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Multiple Listing Arrangements in Residential Real Estate Transactions: An Antitrust Analysis

Posted on July 30, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Richard Epstein of the University of Chicago Law School provides his thoughts on Multiple Listing Arrangements in Residential Real Estate Transactions: An Antitrust Analysis. ABSTRACT: Let me start this short paper on the antitrust law...

Innovation Markets after Genzyme/Novazyme

Posted on July 30, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Richard Gilbert (University of California at Berkeley - Economics) offers his thoughts on Innovation Markets after Genzyme/Novazyme. ABSTRACT: The U.S. Federal Trade Commission alleged adverse effects on innovation in about forty percent of all merger...

Obama as Law Professor (with a quote from one of your favorite bloggers)

Posted on July 29, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Tomorrow's front page story in the New York Times in now online on Obama as Law Professor. I am quoted on Obama's teaching at the University of Chicago. I took a small seminar with him...

Conceptual Problems with the Hypothetical Monopolist Test in Ex-Ante Regulation of Communications Under the New Regulatory Framework

Posted on July 29, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Wolfgang Briglauer (Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications (RTR), Economics Division) has written on Conceptual Problems with the Hypothetical Monopolist Test in Ex-Ante Regulation of Communications Under the New Regulatory Framework...

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DC Circuit Reverses on Whole Foods

Posted on July 29, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol I am revising an article and have not had time to read the decision but here it is. Update: Randy Picker has comments on the decision here.

Financial Times on the "Antirtrust Explosion"

Posted on July 29, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol An editorial in today's Financial Times laments the antitrust explosion in terms of the potential cost to business, particularly with multiple jurisdictional review of mergers.

European Competition Law Annual 2007

Posted on July 29, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Claus-Dieter Ehlermann (European University Institute) and Mel Marquis (University of Macerata) have edited European Competition Law Annual 2007. ABSTRACT: This is the twelfth in a series on EU Competition Law and Policy produced by the...

Competition and Innovation Policy

Posted on July 28, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Philip Lowe of DG Competition discusses Competition and Innovation Policy. ABSTRACT: Innovation and competition go hand in hand. Innovative markets are competitive markets and innovative companies succeed in them. In the European Commission, as in...

Damages Actions: the European Commission White Paper

Posted on July 28, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Oxera has a useful short piece on different ways to think about damage calculations in its publication Damages Actions: the European Commission White Paper.

European Regulators in the Network Sectors: Revolution or Evolution?

Posted on July 28, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Saskia Lavrijssen and Leigh Hancher, both of Tilburg University - Law have authored European Regulators in the Network Sectors: Revolution or Evolution? ABSTRACT: The coming into force of the electronic communications directives, the energy directives...

Antitrust Panels at the IBA Annual Conference

Posted on July 27, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol There are a number of interesting antitrust panels this year at the IBA Annual Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina- October 12-17.

Efficiency and Justice in European Antitrust Enforcement

Posted on July 26, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Wouter PJ Wils of DG Competition has authored the book Efficiency and Justice in European Antitrust Enforcement. ABSTRACT: In the last few years, the public enforcement of Articles 81 and 82 EC has been thoroughly...

Commission launches public consultation on keystone antitrust regulation

Posted on July 25, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol In an important move, the European Commission has launched a public consultation on a keystone of its antitrust regulation. According to the press release: The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the functioning...

DOJ v. Realtors: Back in the Ring

Posted on July 25, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol J. Bruce McDonald (Jones Day) writes on DOJ v. Realtors: Back in the Ring. ABSTRACT: The question is not ?will? but ?when? will antitrust enforcers challenge any new real estate broker association rules prescribing how...

Resale Price Maintenance and the Rule of Reason

Posted on July 25, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Howard Marvel (Ohio State - Economics) discusses Resale Price Maintenance and the Rule of Reason. ABSTRACT: A presumption that RPM is anticompetitive unless rebutted by a showing of efficiencies will not move the needle far....

Sequential Versus Simultaneous Market Delineation: The Relevant Antitrust Market for Salmon

Posted on July 25, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Eating a bagel with lox and cream cheese this morning for breakfast, the following article had particular relevance - Sequential Versus Simultaneous Market Delineation: The Relevant Antitrust Market for Salmon by Niels Haldrup, University of...

The United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division's Cartel Enforcement: Appraisal and Proposals

Posted on July 24, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol John Connor of Purdue University's Applied Economics Department offers some important thoughts on DOJ's cartel enforcement program in his paper The United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division's Cartel Enforcement: Appraisal and Proposals...

The Viability Of Antitrust Price Squeeze Claims

Posted on July 24, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Herb Hovenkamp of the University of Iowa Law School and Erik N. Hovenkamp, University of Iowa - Department of Economics, B.S. Candidate 2009 (I am guessing this is Herb's son) have written on The Viability...

India's New Competition Law: A Comparative Assessment

Posted on July 24, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Aditya Bhattacharjea of the University of Delhi - Delhi School of Economics has a forthcoming article on India's New Competition Law: A Comparative Assessment. ABSTRACT: This paper critically examines India's new Competition Act...

Agenda for Roundtable on 'FTC at 100: Into Our Second Century'

Posted on July 23, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The agenda for the very important Roundtable on 'FTC at 100: Into Our Second Century', which will be held on July 29-30, 2008 is now available. These panels look great and the panelists are all...

The Impact of Horizontal Mergers on Rivals: Gains to Being Left Outside a Merger

Posted on July 23, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Joseph A. Clougherty, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB) and Tomaso Duso, Humboldt University of Berlin - School of Business and Economics, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin f�r Sozialforschung (WZB) discuss The Impact of Horizontal Mergers on Rivals: Gains to Being...

Implementation of China's AML

Posted on July 23, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol In something that should come as no surprise to readers of this blog, today's Wall Street Journal reports on problems with the implementation of the Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law.

The New Spanish Competition System

Posted on July 23, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Carlos Pascual Pons (Comisi�n Nacional de la Competencia) provides an overview of The New Spanish Competition System. ABSTRACT: The new Spanish Competition Act, which was unanimously approved by the Spanish Parliament and came into force...

Footloose Monopolies: Regulating a "National Champion"

Posted on July 22, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Giacomo Calzolari, University of Bologna - Department of Economics and Carlo Scarpa, University of Brescia have a new working paper on Footloose Monopolies: Regulating a "National Champion". ABSTRACT: We analyze the design of optimal regulation...

Facilitating Practices and Concerted Action Under Section 1 of the Sherman Act

Posted on July 22, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Bill Page of the University of Florida Levin College of Law recently posted Facilitating Practices and Concerted Action Under Section 1 of the Sherman Act. ABSTRACT: Successful collusion requires that rivals reach consensus on the...

Slot-Based Approaches to Airport Congestion Management

Posted on July 22, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jan K. Brueckner, University of California, Irvine - Department of Economics has a new paper on one of my pet issues, Slot-Based Approaches to Airport Congestion Management. ABSTRACT: This paper analyzes slot-based approaches to management...

Merger Simulation in Competition Policy: A Survey

Posted on July 21, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Oliver Budzinski, University of Marburg - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and Isabel Ruhmer, University of Mannheim - Center for Doctoral Studies in Economics and Management provide Merger Simulation in Competition Policy: A Survey...

Competition Bureau Publishes Enforcement Guidelines on Predatory Pricing

Posted on July 21, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol According to its press release, "The [Canadian] Competition Bureau today published Enforcement Guidelines on Predatory Pricing. These guidelines describe the Bureau's enforcement approach to predatory pricing and will help ensure that Canadian businesses and the...

The Antitrust Standard for Unlawful Exclusionary Conduct

Posted on July 21, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Herb Hovenkamp of the University of Iowa Law School has written on The Antitrust Standard for Unlawful Exclusionary Conduct. ABSTRACT: This essay considers the general definition of unlawful exclusionary practices under Section 2 of the...

Impact of the Economic Politics in Agreement of Open Skies in Chile

Posted on July 21, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Marcelo Villena, University of Adolfo Ibanez - Economics, Rodrigo Harrison, Catholic University of Chile - Economics and Mauricio Villena, University of Adolfo Ibanez - Business School have posted a paper on the Impact of the...

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