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Posted by D. Daniel Sokol December 10, 2009 Health Law Roundtable Event Competition Policy in Health Care in an Era of Reform Time: 3:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m. Location: University Place Conference Center, room 216 Contact: Shari Baldwin at ssbaldwi@iupui.edu and...
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Posted by D. Daniel Sokol 5th Annual In-House Counsel Forum on Pharmaceutical Antitrust Understanding Antitrust Priorities Under a New Enforcement Regime Wednesday, February 17 to Thursday, February 18, 2010 For registration and other information click here. DAY ONE | Wednesday,...
Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Andrew Hanssen (Colby - Econ) asks Monopsony Abuse or Efficient Purchasing? Quality Measurement in the Tobacco Leaf Market. ABSTRACT: In the recent case of Deloach v. Philip Morris, plaintiff tobacco growers accused the major cigarette...
Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Thom Lambert of the University of Missouri School of Law discusses A Decision-Theoretic Rule of Reason for Minimum Resale Price Maintenance. ABSTRACT: In its 2007 Leegin decision, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a 96 year-old...
Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol A limited number of places are available for the Competition Commission's Autumn Lecture which takes place on Wednesday 2 December 2009 at Victoria House, Southampton Row, London WC1B 4AD. Speaker: Professor Carl Baudenbacher, EFTA Court,...
Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Simon Cowan analyzes Third-Degree Price Discrimination and Consumer Surplus. ABSTRACT: This paper presents simple conditions for monopoly third-degree price discrimination to have negative or positive effects on aggregate consumer surplus. Consumer surplus is often reduced...
Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Speaking at the AALS Annual Meeting held in New Orleans this January at the Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section on the Effect of Economic Crisis on Antitrust Policy are: Speaker: Jonathan B. Baker, American University...
Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Can US tech companies under investigation by the EU catch a break? Apparently they can if you have the right lawyers. In a little noticed development this past week, the European Commission closed its proceeding...
Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The story is here in the Wall Street Journal.
Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Armando Rodriguez (U. New Haven - Econ) and to my knowledge the only other Panamanian antitrust professor teaching in the US other than me* has a book review of Review of Ignacio De Leon: An...
Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Bill Blumenthal (Clifford Chance) has a great new speech that he just delivered in India on Overcoming Foreseeable Challenges in Implementing the Competition Act at the International Academy of Law conference in India. Download 20091106_ICCL_Delhi_Paper[1]
Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol An Introduction to Network Industries This three session course, to be offered on December 2, 9, and 16 will discuss Network Industries: Networks have frequently been at the heart of the great regulated industries of...
Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The Dutch government has nominated her for a second term.
Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jim Rill (Howrey) & Thomas Dillickrath (Howrey) explain Type 1 Error and Uncertainty: Holding the Antitrust Enforcement Pendulum Steady. ABSTRACT: Recent pronouncements by the leaders of the federal antitrust agencies have brought into sharper focus...
Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Abel Mateus (UCL) offers thoughts on Ensuring a More Level Playing Field in Competition Enforcement throughout the European Union. ABSTRACT: The European Competition Network was launched in May 2004 in order to ensure a more...
