Corporate & Securities Law

Antitrust in the Not?for?Profit Sector

Posted on April 08, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Tomas J. Philipson (University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy) and Richard A. Posner (University of Chicago - Law) analyze Antitrust in the Not?for?Profit Sector. ABSTRACT: Although the not?for?profit sector contributes greatly to...

Can the Commission use Article 82EC to Combat Tacit Collusion?

Posted on April 07, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Felix E. Mezzanotte (University of East Anglia - Centre for Competition Policy) asks Can the Commission use Article 82EC to Combat Tacit Collusion? ABSTRACT: Recent events suggest that Article 82 may prohibit abusive and tacitly...

Carte Blanche, Quanta, & Competition

Posted on April 07, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol My co-blogger Shubha Ghosh (University of Wisconsin - Law) has just posted Carte Blanche, Quanta, & Competition. ABSTRACT: This paper, prepared for a symposium by the Journal of Corporation Law at The University of Iowa...

Competition Policy, Bailouts and the Economic Crisis

Posted on April 07, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol In an interesting new paper, Bruce Lyons (School of Economics and the ESRC Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia) discusses Competition Policy, Bailouts and the Economic Crisis. ABSTRACT: The aims of this paper...

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International Antitrust in a World Without a Center - Conference Registration is Now Open

Posted on April 07, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol On June 18, the American Antitrust Institute will host its 10th annual conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. This year's conference is titled "International Antitrust in a World Without a Center" and...

The Gary Dinners and the Meaning of Concerted Action

Posted on April 06, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol My colleague Bill Page has posted an interesting historical work on The Gary Dinners and the Meaning of Concerted Action. ABSTRACT: Between 1907 and 1911, executives of American steel manufacturers gathered in a series of...

Fulbright to Teach Competition Law and Economics

Posted on April 06, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The Fulbright list of countries seeking visiting US academics and practitioners has been posted for the August 2009 deadline. Though it is possible to undertake antitrust law research or teaching in a number of different...

Private Labels, Brands and Competition Policy: The Changing Landscape of Retail Competition

Posted on April 06, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ariel Ezrachi of University of Oxford's Faculty of Law is the editor of the Private Labels, Brands and Competition Policy: The Changing Landscape of Retail Competition. BOOK ABSTRACT: The growing use of private labels in...

Upstream Competition and Downstream Buyer Power

Posted on April 06, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Howard Smith (Oxford - Economics) and John Thanassoulis (Oxford - Economics) bring us Upstream Competition and Downstream Buyer Power. ABSTRACT: It is often claimed that large buyers wield buyer power. Existing theories of this effect...

Unsettling Drug Patent Settlements: A Framework for Presumptive Illegality

Posted on April 05, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Michael Carrier (Rutgers - Camden) describes Unsettling Drug Patent Settlements: A Framework for Presumptive Illegality. ABSTRACT: A tidal wave of high drug prices has recently crashed across the U.S. economy. One of the primary culprits...

The Cartel Project ? Website Launched

Posted on April 04, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol In coming months long-awaited and at times controversial legislation criminalising serious cartel conduct will be passed by the Australian Parliament. I am writing to bring to your attention an important research project led by the...

Patents, Property and Competition Policy

Posted on April 03, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Herb Hovenkamp,University of Iowa College of Law has posted Patents, Property and Competition Policy. ABSTRACT: The decision to regulate involves the identification of markets where simple assignment of property rights is not sufficient to ensure...

The Darker Side of the Moon: Assessment of Excessive Pricing and Proposal for a Post-Entry Price-Cut Benchmark

Posted on April 03, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ariel Ezrachi of University of Oxford's Faculty of Law and David Gilo of Tel Aviv University Law School address The Darker Side of the Moon: Assessment of Excessive Pricing and Proposal for a Post-Entry Price-Cut...

Vertical Competition, Horizontal Competition and Market Power

Posted on April 03, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Robert Steiner analyzes Vertical Competition, Horizontal Competition and Market Power in the Antitrust Bulletin. ABSTRACT: Buyer power is the subject of this special issue. Buyer power is one of a series of interrelated vertical and...

The Effects of Retail Regulations on Prices: Evidence from the Loi Galland

Posted on April 02, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Pierre Biscourp (ENSAE), Xavier Boutin (INSEE and CREST-LEI), and Thibaud Verge (CREST-LEI) describe The Effects of Retail Regulations on Prices: Evidence from the Loi Galland. ABSTRACT: In 1997, a new legislation banning below-invoice retail prices...

Concentrated Media is Something We Can't Ignore: A Response to Speaker Pelosi

Posted on April 02, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Maurice Stucke of the University of Tennessee Law School explains that Concentrated Media is Something We Can't Ignore: A Response to Speaker Pelosi. ABSTRACT: This essay briefly responds to a request that the U.S. Department...

On the Measurement of Market Power in the Banking Industry

Posted on April 02, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Manthos Delis (University of Ioannina Department of Economics), Christos Staikouras (Athens Universtiy of Economics and Business, Greece) and Panagiotis Varlagas provide their thoughts On the Measurement of Market Power in the Banking Industry...

Patents in Motion: The Troubling Implications of the N-Data Settlement

Posted on April 02, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Anne Layne-Farrar (LECG) suggests all is not well with the FTC in Patents in Motion: The Troubling Implications of the N-Data Settlement. ABSTRACT: A little over a year ago, in January 2008, the Federal Trade...

Bocconi University in Milan is Looking to hire a junior professor in Antitrust/Competition Law

Posted on April 01, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol BOCCONI UNIVERSITY Milan, Italy Angelo Sraffa Department of Law Assistant Professor Positions The Angelo Sraffa Department of Law of Bocconi University, Milan (Italy) - http://www.unibocconi.eu - invites applications for two positions at the junior faculty...

Ecuador's New Competition Regime

Posted on April 01, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ecuador has a new competition regime, utilizing the Andean Community's competition policy Decision 608. Download DECRETO EJECUTIVO 1614-APLICACIÓN DECISIÓN 608-COMPETENCIA

Anti-Competitive Effects of Resale-Below-Cost Laws

Posted on April 01, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Marie-Laure Allain (Department of Economics, Ecole Polytechnique) and Claire Chambolle (Department of Economics, Ecole Polytechnique) describe the Anti-Competitive Effects of Resale-Below-Cost Laws. ABSTRACT: We show that resale-below-cost laws enable producers to impose industry-wide price-floors to...

Abuse of dominant position case in China

Posted on April 01, 2009
posted by Shubha Ghosh From Paul Jones, ...

OECD Job Opening in the Competition Division ? Deadline for applications is 4 April, 2009

Posted on April 01, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The OECD is looking for a young lawyer or an economist with expertise in competition law enforcement and policy. S/he will be supporting senior lawyers and economists of the OECD Competition Division in the organisation...

Recent Developments in the United States, EU, and Asia at the Intersection of Antitrust and Patent Law

Posted on March 31, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol For an overview of the intersection of antitrust and IP around the world, see Recent Developments in the United States, EU, and Asia at the Intersection of Antitrust and Patent Law by a Jones Day...

UK Competition Commissions Appoints New Members

Posted on March 31, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The UK Competition Commission has appointed new members according to a press release. Robin Aaronson has been appointed as a reporting panel member from 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2017. Robin is an economist...

The Intersection of Antitrust, Patents, and FDA Law: The TriCor Litigation

Posted on March 31, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Richard Epstein of the University of Chicago Law School describes The Intersection of Antitrust, Patents, and FDA Law: The TriCor Litigation. ABSTRACT: The purpose of this brief essay is to address the interconnections among three...

Competition Law, Cartel Enforcement & Leniency Program

Posted on March 31, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Danilo Sama (LUISS "Guido Carli" University of Rome) provides insights into Competition Law, Cartel Enforcement & Leniency Program. ABSTRACT: The present assessment focuses the attention on the antitrust action in detecting and fighting oligopolistic collusion,...

Horizontal Mergers, Involuntary Unemployment, and Welfare

Posted on March 30, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Oliver Budzinski, University of Southern Denmark - Department of Environmental and Business Economics Jürgen-Peter Kretschmer, Philipps University Marburg - Economics offer their thoughts on Horizontal Mergers, Involuntary Unemployment, and Welfare...

The Impact of Firm Size and Market Size Asymmetries on National Mergers in a Three-Country Model

Posted on March 30, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Luis Santos-Pinto (University of Lausanne Faculty of Business and Economics) describes The Impact of Firm Size and Market Size Asymmetries on National Mergers in a Three-Country Model. ABSTRACT: This paper studies the impact of firm...

Generating Evidence to Guide Merger Enforcement

Posted on March 30, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol An interesting paper by Orley Ashenfelter (Princeton - Economics), Daniel Hosken (FTC) and Matthew Weinberg (FTC) discusses Generating Evidence to Guide Merger Enforcement. ABSTRACT: The challenge of effective merger enforcement is tremendous...

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