Corporate & Securities Law

R&D Collaboration with Uncertain Intellectual Property Rights

Posted on March 25, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Dirk Czarnitzki, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), Katrin Hussinger, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Maastricht University - Department of Organization & Strategy, Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), and...

Does Anti-Competitive Regulation Matter for Productivity? Evidence from European Firms

Posted on March 25, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jens Matthias Arnold, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Economics Department (ECO), Giuseppe Nicoletti, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Economics Department (ECO), and Stefano Scarpetta, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and...

Deterrence, Recidivism and European Cartel Fines

Posted on March 24, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Cento Veljanovski, Case Associates discusses Deterrence, Recidivism and European Cartel Fines. ABSTRACT: Based on an analysis of cartel prosecutions since 2007, the way the Commission has built up its fines in practice is assessed...

The New EU Competition Rules for Co-operation Between Competitors of December 2010

Posted on March 24, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Donncadh Woods (DG Comp) explores The New EU Competition Rules for Co-operation Between Competitors of December 2010. ABSTRACT: On December 14, 2010, the European Commission adopted revised EU competition rules for production agreements, research and...

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Freedom to Trade and the Competitive Process

Posted on March 24, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Aaron S. Edlin, University of California at Berkeley - Law and Joseph Farrell, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics explore Freedom to Trade and the Competitive Process. ABSTRACT: Although antitrust courts sometimes stress...

Ian Norris to go to Jail According to the Third Circuit

Posted on March 24, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol According to a Third Circuit ruling yesterday (see here), Ian Norris is going to jail for price fixing. The negative ruling against Ian Norris may have significant repercussions more broadly about the role of outside...

The First-Order Approach to Merger Analysis

Posted on March 24, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Sonia Jaffe, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Eric Glen Weyl, Harvard University - Society of Fellows, Toulouse School of Economics offer The First-Order Approach to Merger Analysis. ABSTRACT: In a general static oligopoly...

DO PRICE INCREASES WHILE DEMAND IS FALLING INDICATE COLLUSION?

Posted on March 23, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Chin W. Yang, William N. Trumbull, Brian J. Cushing, and Ming J. Hwang ask DO PRICE INCREASES WHILE DEMAND IS FALLING INDICATE COLLUSION? ABSTRACT: Because of difficulties in identifying direct evidence of collusive activity on...

Competition Policy And Regulation: Recent Developments in China, the US and Europe

Posted on March 23, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Competition Policy And Regulation Recent Developments in China, the US and Europe Edited by Michael Faure, Professor of Comparative and International Environmental Law, Maastricht University and Professor of Comparative Private Law and Economics, Erasmus University...

University of Florida Law Review Dunwoody Lecture - The Constitutionality of the Wall Street Reform Act

Posted on March 23, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Welcome To Our 2011 Dunwody Distinguished Lecturer Professor Richard A. Epstein On March 24th-25th, 2011, the Florida Law Review is proud to host Professor Richard E. Epstein as the latest Dunwody Distinguished Lecturer. The lecture,...

Competition and Innovation: The Inverted-U Relationship Revisited

Posted on March 23, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Aamir Rafique Hashmi, National University of Singapore has written on Competition and Innovation: The Inverted-U Relationship Revisited. ABSTRACT: I re-examine the inverted-U relationship between competition and innovation (originally modeled and tested by Aghion et al...

The Revised EU Competition Rules for Production and R&D Agreements Create a More Coherent Framework of Assessment and Provide Better Guidance to Companies

Posted on March 23, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Axel Gutermuth (Arnold & Porter) argues The Revised EU Competition Rules for Production and R&D Agreements Create a More Coherent Framework of Assessment and Provide Better Guidance to Companies. ABSTRACT: On December 14, 2010, the...

Dynamic Competition in the Newspaper Industry

Posted on March 23, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Christine Varney (DOJ) has a new speech on Dynamic Competition in the Newspaper Industry.

Tying: Understanding Leverage, Foreclosure, and Price Discrimination

Posted on March 22, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Herbert J. Hovenkamp, University of Iowa - College of Law has written a very clear and insightful Tying: Understanding Leverage, Foreclosure, and Price Discrimination. ABSTRACT: Many tying arrangements are used by firms that do not...

Competition Law and the Enforcement of Article 102

Posted on March 22, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Edited by Federico F. Etro (University of Milan - Econ) and Ioannis I. Kokkoris (University of Reading - Law) are editors of Competition Law and the Enforcement of Article 102. BOOK ABSTRACT: With incisive and...

In Search of a Competition Law Fit for Developing Countries

Posted on March 22, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Eleanor M. Fox, New York University School of Law is In Search of a Competition Law Fit for Developing Countries. ABSTRACT: What form of antitrust (competition) law is fitting for regional free trade areas comprised...

Using Spectrum Auctions to Enhance Competition in Wireless Services

Posted on March 22, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Peter C. Cramton, University of Maryland - Department of Economics, Evan Kwerel, Gregory L. Rosston, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and Andrzej Skrzypacz, Stanford Graduate School of Business advocate Using Spectrum Auctions to Enhance...

Thoughts on AT&T/T-Mobile Merger and the Breakup Fee

Posted on March 22, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The thing that jumps out at me is a $3 billion reverse break up fee to T-Mobile. This means in my mind that any merger challenge will be fully litigated out. That is, the parties...

Judge Chin Says No to Google Books Settlement

Posted on March 22, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Judge Chin says no to the Google Books Settlement. The opinion is here.

Announcing Global Economics Group

Posted on March 21, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Arising from the ashes of LECG (note that the European antitrust practice joined Lexecon recently) is a new antitrust consulting practice led by David Evans called Global Economics Group. From the press release: Three top...

Does Banking Competition Alleviate or Worsen Credit Constraints Faced by Small and Medium Enterprises? Evidence from China

Posted on March 21, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Terence Tai Leung Chong, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Economics, Liping Lu, Tilburg University - CentER, European Banking Center(EBC), and Steven R. G. Ongena, Tilburg University - CentER, European Banking Center...

Comcast/NBCU: The FCC Provides a Roadmap for Vertical Merger Analysis

Posted on March 21, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jonathan B. Baker, American University - Washington College of Law has posted Comcast/NBCU: The FCC Provides a Roadmap for Vertical Merger Analysis. ABSTRACT: The FCC?s analysis of the Comcast-NBCU transaction fills a gap in the...

Brown Shoe Versus the Horizontal Merger Guidelines

Posted on March 21, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Keith N. Hylton, Boston University discusses Brown Shoe Versus the Horizontal Merger Guidelines. ABSTRACT: The new Horizontal Merger Guidelines, if treated by courts as a source of law, would reduce the discretion traditionally exercised by...

A Short Note on Methodology: An Eclectic and Heuristic Multi-Disciplinary and Functional Approach to EU Law

Posted on March 21, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Albert Sanchez Graells, Pontifical University Comillas of Madrid provides A Short Note on Methodology: An Eclectic and Heuristic Multi-Disciplinary and Functional Approach to EU Law. ABSTRACT: This short note on methodology has been extracted from...

Chambers Global 2011 Rankings Are Out - And the Top Global Antitrust/Competition Law Practices Are...

Posted on March 21, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The top "global" antitrust/competition law practices as ranked by Chambers for 2011 are: Band 1 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Band 2 Arnold & Porter LLP Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Band 3 Clifford Chance...

Discretion and Prioritisation in Public Antitrust Enforcement, in particular EU antitrust enforcement

Posted on March 19, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Wouter P. J. Wils, European Commission, King's College London - School of Law has posted Discretion and Prioritisation in Public Antitrust Enforcement, in particular EU antitrust enforcement. ABSTRACT: This paper discusses discretion and prioritisation in...

Evaluating Innovation and Moral Hazard in Pharmaceuticals

Posted on March 18, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Paris Cleanthous (University of Cyprus - Econ) is Evaluating Innovation and Moral Hazard in Pharmaceuticals. ABSTRACT: This paper formulates an empirical methodology that evaluates pharmaceutical innovation in the American antidepressant market by quantifying patient welfare...

Norwegian Centre for Competition Policy will be established in Bergen

Posted on March 18, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol A press release reports: ? Our ambition is to make Bergen a capital for competition policy ? not only in Norway but in the Nordic countries and in time perhaps in Europe, said the Director...

Quality Competition or Quality Cooperation? License-Type and the Strategic Nature of Open Source vs. Closed Source Business Models

Posted on March 18, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Sebastian von Engelhardt, University of Jena - Economics Department has written on Quality Competition or Quality Cooperation? License-Type and the Strategic Nature of Open Source vs. Closed Source Business Models. ABSTRACT: In the ICT sector,...

Entry and Exit of Physicians in a two-tiered public/private Health Care System

Posted on March 18, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Martin Gächter (University of Innsbruck, Department of Economics and Statistics), Peter Schwazer (Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Department of Economics), and Engelbert Theurl (University of Innsbruck, Department of Economics and Statistics) describe the Entry and...

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