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Some Antitrust Links

Posted on March 20, 2008
The new Global Competition Policy online magazine contains some insightful commentary on the Google/ Doubleclick clearance, critical loss analysis in Whole Foods (from Kevin Murphy and Robert Topel) and more generally (from Greg Werden), as well as competing reactions to the Intel antitrust allegations … The Supreme Court did not grant cert in Microsoft v...

Are the Roberts Court Antirtust Decisions Really Pro-Business?

Posted on March 20, 2008
I’m a bit late to the party on Jeffrey Rosen’s provocative article in the NY Times Magazine claiming that the Supreme Court is biased in favor of businesses. For readers not familiar with Rosen’s claim, the basic assertion is that: With their pro-business jurisprudence, the justices may be capturing an emerging spirit of agreement [...

All We Are Saying Is Give PeaceHealth a Chance.

Posted on March 13, 2008
Josh had a characteristically thoughtful post last week on safe harbors for loyalty and bundled discounts. I didn’t comment on the post, with which I generally agree, because I was busy writing an amicus brief (also signed by Dan Crane, Richard Epstein, Tom Morgan, and Danny Sokol) in an attempt to preserve a different [...

New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer Will Resign

Posted on March 12, 2008
The news has just broken that New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer intends to resign on Monday. This means that Lieutenant Governor, David Paterson, a relative unknown, will become the governor of New York State. More importantly, this means Joe Bruno, New York State Senate Majority Leader, will be tapped to “perform all the duties of [...

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EU Clears Google-Doubleclick

Posted on March 11, 2008
From the WSJ Online: The transaction had faced stiff opposition in Brussels from Google rivals including Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc., as well as privacy advocates who fretted that a combined company would control a vast storehouse of data on Web users and their surfing habits...

The Economics of $4300

Posted on March 10, 2008
Tyler Cowen invokes Klein and Leffler (1981) to explain the the apparently high price of paid by Client #9 for sex, arguing that high price in combination with the repeat purchase mechanism were part of a self-enforcement mechanism designed to assure performance (in this case, presumably, sex and secrecy)...

Eliot Spitzer - Tied to Prostitution? The Boys Versus The Girls

Posted on March 10, 2008
According to the Associated Press, New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer is reported to be or have been a client of a “high-end prostitution ring called Emperors Club VIP.” This morning, Governor Spitzer publicly apologized to his family and the public, “but did not not elaborate on a bombshell report that he has been involved in [...

Steven Cheung’s Blog

Posted on March 10, 2008
Of potential interest to TOTM readers (especially those who can read Chinese), Stephen Cheung has a blog. (HT: Peter Klein)

#31

Posted on March 04, 2008
That is where TOTM lands on Race to the Bottom’s list of the Top 50 Most Influential Law Faculty Blogs for 2007 based upon traffic, links, and citations. UPDATE: Or #68 amongst economics blogs…

Thoughts on Safe Harbors for Quantity Discounts (and Bundling)

Posted on March 04, 2008
Dennis Carlton and Michael Waldman have posted an insightful DOJ working paper on antitrust safe harbors for unilateral conduct involving quantity discounts and bundling. The discussion is very timely in light of the Microsoft CFI decision, AMC Report, Section 2 Hearings, and various monopolization cases in the United States, EU, and other antitrust jurisdictions...

Barnett on the the Supreme Court, Convergence, and Enforcement Levels

Posted on March 04, 2008
Tom Barnett (DOJ Antitrust AG) gave a speech February 29th to the Federalist Society where he touched upon a number of interesting issues we’ve discussed from time to time here at TOTM. Some highlights: Barnett on recent Supreme Court activity...

Is Austan Goolsbee Overrated?

Posted on March 03, 2008
Not as an economist of course! There is no doubt that Goolsbee is one of the world’s premier economists. But another brilliant economist, Jagdish Bhagwati, argues that voters should (HT: Mankiw) favor Barack Obama’s free trade credentials over Hillary Clinton’s based, at least partially, on Austan Goolsbee’s credentials as an advocate of free [...

WPT Enterprises Trial Date Extended to August 5

Posted on March 03, 2008
Just as the April 1 trial date was approaching in the lawsuit by seven elite-level poker players against WPT Enterprises, it has been extended four months to August 5. The case involves antitrust claims of exclusive dealing and price-fixing as well as the non-antitrust issue of contractual interference with respect to the releases players must sign before competing [...

Evaluating “Long Term Advisors” and “Short Term Interventions”

Posted on February 27, 2008
My colleague Danny Sokol has posted An Empirical Evaluation of Long Term Advisors and Short Term Interventions in Technical Assistance and Capacity Building to SSRN. The abstract for the paper, which is co-authored by Kyle Stiegert, follows: Technical assistance to improve the capacity of regulatory agencies around the world remains a key priority for international [...

The Deadwood Report is Coming …

Posted on February 26, 2008
Thats the opening line of my colleague and Green Bag Editor Ross Davies’ announcement (posted here) that The Green Bag is ready to enter the law school rankings game. The Deadwood Report (see also Inside Higher Ed) has law school puffery and false advertising in its sights...

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