Corporate & Securities Law

The Crime Victims' Rights Act: Its Impact on Plea Negotiations with the Antitrust Division

Posted on January 04, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol John Majoras and Eric Enson (Jones Day) look at how the Crime Victims' Rights Act, which was enacted to give crime victims notice of, access to, and a voice in public criminal proceedings, may be...

The Applicability of Competition Law to the German Social Security System

Posted on January 03, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Christian Kersting, Heinrich Heine University of Duesseldorf - Faculty of Law and Sabine Faust, Heinrich-Heine Universitaet Duesseldorf - Faculty of Law analyze The Applicability of Competition Law to the German Social Security System...

Standards, Innovation Incentives, and the Formation of Patent Pools

Posted on January 03, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Klaus M. Schmidt (University of Munich) addresses Standards, Innovation Incentives, and the Formation of Patent Pools. ABSTRACT: Technolgical standards give rise to a complements problem that affects pricing and innovation incentives of technology producers...

Abuse of Dominance under the Egyptian Competition Law: Investigating Peculiarities That May Have Special Effects in the Economy

Posted on January 03, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Mourad Greiss, University of Sussex has posted Abuse of Dominance under the Egyptian Competition Law: Investigating Peculiarities That May Have Special Effects in the Economy. ABSTRACT: This paper investigates peculiarities in the treatment of abuse...

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Towards an International Dialogue on the Institutional Side of Antitrust

Posted on January 03, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Phil Weiser, University of Colorado Law School has posted Towards an International Dialogue on the Institutional Side of Antitrust. ABSTRACT: The antitrust world is now globalized and interconnected, requiring ever-increasing awareness as to how different...

AALS Annual Meeting, Section on Antitrust and Economic Regulation Presents - Drug Wars: The Battle Over Generic Pharmaceuticals

Posted on January 01, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol For those who will be attending the AALS meeting, our Section on Antitrust and Economic Regulation will sponsor Drug Wars: The Battle Over Generic Pharmaceuticals (Papers will be published in the Hastings Science and Technology...

Innovation and Competition in Generation and Retail Power Markets

Posted on December 31, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Elizabeth Hooper and Catherine Waddams (both UEA) describe Innovation and Competition in Generation and Retail Power Markets.

Competition within Strategic Networks

Posted on December 31, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Heike Nolte, University of Puget Sound, University of Applied Sciences Emden-Leer addresses Competition within Strategic Networks. ABSTRACT: Strategic networks originate from the access to additional resources without purchasing them...

Ethics, Disclosure and Economists

Posted on December 31, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The NY Times has an interesting story about the American Economics Association creating an ethics code that would include disclosure of conflicts of interest. For some time, I have suggested an ethics guide of sorts...

Solving the Drug Settlement Problem: The Legislative Approach

Posted on December 31, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Michael A. Carrier, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - School of Law-Camden suggests Solving the Drug Settlement Problem: The Legislative Approach. ABSTRACT: This short symposium article examines proposed congressional legislation addressing settlements in...

Competition and Consumer Protection: Strange Bedfellows or Best Friends?

Posted on December 30, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Julie Brill (FTC) reviews the different ways in which competition and consumer protection principles have interacted in cases before the FTC and observes how the FTC is poised to deal with both sets of principles...

Exclusionary Minimum Resale Price Maintenance

Posted on December 30, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol John Asker (NYU - Stern School of Business) and Heski Bar-Isaacz (NYU - Stern School of Business) discuss Exclusionary Minimum Resale Price Maintenance. ABSTRACT:An upstream manufacturer can use minimum retail price maintenance (RPM) to exclude...

Standardization of Standard-Form Contracts: Competition and Contract Implications

Posted on December 30, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Mark Patterson (Fordham Law) has written on Standardization of Standard-Form Contracts: Competition and Contract Implications. Standard-form contracts are a common feature of commercial relationships because they offer the advantage of lower transaction costs...

Refusal to License Intellectual Property Rights Under Article 82 EC in Light of Standardization Context

Posted on December 30, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Liguo Zhang, University of Helsinki - IPR University Center explores Refusal to License Intellectual Property Rights Under Article 82 EC in Light of Standardization Context. ABSTRACT: This paper examines whether the current EU competition law...

Counterfactual Tests in Competition Law

Posted on December 30, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Cento Veljanovski, Case Associates, Institute of Economic Affairs, Centre for Regulation and Market Analysis (CRMA) discusses Counterfactual Tests in Competition Law. ABSTRACT: This article looks at the growing use of the counterfactual approach in European...

The Capper-Volstead Act, Agricultural Cooperatives, and Antitrust Immunity

Posted on December 29, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Christine Varney (DOJ) reviews the history of the immunity granted to agricultural cooperatives, the policies behind it, and recent private suits challenging cooperatives' conduct in The Capper-Volstead Act, Agricultural Cooperatives, and Antitrust Immunity.

A Retrospective Analysis of the Clinical Quality Effects of the Acquisition of Highland Park Hospital by Evanston Northwestern Healthcare

Posted on December 29, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol David J. Balan, U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Patrick Romano, University of California, Davis Division of General Medicine provide A Retrospective Analysis of the Clinical Quality Effects of the Acquisition of Highland Park Hospital by...

Collusive and Exclusive Settlements of Intellectual Property Litigation

Posted on December 29, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol C. Scott Hemphill, Columbia University - Law School analyzes Collusive and Exclusive Settlements of Intellectual Property Litigation. ABSTRACT: This essay considers antitrust objections to recent settlements of intellectual property litigation...

The Role of Competition and State Aid Policy in Financial and Monetary Law

Posted on December 29, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Philip Marsden (BIICL) and Ioannis Kokkoris (University of Redding - Law) describe The Role of Competition and State Aid Policy in Financial and Monetary Law. ABSTRACT: During the financial crisis, companies and lenders found themselves...

MARKET DELINEATION AND MERGER SIMULATION: A PROPOSED METHODOLOGY WITH AN APPLICATION TO THE ARGENTINE BISCUIT MARKET

Posted on December 29, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Germán Coloma (Universidad CEMA - Econ) analyzes MARKET DELINEATION AND MERGER SIMULATION: A PROPOSED METHODOLOGY WITH AN APPLICATION TO THE ARGENTINE BISCUIT MARKET. ABSTRACT: This paper develops a methodology for estimating demand systems, calculating critical...

THE ANTITRUST CONSUMER WELFARE PARADOX

Posted on December 29, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Barak Orbach (Arizona - Law) has posted the very interesting THE ANTITRUST CONSUMER WELFARE PARADOX. ABSTRACT: ?Consumer welfare? is the only articulated goal of antitrust law in the United States. It became the governing standard...

A Brief Introduction to Competition Concerns in 'Pay-for-Delay' Settlement Agreements Between Brand-Name and Generic Drug Companies

Posted on December 28, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Rudolph J.R. Peritz, New York Law School describes A Brief Introduction to Competition Concerns in 'Pay-for-Delay' Settlement Agreements Between Brand-Name and Generic Drug Companies. ABSTRACT: Antitrust authorities in both the United States and Europe have...

An empirical analysis of the counterfactual: a merger and divestiture in the Australian cigarette industry

Posted on December 28, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Vivienne Pham and David Prentice, La Trobe University describe An empirical analysis of the counterfactual: a merger and divestiture in the Australian cigarette industry. ABSTRACT: In this paper we empirically analyse two counterfactual situations facing...

Predation in Off-Patent Drug Markets

Posted on December 28, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Laurent Granier (GATE Lyon Saint-Etienne - Groupe d'analyse et de théorie économique - CNRS : UMR5824 - Université Lumière - Lyon II - Ecole Normale Supérieure Lettres et Sciences Humaines) and Sébastien Trinquard (UNOCAM -....

Alfred E. Kahn 1917-2010

Posted on December 28, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol It is with great sadness that I post on the passing of one of the greatest economists and public policy experts of the 20th Century. Alfred E. Kahn, professor emeritus of Cornell dided of cancer...

Does Hospital Competition Save Lives? Evidence from the English NHS Patient Choice Reforms

Posted on December 22, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Zack Cooper (LSE Health and the Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics), Stephen Gibbons (SERC, Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics), Simon Jones (LSE Health), and Alistair McGuire (LSE Health...

Remedies for Tying in Computer Applications

Posted on December 22, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Josh Gans (University of Melbourne - Econ) discusses Remedies for Tying in Computer Applications. ABSTRACT: Recent anti-trust decisions have proposed remedies for tying of different computer software and applications. The remedies have drawn criticism for...

Antitrust in Two-Sided Markets: Is Competition Always Desirable?

Posted on December 22, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ingo Fiedler, University of Hamburg - Institute of Commercial Law asks Antitrust in Two-Sided Markets: Is Competition Always Desirable? ABSTRACT: The main objective of antitrust interventions is to assure competition in markets to benefit consumers...

Most Downloaded Antitrust Law Professors of 2010

Posted on December 22, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol I included people who have uploaded at least one new antitrust related work in 2010. Please let me know if I have missed anyone. Name (Institution) Number of New Downloads Herb Hovenkamp (University of Iowa)...

Supply Function Equilibria with Capacity Constraints and Pivotal Suppliers

Posted on December 22, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Talat S. Genc (Department of Economics,University of Guelph) and Stanley S. Reynolds (Department of Economics,University of Arizona) discuss Supply Function Equilibria with Capacity Constraints and Pivotal Suppliers. ABSTRACT: The concept of a supply function equilibrium...

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