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Capturing the Criminality of Hard Core Cartels: The Australian Proposal

Posted on July 09, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Caron Beaton-Wells (University of Melbourne Law School) has posted the very interesting Capturing the Criminality of Hard Core Cartels: The Australian Proposal. ABSTRACT: This article reviews the proposal to make serious cartel conduct a criminal...

Draft of Paraguayan Competition Law

Posted on July 08, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The text of the draft law is available below. Download paraguay_proyecto_defensa_competencia.pdf

State Antitrust Lawsuits: A Good Way to Balance Costs and Incentives for Patented Drugs

Posted on July 08, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Alexander Okuliar and James P. Kidder of O'Melvany & Meyer have a policy paper for the Washington Legal Foundation titled State Antitrust Lawsuits: A Good Way to Balance Costs and Incentives for Patented Drugs.

How Institutional Design Affects Statutory Implementation: Lessons from Competition Law

Posted on July 08, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol William Kovacic (FTC) and David Hyman (University of Illinois Law) discuss How Institutional Design Affects Statutory Implementation: Lessons from Competition Law in their latest paper. ABSTRACT: It is one thing to pass a law, and...

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The Economics of Organizing Economists

Posted on July 07, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Luke Froeb (Vanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management), Paul Pautler (FTC) and Lars-Hendrik Roller (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin f�r Sozialforschung ) have an interesting piece on The Economics of Organizing Economists ABSTRACT: The organizational form...

Mock Dawn Raids on Cartels a New Service Provided by Law Firms

Posted on July 07, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The Europeans are certainly doing something right regarding cartel enforcement. Firms are reacting to what has become a very successful European anti-cartel enforcement effort with law firms now marketing mock dawn raids to clients...

Patent Continuations, Patent Deception, and Standard Setting: The Rambus and Broadcom Decisions

Posted on July 07, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Herb Hovenkamp of the University of Iowa Law School writes on Patent Continuations, Patent Deception, and Standard Setting: The Rambus and Broadcom Decisions in his latest working paper. ABSTRACT: This paper explores the implications of...

Reinvigoration of Regulatory Reform in Japan

Posted on July 06, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol USTR has called for Reinvigoration of Regulatory Reform in Japan as part of the U.S.-Japan Regulatory Reform and Competition Policy Initiative. Specific highlights of Japanese accomplishments include: Liberalizing the sale of insurance products through banks,...

2008 Annual Fall Conference on Competition Law

Posted on July 05, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The Canadian Bar Association hosts the 2008 Annual Fall Conference on Competition Law from September 18-19, 2008 at the Hilton Lac Leamy Hotel in Gatineau, Quebec.

Israeli Antitrust Authority Promotes a Legislative Amendment to Deal with Oligopolies

Posted on July 04, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The Israeli Antitrust Authority has proposed an amendment to the Israeli Restrictive Trade Practices Law to address oligopolies.

Analysis of the Korean Supreme Court decision concerning ?unreasonableness? in the abuse of a market dominant position case involving Posco

Posted on July 04, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Joseph Hur (Yoon Yang) has posted an Analysis of the Korean Supreme Court decision concerning ?unreasonableness? in the abuse of a market dominant position case involving Posco. ABSTRACT: On Nov. 22, 2007, Korea's Supreme Court...

Electricity Restructuring: What Has Worked, What Has Not, and What is Next

Posted on July 03, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jeff Lien (DOJ Antitrust) provides some answers on Electricity Restructuring: What Has Worked, What Has Not, and What is Next. ABSTRACT: In the 1990s and early 2000s, a series of state and federal initiatives restructured...

Interactions between Competition and Consumer Policy

Posted on July 03, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Mark Armstrong (University College London Department of Economics) has written on Interactions between Competition and Consumer Policy. ABSTRACT: This paper discusses complementarities and tensions between competition policies and consumer protection policies...

Measuring Compliance with Compulsory Licensing Remedies in the American Microsoft Case

Posted on July 03, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol William Page of the University of Florida Levin College of Law and Seldon Childers have authored the excellent forthcoming Measuring Compliance with Compulsory Licensing Remedies in the American Microsoft Case. ABSTRACT: Section III...

2007 Annual Report on Competition Policy ? protecting consumers and strengthening Europe's competitiveness

Posted on July 02, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol DG Competition has released the 2007 Annual Report on Competition Policy ? protecting consumers and strengthening Europe's competitiveness.

Antitrust Analysis of Tying Arrangements and Exclusive Dealing

Posted on July 02, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Alden Abbott (FTC) and Josh Wright (George Mason Law) provide an Antitrust Analysis of Tying Arrangements and Exclusive Dealing in a forthcoming book chapter. ABSTRACT: This chapter surveys the legal and economic literatures on the...

DOJ to Investigate Google-Yahoo Deal

Posted on July 02, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol In an important new move, news reports state that the DOJ is to investigate the Google-Yahoo advertising deal. One thing this suggests is that the market changes quickly in the IT sector. Maybe the Europeans...

Consumer Coordination in the Small and in the Large: Implications for Antitrust in Markets with Network Effects

Posted on July 01, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Dan Spulber of Northwestern University Kellog School of Business has describes Consumer Coordination in the Small and in the Large: Implications for Antitrust in Markets with Network Effects. ABSTRACT: Network effects occur in markets when...

Antitrust Encyclopedia

Posted on July 01, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol A wonderful new (and free) resource has been launched- the Antitrust Encyclopedia. This is the first on-line encyclopedia on competition laws covering 30 European jurisdictions. There are 7 National Competitions Authorities partners to this project,...

Thoughts on Theory, Litigation Practice, and Retrospectives

Posted on July 01, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Tom Barnett of DOJ has a thoughtful new presentation on Thoughts on Theory, Litigation Practice, and Retrospectives that he made for the Lewis Bernstein Memorial Lecture. ABSTRACT: Today, I will address current issues in merger...

Vertical Integration During the Hollywood Studio Era

Posted on July 01, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol F. Andrew Hanssen of Montana State University - Bozeman - Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics writes on Vertical Integration During the Hollywood Studio Era. ABSTRACT: The Hollywood "studio system" - with production, distribution, and...

Regulated Conduct and the Competition Act

Posted on June 30, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Michael Trebilcock of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law has posted Regulated Conduct and the Competition Act. ABSTRACT: A number of important issues remain unresolved in Canada in defining the scope of the exemption...

A Dynamic Oligopoly Structural Model for the Prescription Drug Market after Patent Expiration

Posted on June 30, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Andrew Ching of the University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management discusses A Dynamic Oligopoly Structural Model for the Prescription Drug Market after Patent Expiration in his latest working paper. ABSTRACT: Motivated...

Competition Policy and the Incentive to Innovate: The Dynamic Effects of Microsoft V. Commission

Posted on June 30, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Dan Spulber of Northwestern University Kellog School of Business has posted Competition Policy and the Incentive to Innovate: The Dynamic Effects of Microsoft v. Commission. ABSTRACT: Microsoft v. Commission indicates a shift in competition policy...

Guidance to Business on Monopolisation and Abuse of Dominance

Posted on June 30, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The OECD has posts its roundtable Guidance to Business on Monopolisation and Abuse of Dominance. ABSTRACT: This roundtable focused on how competition authorities can provide businesses with effective guidance on monopolization and abuse of dominance...

More Thoughts on Lawyer Rankings

Posted on June 29, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Following up on my post last week on lawyer rankings in antitrust, one issue that I often debate with practitioner friends is the ease of which it is to have an antitrust practice outside of...

The Political Economy of European Union Competition Policy: A Case Study of the Telecommunications Industry

Posted on June 28, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol New from Routledge Press is The Political Economy of European Union Competition Policy: A Case Study of the Telecommunications Industry by Tuna Baskoy (Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University). ABSTRACT: In the...

The Potential Impact of Twombly on Antitrust Class Actions

Posted on June 27, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Wendy Bloom (Kirkland & Ellis) & James Langenfeld (LECG and Loyola Chicago Law) discuss The Potential Impact of Twombly on Antitrust Class Actions. ABSTRACT: Just over a year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its...

Class Interpleader: The Antitrust Modernization Commission's Recommendation to Overrule Illinois Brick

Posted on June 27, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Bill Page of the University of Florida Levin College of Law takes on the AMC in his paper Class Interpleader: The Antitrust Modernization Commission's Recommendation to Overrule Illinois Brick. ABSTRACT: The Antitrust Modernization Commission has...

False Positives in Identifying Liability for Exclusionary Conduct: Conceptual Error, Business Reality, and Aspen

Posted on June 27, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Peter Carstensen of the University of Wisconsin Law School has posted False Positives in Identifying Liability for Exclusionary Conduct: Conceptual Error, Business Reality, and Aspen. ABSTRACT: The decisions in Aspen and Trinko point the law...

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