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University of East Anglia LLM International Competition Law and Policy

Posted on August 08, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The LLM International Competition Law and Policy degree is a unique interdisciplinary programme which examines the issues, concepts and principles that underpin the substantive law, and promotes understanding of the economic, social and political forces...

Amendments to Improve the Mexican Competition Law

Posted on August 07, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Gerardo Calderó, Valdés Abascal y Brito Anderson, SC describes Amendments to Improve the Mexican Competition Law. ABSTRACT: In April 2010, President Felipe Calderon sent the Mexican Congress a bill to amend the Federal Law of...

Legal Issues Regarding Fines Imposed in EU Competition Proceedings

Posted on August 06, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Éric Barbier de La Serre and Charlotte Winckler (both Latham) explore Legal Issues Regarding Fines Imposed in EU Competition Proceedings. ABSTRACT: During the last two years, the Commission has continued to impose very heavy fines...

Georgetown Law Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium September 21, 2010

Posted on August 06, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Georgetown Law Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium September 21, 2010 8:00 am Registration/Breakfast 8:45 am Welcome and introduction William M. Treanor, Dean, Georgetown Law Sean F.X. Boland, Antitrust Co-Chair, Howrey LLP 9:00 am Keynote Address Christine...

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Advertising Competition in Retail Markets

Posted on August 06, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Kyle Bagwell (Stanford University, Economics) and Gea M. Lee (School of Economics, Singapore Management University) discuss Advertising Competition in Retail Markets. ABSTRACT: We consider non-price advertising by retail firms that are privately informed as to...

The OFT's new short-form opinion process: filling a gap in the self-assessment regime?

Posted on August 06, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jackie Holland (OFT) has produced The OFT's new short-form opinion process: filling a gap in the self-assessment regime? ABSTRACT: The OFT's new short-form opinion process was developed in response to concerns expressed by businesses and...

Unilateral Refusals to Deal in Intellectual and Other Property

Posted on August 05, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Howard Shelanski, FTC has posted Unilateral Refusals to Deal in Intellectual and Other Property. ABSTRACT: The recent trend in the federal courts has been to reduce the already limited potential antitrust liability faced by dominant...

When the Chips are Down: Some reflections on the European Commission's Intel Decision

Posted on August 05, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Nicholas Banasevic and Per Hellström (both DG Competition) discuss When the Chips are Down: Some reflections on the European Commission's Intel Decision. ABSTRACT: This article provides some reflections on the legal and economic context of...

Death by Market Power: Reform, Competition and Patient Outcomes in the National Health Service

Posted on August 05, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Martin Gaynor (Carnegie Mellon - Heinz School of Public Policy), Rodrigo Moreno-Serra (Imperial College Business School), and Carol Propper (Bristol University - Economics) explain Death by Market Power: Reform, Competition and Patient Outcomes in the...

Settlement Agreements and Patent Abuse in the Pharmaceutical Sector: An EU/US Comparison

Posted on August 05, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Settlement Agreements and Patent Abuse in the Pharmaceutical Sector: An EU/US Comparison 20 October 2010, The Stanhope Hotel, Brussels The pharmaceutical sector continues to be one of the main focus areas for competition authorities throughout...

Can There Be Too Much Competition in Financial Services? Evidence from British Mutual Funds

Posted on August 05, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol A. Joseph Warburton, Syracuse Univ. - College of Law, Syracuse Univ. - Whitman School of Management asks Can There Be Too Much Competition in Financial Services? Evidence from British Mutual Funds. ABSTRACT: This paper explores...

Collusion Among Health Insurers in Chile: Good, Bad, and Ugly Reasons in a Split Decision

Posted on August 04, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Claudio A. Agostini, Eduardo Saavedra, & Manuel Willington, Alberto Hurtado University - Econ describe Collusion Among Health Insurers in Chile: Good, Bad, and Ugly Reasons in a Split Decision. ABSTRACT: In 2002 five of the....

Remedies for Coordinated Effects Under the EU Merger Regulation

Posted on August 04, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Nicolas Petit, University of Liege Law offers his thoughts on Remedies for Coordinated Effects Under the EU Merger Regulation. ABSTRACT: The present article discusses remedies for coordinated effects under the EU Merger Regulation...

When a Monopolist Deceives

Posted on August 04, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Maurice Stucke has posted When a Monopolist Deceives. ABSTRACT: This essay uses one context - a monopolist?s deceptive advertising or product disparagement - to illustrate how competition authorities and courts should evaluate a monopolist?s deception...

Competition Law Reform in Mexico: A Note on Joint Dominance

Posted on August 04, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Víctor Pavón-Villamayor, Economists and Associates Consulting Group (GEA) explores Competition Law Reform in Mexico: A Note on Joint Dominance. ABSTRACT: On April 30, 2010, the Mexican Congress approved a long-awaited set of reforms to the...

FTC Intel Settlement

Posted on August 04, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Here is a link to the settlement between the FTC and Intel. Here is a link to the Intel press release. Apologies for the delay. I was in transit from DC to Gainesville.

The Interface Between Competition Law and Regulation in Chile?Who?s the Boss?

Posted on August 03, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Paulo Montt, University of Chile & FerradaNehme asks about The Interface Between Competition Law and Regulation in Chile?Who?s the Boss? ABSTRACT: The context of post-liberalization has led to different tensions between competition law and regulation...

Discretion and Judicial Review in Merger Control (Some Lessons Learned from the Risk Management Administrative Procedures)

Posted on August 03, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Juan C. Hernandez H., University of Navarra writes about Discretion and Judicial Review in Merger Control (Some Lessons Learned from the Risk Management Administrative Procedures). ABSTRACT: EU merger regulations rely on the ?significant impediment to...

Lessons for Competition Law from the Economic Crisis: The Prospect for Antitrust Responses to the 'Too-Big-To-Fail' Phenomenon

Posted on August 03, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jesse Markham, University of San Francisco Law has posted Lessons for Competition Law from the Economic Crisis: The Prospect for Antitrust Responses to the 'Too-Big-To-Fail' Phenomenon. ABSTRACT: This article explores the failure of antitrust law...

The Case for Rebalancing Antitrust and Regulation

Posted on August 03, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Howard Shelanski, Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics, Georgetown Law makes The Case for Rebalancing Antitrust and Regulation. ABSTRACT: Antitrust enforcement has long helped to prevent anticompetitive conduct and protect consumer welfare in regulated...

FTC Chairman to Detail Terms of Intel Corp. Settlement Order

Posted on August 03, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The FTC press release reports: Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz will be joined by Bureau of Competition Director Richard Feinstein at FTC Headquarters on Wednesday, August 4, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. ET to detail...

Most Downloaded Antitrust Papers on SSRN - June 2, 2010 to August 1, 2010

Posted on August 02, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Rank Downloads Paper Title 1 480 Taking a Sack: The NFL and its Undeserved Tax-Exempt Status Andrew B. Delaney, Vermont Law Review, Date posted to database: May 13, 2010 Last Revised: May 26, 2010 2...

How Many Markets are Two-Sided?

Posted on August 02, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Lapo Filistrucchi, Tilburg Univ. & Univ. of Florence asks How Many Markets are Two-Sided? ABSTRACT: There is a lot of talk nowadays, among competition policy practitioners, about two-sided markets and two-sided platforms. It is indeed...

Collective Antitrust Damages Actions in the EU: The Opt-In v. The Opt-Out Model

Posted on August 02, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Charlotte Leskinen, Instituto de Empresa, compares Collective Antitrust Damages Actions in the EU: The Opt-In v. The Opt-Out Model. ABSTRACT: The European Commission is currently trying to foster private enforcement of the EU antitrust rules...

Recent Developments in Brazilian Competition Law and Policy

Posted on August 02, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Caio Mário da Silva Pereira Neto & Paulo Leonardo Casagrande, Brasil, Pereira Neto, Galdino, Macedo Advogados discuss Recent Developments in Brazilian Competition Law and Policy. ABSTRACT: Nowadays, Brazil is considered an increasingly sophisticated jurisdiction in...

Intellectual Property and Refusal to Deal: 'Ad Hoc' v. 'Categorical' Balancing

Posted on August 02, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Francesco Denozza, University of Milan addresses Intellectual Property and Refusal to Deal: 'Ad Hoc' v. 'Categorical' Balancing. ABSTRACT: The tension that exists between the goals pursued by antitrust and the intellectual property right laws reaches...

Expansion and Contraction in Monopolization Law

Posted on August 02, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Michal S. Gal, University of Haifa - Faculty of Law, New York University, Avishalom Tor, University of Haifa - Faculty of Law, and Spencer Weber Waller, Loyola University Chicago School of Law describe Expansion and...

19th Annual Advanced EU Competition Law, Brussels 2010 Review of major developments in the field of EU competition law and policy

Posted on August 01, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol IBC Legal's 19th Annual Advanced EU Competition Law, Brussels 2010 Review of major developments in the field of EU competition law and policy Tuesday 23rd & Wednesday 24th November 2010 - Le Plaza, Brussels, Belgium...

2003-2010: Brazil?s Anti-Cartel Effort?What?s Next?

Posted on July 31, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ana Paula Martinez, SDE asks 2003-2010: Brazil?s Anti-Cartel Effort?What?s Next? ABSTRACT: According to the OECD 2010 Competition Law & Policy in Brazil-A Peer Review, "Brazil's anti-cartel programme is now widely respected in Brazil and abroad"...

Chile Uses New Leniency Provision for the First Time

Posted on July 31, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Chile has just made use of its leniency program for the first time. You read the entire document (in Spanish) below. Download REQUERIMIENTO_con_delación_compensada-002-2010[1]

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