Corporate & Securities Law

Chicago Roundtable on ?FTC at 100: Into Our Second Century?

Posted on September 05, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol According to the FTC press release, the second roundtable on the FTC at 100 will be held in Chicago on Thursday, September 25, 2008 at the Searle Center at Northwestern University School of Law, located...

Changes in Brazilian Merger Control

Posted on September 05, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Barbara Rosenberg (FGV Law and Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão) has alerted me that changes are afoot in the Brazilian competition policy system. She writes that CADE, ultimate authority for competition related matters in Brazil, has...

Factors Influencing the Magnitude of Cartel Overcharges:. An Empirical Analysis of the US Market

Posted on September 04, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Yuliya Bolotova (University of Idaho Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology), John Connor (Purdue University Agricultural and Applied Economics), and Douglas J. Miller (University of Missouri Economics) have developed some insights on Factors Influencing the Magnitude...

The New Substantive Test in the EC Merger Regulation - Bridging the Gap between Economics and Law?

Posted on September 04, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Giorgio Monti of LSE's Law Department provides some thoughts on The New Substantive Test in the EC Merger Regulation - Bridging the Gap between Economics and Law? ABSTRACT: The 2004 EC Merger Regulation (ECMR) adopted...

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Progress and Uncertainty: The Development and Implementation of a Unified Competition Regime in the People's Republic of China

Posted on September 04, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Nicholas Cramer (affiliation unknown) has posted a work on Progress and Uncertainty: The Development and Implementation of a Unified Competition Regime in the People's Republic of China. ABSTRACT: China's new Anti-Monopoly Law (AML), over two...

Mergers in Auctions with an Incumbent Advantage

Posted on September 03, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Luke Froeb (Vanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management), Mikhael Shor (Vanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management) and Steven Tschantz (Vanderbilt University - Department of Mathematics) have a fascinating paper out on...

The Law and Economics of Price Discrimination in Modern Economies: Time for Reconciliation?

Posted on September 03, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Daniel J. Gifford (University of Minnesota - Law School) and Robert T. Kudrle (University of Minnesota Public Policy) provide their analysis of The Law and Economics of Price Discrimination in Modern Economies: Time for Reconciliation?...

Antitrust Practitioner Survey - Please Take It!

Posted on September 03, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Back to the Front from a Previous Posting I am conducting a survey of non-government antitrust practitioners (including practitioners with law firms and in-house) who undertake antitrust work in the United States to better understand...

McCain vs. Obama on Antitrust

Posted on September 03, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The American Antitrust Institute has prepared a comparison by the issue of McCain and Obama antitrust positions.

A Political Economy Model of Merger Policy in International Markets

Posted on September 02, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Massimo Motta and Michele Ruta, both of the European University Institute - Economics Department have created A Political Economy Model of Merger Policy in International Markets. ABSTRACT: This paper looks at the political economy of...

Howard Stern and Unilateral Effects: Lessons From the XM-Sirius Satellite Radio Merger

Posted on September 02, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Howard Stern and Unilateral Effects: Lessons From the XM-Sirius Satellite Radio Merger Wednesday, September 10, 2008 This program will examine the antitrust issues surrounding the XM-Sirius satellite radio merger and debate the implications of the...

CUTS: A Report of the Proceedings of the Global Partnership for Development Conference

Posted on September 02, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol CUTS has uploaded to its website the proceedings of its International Conference on Global Partnership for Development. More than 500 participants, including about 120 from different parts of the world took part in it.

Competition Policy in Poland

Posted on September 01, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ma?gorzata Krasnod?bska-Tomkiel (Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, Poland) provides an overview of Competition Policy in Poland. ABSTRACT: Poland created a post-communist competition law system in 1990. The system is based on a public enforcement...

Technical Monitoring and Verification Services to Support Antitrust Investigations in the IT Sector (Budget: ? 9.000.000)

Posted on August 31, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The European Commission has a call to tender for Technical Monitoring and Verification Services to Support Antitrust Investigations in the IT Sector (Budget: ? 9.000.000). From the Commission tender specifications: In the context of its...

Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: The Rule of Law, Economic Development and the Future of the European Community Courts

Posted on August 30, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Tim Cowen, General Councel and Commercial Director , BT Global Services, has written on Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: The Rule of Law, Economic Development and the Future of the European Community Courts. ABSTRACT: This...

Mama Mia! Italian public choice concerns and antitrust

Posted on August 29, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol I currently have a work that I have sent out to law reviews in which I decry the use of immunities from antitrust for public choice reasons. Adding fuel to my general ire on this...

FTC Announces Workshop to Explore Scope of the Prohibition of Unfair Methods of Competition Under Section 5 of the FTC Act

Posted on August 29, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol From the FTC Press release: Federal Trade Commission today announced it will host a workshop on October 17, 2008, in Washington, DC, to examine the scope of the prohibition of unfair methods of competition in...

Optimal Corporate Leniency Programs

Posted on August 29, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Joseph E. Harrington, Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics has a very interesting piece on Optimal Corporate Leniency Programs. ABSTRACT: This study characterizes the corporate leniency policy that minimizes the frequency with which collusion...

Market Entry Regulation and International Competition

Posted on August 28, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Frank Stähler, University of Kiel - Economics and Thorsten Upmann, University of Bielefeld - Institute of Mathematical Economics have a paper on Market Entry Regulation and International Competition. ABSTRACT: We analyze a non-cooperative two-country game...

Economic Foundations of Competition Laws: The Benefits of Monopoly vs. the Benefits of Competition

Posted on August 28, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Alfonso Miranda Londoño and Juan D. Gutierrez of Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Law of Colombia have written on Economic Foundations of Competition Laws: The Benefits of Monopoly vs. the Benefits of Competition. ABSTRACT: Antitrust Law can...

FTC Announces Workshop and Roundtable on Emerging Health Care Competition and Consumer Protection Issues

Posted on August 27, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The FTC in a press release announced "that it will hold two public workshops and roundtables this fall to examine emerging health care competition and consumer protection issues. The events, which will be held in...

Strategic Vertical Integration without Foreclosure

Posted on August 27, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Eric Avenel of Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble (Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory (GAEL)) discusses Strategic Vertical Integration without Foreclosure in a recent article. ABSTRACT: We determine the endogenous degree of vertical integration in a model...

FTC to Host Public Workshop on Petroleum Market Manipulation Rulemaking

Posted on August 27, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The FTC will host a workshop in Washington, DC, following the close of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) comment period for its ongoing petroleum market manipulation rulemaking. Parties interested in participating as panel members...

Trade and Competition Policy in the Developing World: Is There a Role for the WTO?

Posted on August 27, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Given some of my own writing in this area, I am always on the lookout for new work on international antitrust institutions. Daniel J. Gifford (University of Minnesota - Law School) and Robert T. Kudrle...

Racial Discrimination and Competition

Posted on August 26, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Something that we tend to overlook in that competition can be used to reduce racial discrimination (see for example the books by Sowell and Becker in the 1970s for further reading- the more competition there...

GUEST BLOG: NFL and Market Power

Posted on August 26, 2008
Daniel Sokol and I are pleased to have the following guest blog from Steven Semeraro. Thanks for the contribution, Steven, and we look forward to future commentary. In American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League, the Seventh Circuit held that...

The Commission's Non Contractual Liability in the Field of Merger Control - Don't Use a Hammer When You Need a Screwdriver

Posted on August 26, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Nicolas Petit, University of Liege Faculty of Law and Miguel Rato, Howrey write on The Commission's Non Contractual Liability in the Field of Merger Control - Don't Use a Hammer When You Need a Screwdriver....

The Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on the Efficiency of the U.S. Banking Industry: Further Evidence

Posted on August 25, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Adel A. Al-Sharkas, Alfred University College of Business, M. Kabir Hassan, University of New Orleans - Department of Economics and Finance, and Shari Lawrence, University of New Orleans - Department of Economics and Finance provide...

Changing Views of Competition, Economic Analysis and EC Antitrust Law

Posted on August 25, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Alberto Pera of Gianni, Origoni, Grippo & Partners writes on Changing Views of Competition, Economic Analysis and EC Antitrust Law. ABSTRACT: The objective of this paper is to illustrate how the changes in the view...

Keeping Both Eyes Wide Open: The Life of a Competition Authority Among Sectoral Regulators

Posted on August 25, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Pedro P. Barros, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Steffen Hoernig, New University of Lisbon - Faculdade de Economia, and Tore Nilssen, University of Oslo - Department of Economics have written on Keeping Both Eyes Wide Open:...

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