Corporate & Securities Law

Open Source and Merger Policy: Insights from the EU Oracle/Sun Decision

Posted on October 21, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Simonetta Vezzoso, University of Trento - Law Department addresses Open Source and Merger Policy: Insights from the EU Oracle/Sun Decision. ABSTRACT: In Europe, the merger between Oracle and Sun raised a series of substantial competition...

Series: Global Competition Law and Economics

Posted on October 21, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol I am off on Monday to speak in DC at a US Chamber sponsored program for the Competition Commission of India. The US Chamber has done important work on various competition issues through its various...

Entry Deterrence in the Presence of Learning-by-Doing

Posted on October 21, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ana Espinola-Arredondo; Felix Munoz-Garcia (School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University) explain Entry Deterrence in the Presence of Learning-by-Doing. ABSTRACT: This paper investigates a signaling entry deterrence model under learning-by-doing...

Leibowitz Speech on FTC/CMS Workshop on Accountable Care Organizations

Posted on October 21, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The remarks of FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz at the FTC/CMS Workshop on Accountable Care Organizations are available here.

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A Primer on Antitrust Damages

Posted on October 21, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Herbert J. Hovenkamp, University of Iowa - College of Law provides A Primer on Antitrust Damages. ABSTRACT: This paper considers the theory of antitrust damages and then discusses some simple models for proving them. Antitrust...

Private Damage Actions Related to European Competition Law in Italy

Posted on October 21, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Claudio Tesauro and Dario Ruggiero (both Bonelli Erede Pappalardo Law Firm) explain Private Damage Actions Related to European Competition Law in Italy. ABSTRACT: Competition law based civil claims are brought, in Italy, by competitors rather...

Boost for Commission's Antitrust Enforcement Policy: ECJ Overturns General Court's Decision in De Beers Case

Posted on October 20, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Cormac Little (William Fry) explains the Boost for Commission's Antitrust Enforcement Policy: ECJ Overturns General Court's Decision in De Beers Case. ABSTRACT: The ECJ recognises the Commission's broad discretion in assessing commitments offered under Article...

The Economics of Collective Brands

Posted on October 20, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Arthur Fishman, Bar Ilan University - Department of Economics, Avi Simhon, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Finkelshtain, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Nira Yacouel, explain The Economics of Collective Brands. ABSTRACT: We consider the consequences...

AAI's 4th Annual Conference on the Future of Private Antitrust Enforcement

Posted on October 20, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The American Antitrust Institute announces that FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz will address the luncheon audience during the AAI's 4th Annual Conference on the Future of Private Antitrust Enforcement at the National Press Club in Washington...

AAI's 4th Annual Conference on the Future of Private Antitrust Enforcement

Posted on October 20, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The American Antitrust Institute announces that FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz will address the luncheon audience during the AAI's 4th Annual Conference on the Future of Private Antitrust Enforcement at the National Press Club in Washington...

Pitfalls in Vertical Arrangements

Posted on October 20, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Gianpaolo Rossini, University of Bologna - Department of Economics and Cecilia Vergari, University of Bologna - Department of Economics discuss Pitfalls in Vertical Arrangements. ABSTRACT: A popular way of obtaining essential inputs requires the establishment...

Resale Price Maintenance and Restrictions on Dominant Firm and Industry-Wide Adoption

Posted on October 20, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Oystein Foros (Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration), Hans Jarle Kind (Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration) and Greg Shaffer (University of Rochster) address Resale Price Maintenance and Restrictions on Dominant Firm and...

Life Under the Chinese AML - Not So Bad for Multinationals

Posted on October 20, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Peter Wang and Sebastien Evrard have an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal titled Life After China's Antimonopoly Law Foreign companies are discovering they might not be the law's prime targets after all. Their conclusion:...

OFT consults on competition compliance guidance

Posted on October 19, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol From the OFT press release: The OFT is consulting on two guidance documents that aim to help businesses and company directors comply with competition law. One of the documents has been developed for businesses and...

The past and the future of merger control

Posted on October 19, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Joaquín Almunia (DG Comp) provides his thoughts on The past and the future of merger control in a speech given late last month. ????

Competition and Development: What competition law regime?

Posted on October 19, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol UCL Centre for Law and Economics presents a Competition Law in a Global Context Lecture convened by Dr Ioannis Lianos (UCL) Competition and Development: What competition law regime? by Professor Abel Mateus New University of...

Are the Bankrupt Skies the Friendliest?

Posted on October 19, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Federico Cilibertoy University of Virginia and Carola Schenonez University of Virginia ask Are the Bankrupt Skies the Friendliest? ABSTRACT: We use data from the US airline industry to investigate whether firms that are under bankruptcy...

The European Antitrust Review 2011

Posted on October 19, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The European Antitrust Review 2011 Introduction Introduction Alexander Italianer Director-General DG Competition EU Substantive Areas Cartels and Leniency Ief Daems, Kristian Hugmark, Julian Joshua Howrey LLP Competition & Innovation Riccardo Croce, Will Sparks Hammonds LLP...

Observations on Recent Competition Law Developments from a DG Energy Perspective

Posted on October 19, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Philip Lowe provides Observations on Recent Competition Law Developments from a DG Energy Perspective. ABSTRACT: As an outsider now?but as a very interested observer and enthusiastic supporter of the Commission's competition policy?the first months into...

Spatial Competition and Cooperation Effects on European Airports' Efficiency

Posted on October 18, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Pavlyuk Dmitry, Transport and Telecommunication Institute explains Spatial Competition and Cooperation Effects on European Airports' Efficiency. ABSTRACT: This paper is devoted to statistical analysis of spatial competition and cooperation between European airports...

Six Principles for Limiting Government-Facilitated Restraints on Competition

Posted on October 18, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Michal Gal, University of Haifa - Faculty of Law; New York University and Inbal Faibish, University of Haifa - Faculty of Law have posted the interesting Six Principles for Limiting Government-Facilitated Restraints on Competition...

General Court upholds Commission's Digital Decoders Decision

Posted on October 18, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Alexander Winterstein (DG Comp) discusses how the General Court upholds Commission's Digital Decoders Decision. ABSTRACT: Article 107(1) TFEU provides that for State aid to be present the Member State's intervention must, inter alia, confer a...

Bankruptcy and Product-Market Competition: Evidence from the Airline Industry

Posted on October 18, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Federico Cilibertoy University of Virginia and Carola Schenonez University of Virginia have a new paper on Bankruptcy and Product-Market Competition: Evidence from the Airline Industry. ABSTRACT: We investigate the effects of Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings...

The Antitrust Revolution In Europe: Exploring the European Commission?s Cartel Policy

Posted on October 18, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Lee McGowan, Senior Lecturer in European Studies, Queen?s University Belfast has published a book on The Antitrust Revolution In Europe: Exploring the European Commission?s Cartel Policy. BOOK ABSTRACT:Lee McGowan expertly explores the European Commission?s cartel...

Legal Privilege or Legal Inconvenience? Some Reflections on the Last Judgment of the ECJ in Relation to the Akzo Case

Posted on October 16, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Angela Laghezza addresses Legal Privilege or Legal Inconvenience? Some Reflections on the Last Judgment of the ECJ in Relation to the Akzo Case. ABSTRACT: This article analyzes the concept of Legal Professional Privilege ("LPP") in...

Federal Courts and Enforcers Diagnose Physician Practice Associations with Risk of Conspiracy Liability: Degree of Integration is Crucial to Challenges to Medical Network Price Agreements

Posted on October 16, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Heather Cooper (Sheppard Mullin) address Federal Courts and Enforcers Diagnose Physician Practice Associations with Risk of Conspiracy Liability: Degree of Integration is Crucial to Challenges to Medical Network Price Agreements...

The AZ Judgment: A Green Light for Further Action on Pharma and IP

Posted on October 15, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Sean-Paul Brankin (Crowell & Moring) discusses The AZ Judgment: A Green Light for Further Action on Pharma and IP. ABSTRACT: On July 1, 2010, the General Court issued its long awaited judgment in AstraZeneca v...

Airport privatization and international competition

Posted on October 15, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Toshihiro Matsumura (University of Tokyo) and Noriaki Matsushima (Osaka University) address Airport privatization and international competition. ABSTRACT: We provide a simple theoretical model to explain the mechanism wherebyprivatization of international airports can improve welfare...

Bankruptcy and low cost carrier expansion in the airline industry

Posted on October 15, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Hwa Ryung Lee (University Zurich) discusses Bankruptcy and low cost carrier expansion in the airline industry. ABSTRACT: This paper studies how financial distress affects competition and how incumbent bankruptcy affects the growth of rivals, specifically...

Breaking News: Merger of UK Competition Bodies Announced

Posted on October 14, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The Department of Business Innovation and Skills announced, "The Competition Commission (CC) and the competition functions of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) [to be] merged to form a single competition and markets authority" in...

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