealand?s monopolisation law: Sources, symptoms and solutions. Download Monopolization.CCLJ ABSTRACT: New Zealand?s monopolisation prohibition ? s 36 of the...

Bidding Markets and Competition Law in the European Union and the United Kingdom

Posted on June 01, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Pal Szilagyi, Competition Law Research Centre, Hungary discusses Bidding Markets and Competition Law in the European Union and the United Kingdom. ABSTRACT: The first part of a two part article on EC and UK case...

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