Corporate & Securities Law

A Tale of Two Sector Inquiries: Comparing and Contrasting Experiences in the U.K. and EU

Posted on November 13, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Mark Powell (White & Case) & Suzanne Innes-Stubb (White & Case) provide A Tale of Two Sector Inquiries: Comparing and Contrasting Experiences in the U.K. and EU. The European Commission and the U.K. Competition Commission...

Cartel Amnesties Granted: Worldwide Whistleblowers

Posted on November 13, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol John Connor of Purdue University's Applied Economics Department provides a very useful empirical study on Cartel Amnesties Granted: Worldwide Whistleblowers. ABSTRACT: This paper describes and analyzes the outcomes of cartel-whistleblower programs around the world, including...

How to Have a Distinctive and Useful Antitrust Role for Section 5 of the FTC Act

Posted on November 13, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Robert H. Lande of the University of Baltimore Law School suggests How to Have a Distinctive and Useful Antitrust Role for Section 5 of the FTC Act. ABSTRACT: This paper makes two points. First, Section...

Pre-merger Notification Mechanisms: Incentives and Efficiency of Mandatory and Voluntary Schemes

Posted on November 13, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Aldo Gonzalez (University of Chile - Department of Economics) and Daniel Benitez (World Bank) have a new paper on Pre-merger Notification Mechanisms: Incentives and Efficiency of Mandatory and Voluntary Schemes. ABSTRACT: We compare the two...

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LG, Sharp, Chunghwa Agree to Plead Guilty, Pay Total of $585 Million in Fines for Participating in Lcd Price-fixing Conspiracies

Posted on November 12, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Cartels are in the news today in the US as with the EU. The DOJ just released word that LG, Sharp, Chunghwa Agree to Plead Guilty, Pay Total of $585 Million in Fines for Participating...

Why Antitrust is More Interesting Than Any Other Area of Law

Posted on November 12, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol 10 Reasons Why Antitrust Practice is More Interesting Than Any Other Area of Law (Tax law comes in second) Academics are relevant in terms of policy and consistently have taken important leadership roles in both...

Highest Cartel Fines Ever Imposed by the European Commission

Posted on November 12, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol According to a press release from the EU: The European Commission has imposed fines, totalling ?1 383 896 000 on Asahi, Pilkington, Saint-Gobain and Soliver for illegal market sharing, and exchange of commercially sensitive information...

The Effects of Anti-competitive Business Practices on Developing Countries and their Development Prospects

Posted on November 12, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol UNCTAD has release an almost 700 page book available for download titled The Effects of Anti-competitive Business Practices on Developing Countries and their Development Prospects. BOOK HIGHLIGHTS: During the last decade, many developing countries have...

An Economic Assessment of EC Merger Control: 1957-2007

Posted on November 12, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Bruce Lyons of the University of East Anglia provides An Economic Assessment of EC Merger Control: 1957-2007. ABSTRACT: This paper provides an assessment of EC merger policy from three perspectives. First, it places the evolution...

The Role of Fixed Cost Savings in Merger Analysis

Posted on November 11, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Robert Rubinovitz of NERA has a forthcoming article on The Role of Fixed Cost Savings in Merger Analysis. ABSTRACT: Among the many motivations for mergers, clearly one of the more important considerations is the extent...

Pricing and Multi-Market Contact in the Cable TV Industry

Posted on November 11, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Robert Seamans, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business has posted Pricing and Multi-Market Contact in the Cable TV Industry. ABSTRACT: This paper links empirical literature on the use of price as an...

More Gossip Mill: Forbes Weights in On Possible Obama Picks at DOJ and FTC

Posted on November 11, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Forbes has a list of names that has added a few new players to the one the Daily Deal reported last week. By including this type of information, does this blog become the antitrust equivalent...

Will Europe Provide Effective Redress for Cartel Victims?

Posted on November 11, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll has bet on the future of European private action. In Will Europe Provide Effective Redress for Cartel Victims?, Vincent Smith of Cohen Milstein provides a sense of the past and...

Research Handbook On Intellectual Property And Competition Law

Posted on November 10, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Out in press is the Research Handbook On Intellectual Property And Competition Law. BOOK CHAPTERS:Preface Part I: Overarching Policies and Economic Theories Part II: Contractual Arrangements Part III: Unilateral Restraints Part IV: Merger Control Part...

Antitrust Law for the New Administration Conference

Posted on November 10, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Antitrust Law for the New Administration January 26, 2009 Antitrust Law for the New Administration Co-Presented by the American Antitrust Institute & the Silicon Flatirons Center Antitrust law remains, as Robert Bork once put it,...

Justice Stevens and the Rule of Reason

Posted on November 10, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Spencer Waller of Chicago Loyola Law School provides an assessment of Justice Stevens and the Rule of Reason. ABSTRACT: Over the past thirty plus years Justice Stevens has played a special role in the jurisprudence...

Private Actions in EC Competition Law

Posted on November 10, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Rennato Nazzini (University of Southampton) & Ali Nikpay (Office of Fair Trading) provide their thoughts on Private Actions in EC Competition Law. ABSTRACT: The paper considers the case for reform of the system of private...

Competition Law and Policy in El Salvador: Peer Review

Posted on November 09, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The OECD has published Competition Law and Policy in El Salvador: Peer Review. As someone who has done work for the Salvadorian agency, let me add that among young agencies around the developing world this...

Call for Papers: Harvard-Standard International Junior Faculty Forum

Posted on November 08, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Harvard Law School and Stanford Law School Second Annual International Junior Faculty Forum Call for Papers The first annual International Junior Faculty Forum was held at Stanford Law School on October 17 and 18th, 2008....

Changes at DOJ Antitrust - Barnett Steps Down

Posted on November 07, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol With the end of the current administration approaching, we have the first of what will be many high profile departures from the DOJ and FTC. Tom Barnett, the head of DOJ antitrust, will step down...

Antitrust Law and Regulatory Gaming

Posted on November 07, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Stacey L. Dogan, Northeastern University School of Law and Mark A. Lemley, Stanford Law School discuss Antitrust Law and Regulatory Gaming in a new working paper. ABSTRACT: Antitrust law promotes competition in the service of...

University of Chicago Seeks Law and Economics Fellow

Posted on November 07, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL The John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics Law and Economics Fellow The Law School's Program in Law and Economics seeks to appoint a law and economics fellow...

Conglomerate Mergers

Posted on November 07, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jeffrey Church, University of Calgary - Economics provides an overview into Conglomerate Mergers. ABSTRACT: This chapter provides an overview of the economics of conglomerate mergers, with a focus on the potential for an increase in...

FTC Announces First in Series of Hearings on Evolving Intellectual Property Marketplace

Posted on November 06, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol An important hearing is the FTC's recently announced hearing on the Evolving Intellectual Property Marketplace. According to the Notice in the Federal Register: The December 5 hearing will include three th panels addressing a range...

Economics, Law and Institutions: The Shaping of Chinese Competition Law

Posted on November 06, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol David Gerber of Chicago Kent Law has posted a wonderful new piece, Economics, Law and Institutions: The Shaping of Chinese Competition Law. ABSTRACT: China has been considering enactment of an anti-monopoly (antitrust) law since 1993,...

Cartel Overcharges and Optimal Cartel Fines

Posted on November 06, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Robert H. Lande of the University of Baltimore Law School and John Connor of Purdue University Applied and Agricultural Economics have a wonderful new work on Cartel Overcharges and Optimal Cartel Fines. ABSTRACT: This chapter...

Future of Private Antitrust Enforcement Invitational Symposium

Posted on November 06, 2008
Posted b y D. Daniel Sokol The American Antitrust Institute presents Future of Private Antitrust Enforcement Invitational Symposium December 11, 2008 - December 11, 2008 On Thursday, December 11, 2008, the American Antitrust Institute will host its second annual Invitational...

Dynamic Competition' Does Not Excuse Monopolization

Posted on November 06, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jon Baker of American University's Washington College of Law has a great short new piece, Dynamic Competition' Does Not Excuse Monopolization, that argues against the position taken by Evans and Hylton in their work The...

Google/Yahoo Agreement is Over

Posted on November 05, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The official Goggle Blog has announced that the advertising agreement will not be pursued any further.

Competition Day Program in Chile

Posted on November 05, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Competition Day is an annual tradition in many countries. The program for Chile's Competition Day is available here and will be held on November 13, 2008.

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