RSS FeedsAntitrust & Competition Policy Blog http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/antitrustprof_blog/
A Member of the Law Professor Blogs Network Total news: 40 Last news: March 20, 2008 09:45:00
|
Call For Papers - Antitrust Economics and Competition Policy March 20, 2008 09:45:00Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Northwestern University School of Law Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth CALL FOR PAPERS "ANTITRUST ECONOMICS AND COMPETITION POLICY" September 26th & 27th, 2008 The Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth... - [Read more] |
Cy Pres as an Antitrust Remedy March 19, 2008 12:43:00Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Bert Foer of the American Antitrust Institute discusses Cy Pres as an Antitrust Remedy in his latest working paper. ABSTRACT: This paper discusses the cy pres doctrine and more specifically the courts‘ authority to use... - [Read more] |
Critical Loss Analysis in the Whole Foods Case March 19, 2008 10:05:00Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Kevin Murphy (University of Chicago Graduate School of Business) and Robert Topel (University of Chicago Graduate School of Business) discuss Critical Loss Analysis in the Whole Foods Case. ABSTRACT: In the matter of the U.S.... - [Read more] |
Remedies for Dominant Firm Misconduct March 18, 2008 16:48:00Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Chris Sprigman of UVA Law School is helping the ABA Antitrust Section put together what looks to be a great program on Remedies for Dominant Firm Misconduct on June 5, 2008 at UVA. Download aba_remedies_schedule.doc... - [Read more] |
RPM as an Exclusionary Practice March 18, 2008 10:09:00Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ittai Paldor of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law offers a contrarian take on RPM in his piece RPM as an Exclusionary Practice. ABSTRACT: The existing explanations for resale price maintenance (RPM) are divided... - [Read more] |
Elhauges United States Antitrust Law and Economics March 18, 2008 09:28:00Posted by D. Daniel Sokol New to the casebook world next month is Einer Elhauges United States Antitrust Law and Economics. Einers recent Global Antitrust Law and Economics (along with Damien Geradin) is a first rate comparative antitrust casebook. - [Read more] |
The Celtic Tiger and Competition Policy March 17, 2008 13:52:00Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ireland has been the economic success story of Europe of the past two decades. Two weeks ago, the Irish Competition Authority released its 2007 Annual Report. The report gives a sense of how competition policy... - [Read more] |
Report on Competition Issues in the Norwegian Software Market March 17, 2008 10:45:00Posted by D. Daniel Sokol New on the Norwegian Competition Authority website is its report on Norwegian software markets. In 2007 the Norwegian Competition Authority took a closer look at the Norwegian software markets. The software markets differ from traditional... - [Read more] |
St. Patricks Day, Ireland and Competition Policy March 17, 2008 07:09:00Posted by D. Daniel Sokol You could not ask for better timing. Earlier this year, the Irish Competition Authority undertook some competition advocacy work involving the alcohol sector. As its news release on the report states, "The Competition Authority has... - [Read more] |
The Political Economy of Antitrust December 27, 2007 22:37:00Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Out this year is a new and excellent book edited by Vivek Ghosal of Georgia Techs School of Economics titled The Political Economy of Antitrust. Contents include: Chapter 1: Issues in Antitrust Enforcement, Vivek Ghosal... - [Read more] |
Imperfect Legal Unbundling of Monopolistic Bottlenecks December 27, 2007 13:12:00Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Addressing issues of how to best increase competition in liberalized utilities is a rather difficult undertaking. Felix Höffler of the Max Planck Institute of Research on Collective Goods and Sebastian Kranz of University of Bonn... - [Read more] |
OECD Competition Division Openings in Mexico City December 26, 2007 12:50:00Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The OECD has announced hiring needs of two competition specialists to be based in Mexico City. Details are available here. Below are some highlights from the posting. TWO PROJECT POSTS – FIXED TERM APPOINTMENTS OF... - [Read more] |
|
|