Corporate & Securities Law

Top Ten Points to Know When Resolving Global Antitrust Cases in Canada

Posted on September 16, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Graham Reynolds, Q.C. (Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt) provides the Top Ten Points to Know When Resolving Global Antitrust Cases in Canada. ABSTRACT: As one of the leading international antitrust regulators, Canada's Competition Bureau ("Bureau") undertakes...

Price regulation in oligopoly

Posted on September 16, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Luis C. Corchón - Economics, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid and Félix Marcos - Economics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid describe Price regulation in oligopoly. ABSTRACT: In this paper we consider price regulation in oligopolistic markets when...

The Impact of Mergers on the Degree of Competition In the Banking Industry

Posted on September 16, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Vittoria Cerasi, Milano-Bicocca University - Department of Statistics, Barbara Chizzolini, Bocconi University, and Marc Ivaldi, University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI), Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) examine The Impact of Mergers...

Efficiency and Market Power in Spanish Banking

Posted on September 16, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Rolf Färe, Oregon State University - Department of Economics, Shawna Grosskopf, Oregon State University - Department of Economics, Joaquín Maudos, University of Valencia - Faculty of Economics, and Emili Tortosa-Ausina, Jaume I University - Department...

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Canada Enacts Significant Changes to its Foreign Investment Laws

Posted on September 15, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Catherine A. Pawluch, Kevin Wright, & Jonathan Gilhen (Davis LLP) describes how Canada Enacts Significant Changes to its Foreign Investment Laws. ABSTRACT: A foreigner considering an investment in Canada might understandably be overwhelmed (and potentially...

Us News World Report Law Firm Rankings Are Out - Who Wins in Antitrust?

Posted on September 15, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The new US News and World Report Law Firm Rankings are out. Personally, I am not impressed. There is not a good sense of why a firm gets ranked the way it does. Moreover, there...

A Director who presides over financial ruin of a company is not exactly who I would want on my corporate board, and yet many boards seem invite former AIG, Lehman other failed company board members - I am selling stock

Posted on September 15, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Check out this story in the NY Times how directors with a record of failure seem to keep getting appointed to new firms. For competitors to these firms, this is the best news possible that...

Regulating Google: Searching for a Solution Without a Problem

Posted on September 15, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol David Balto has a piece on the Huffington Post about Regulating Google: Searching for a Solution Without a Problem.

Does Competition Matter? An Attempt of Analytical 'Unbundling' of Competition from Consumer Welfare

Posted on September 15, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Oles Andriychuk, University of East Anglia - Centre for Competition Policy asks Does Competition Matter? An Attempt of Analytical 'Unbundling' of Competition from Consumer Welfare.ABSTRACT: This paper is an attempt to evaluate the conceptual relationship...

When Do Generics Challenge Drug Patents?

Posted on September 15, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol C. Scott Hemphill, Columbia University - Law School and Bhaven N. Sampat, Columbia University - Mailman School of Public Health ask When Do Generics Challenge Drug Patents? ABSTRACT: The Hatch-Waxman Act regulates competition between brand-name...

Consumers? participation rights in competition law procedures

Posted on September 15, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance Published 17 December 2009 Workshop: Consumers? participation rights in competition law procedures Friday, 8 October 2010 Speakers & Chair Programme Date and Venue Contact and Registration Please note...

Hiring: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ? COMPETITION COMMISSION OF MAURITIUS

Posted on September 14, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Executive Director ? Competition Commission of Mauritius The Competition Commission of Mauritius was established by the Competition Act 2007. It became fully operational in 2009 and has so far launched seven investigations of restrictive practices...

TAKING POLITICS OUT OF MERGERS: A REVIEW OF IRISH EXPERIENCE

Posted on September 14, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Patrick Massey (Compecon) has written on TAKING POLITICS OUT OF MERGERS: A REVIEW OF IRISH EXPERIENCE. ABSTRACT: The Competition Act, 2002, radically altered merger control in Ireland, removing political involvement and assigning responsibility for reviewing...

DOJ Antirust Economics Analysis Group Seminar Series - Fall 2010 Speaker Schedule

Posted on September 14, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The Economic Analysis Group presents a seminar series to advance recent economic analyses in the fields of industrial organization, antitrust, and applied microeconomics. Schedules are organized in the spring and fall. Location: Seminars take place...

The Economics of Parallel Trade ? Iconoclast Views on a Dogma of EU Competition Law

Posted on September 14, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Nicolas Petit, University of Liege explores The Economics of Parallel Trade ? Iconoclast Views on a Dogma of EU Competition Law. ABSTRACT: This paper attempts to demonstrate that whilst parallel trade (also referred to as...

Soft Law and the Private Enforcement of the EU Competition Rules

Posted on September 14, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Albert Sánchez Graells, Pontifical University Comillas of Madrid explains Soft Law and the Private Enforcement of the EU Competition Rules. ABSTRACT: The use of soft law instruments is pervasive in the field of EU competition...

Consumer Credit and Competition: The Puzzle of Competitive Credit Markets

Posted on September 14, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Edward J. Janger, Brooklyn Law School and Susan Block-Lieb, Fordham University School of Law address Consumer Credit and Competition: The Puzzle of Competitive Credit Markets. ABSTRACT: Consumer credit markets in the US present a puzzle...

The Pros and Cons of Standard Setting

Posted on September 13, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The Swedish Competition Authority is hosting a conference on The Pros and Cons of Standard Setting. Pros and Cons 2010 Contributors | Registration | Questions | We have a tradition of arranging seminars on major...

Cross-border Merger, Vertical Structure, and Spatial Competition

Posted on September 13, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Hamid Beladi (Department of Economics, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio), Avik Chakrabarti (Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) and Sugata Marjit (Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta) explore Cross-border Merger,...

Industry-Specific Antitrust Policy for Innovation

Posted on September 13, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Mark Lemley (Stanford Law) has a short but interesting new paper on Industry-Specific Antitrust Policy for Innovation. ABSTRACT: The premise that IP promotes dynamic efficiency while antitrust concentrates on static welfare is wrong, or at...

Antitrust and the Close Look: Transaction Cost Economics in Competition Policy

Posted on September 13, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Herb Hovenkamp (Iowa - Law) has a new paper on Antitrust and the Close Look: Transaction Cost Economics in Competition Policy. ABSTRACT: This paper briefly examines the contributions of Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) to antitrust...

Cournot or Stackelberg competition? A survey on experimental evidence

Posted on September 13, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Andreas Hildenbrand (Giessen - Econ) discusses Cournot or Stackelberg competition? A survey on experimental evidence. ABSTRACT: In this survey, I look into experimental studies on duopolistic quantity competition with homogeneous products and duopolistic price competition...

M&A and Regulatory Risk: What's In Your Toolkit?

Posted on September 12, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol This is a tele-seminar that I highly recommend. I can vouch personally for a number of the speakers - really smart people who present well. As Steve Cernak of GM describes this seminar (and I...

2010 EU Competition Law & Policy - From the Commission, competition authorities, OFT, OECD, leading in-house counsel, and advisors?

Posted on September 12, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Europe's definitive competition law conference is booking up fast, with 130+ of your peers already registered to attend ? join them by registering now! The 19th annual Advanced EU Competition Law, Brussels conference provides you...

University of Tennessee Behavior and Business Law Conference

Posted on September 10, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Conference Schedule Behavior and Business Law Conference Schedule Workshop 1: Behavior in the Context of Corporate and Securities Law Paper Presenter: Donald Langevoort, Georgetown University Law Center; Discussants: Joan Heminway, The University of Tennessee College...

Improving EU Competition Law Procedures by Applying Principles of Good Administration: The Role of the Ombudsman

Posted on September 10, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol P. Nikiforos Diamandouros (European Ombudsman) discusses Improving EU Competition Law Procedures by Applying Principles of Good Administration: The Role of the Ombudsman. ABSTRACT: The European Commission plays a key role in the application of EU...

Canada's Draft Service Standards for Merger Review: Plus Ça Change, Plus C'est La Même Chose?

Posted on September 10, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Sandra Walker (Fraser Milner Casgrain) asks Canada's Draft Service Standards for Merger Review: Plus Ça Change, Plus C'est La Même Chose? ABSTRACT: Canada's merger review process has always suffered from schizophrenia. Unlike in the EU...

Services of General Economic Interest and Competition under European Law?A Delicate Balance

Posted on September 10, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Luc Gyselen (Arnold & Porter) writes on Services of General Economic Interest and Competition under European Law?A Delicate Balance. ABSTRACT: Competition is often described as a mechanism allowing consumers to access better products or services...

Revising the Horizontal Merger Guidelines: Lessons from the E.U. and the U.S.

Posted on September 09, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Richard J. Gilbert, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and Daniel L. Rubinfeld, University of California at Berkeley - School of Law, NYU Law School discuss Revising the Horizontal Merger Guidelines: Lessons from...

Spectrum Auction Tragedies: the case of the Mexico spectrum auction for AWS services

Posted on September 09, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ramiro Tovar Landa (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México) has written on Spectrum Auction Tragedies: the case of the Mexico spectrum auction for AWS services. ABSTRACT: Last July 19th the Mexican Federal Government concluded the auction...

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