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The Future of Monopolization Under an Obama Administration

January 06, 2009 18:28

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol I had a heated discussion on this topic with some friends this weekend. For the record, I am sticking with my prediction (see my forthcoming short essay Change and Continuity in International Antitrust Under an...

FTC GC Blumenthal to Clifford Chance

January 06, 2009 16:05

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol FTC General Counsel Bill Blumenthal is leaving the agency to join international powerhouse Clifford Chance as the head of its US antitrust practice. Bill has played an important role in international efforts (including in China)...

Global Competition Law, Markets and Globalization

January 06, 2009 14:55

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol David Gerber of Chicago Kent Law has a written a forthcoming book titled Global Competition Law, Markets and Globalization. BOOK ABSTRACT: Global competition now shapes economies and societies in ways unimaginable only a few years...

How Can National Competition Authorities Mobilize in Times of Global Crisis?

January 06, 2009 10:04

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Bruno Lasserre (Conseil de la concurrence) asks How Can National Competition Authorities Mobilize in Times of Global Crisis? ABSTRACT: The crisis that started with the U.S. mortgage market has spread to the worldwide banking sector....

Is Antitrust Too Complicated for Generalist Judges? The Impact of Economic Complexity & Judicial Training on Appeals

January 05, 2009 17:55

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Josh Wright of George Mason Law School and Michael Baye of the IU Kelley School of Business have an interesting article on Is Antitrust Too Complicated for Generalist Judges? The Impact of Economic Complexity &...

Pharmaceutical Industry, Drug Quality and Regulation: Evidence from US and Italy

January 05, 2009 16:03

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Vincenzo Atella (University of Rome Tor Vergata), Jay Bhattacharya (Stanford University), and Lorenzo Carbonari (University of Rome Tor Vergata) provide us with an analysis of Pharmaceutical Industry, Drug Quality and Regulation: Evidence from US and...

To a New Era of Competition Law Teaching

January 05, 2009 13:29

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Dear Readers, I need you help. This week I will go to San Diego for a meeting of the American Association of Law Schools (AALS), where American law professors gather on a yearly basis to...

The Quiet Life of a Monopolist: The Efficiency Losses of Monopoly Reconsidered

January 05, 2009 12:31

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jun Chen and Zhiqi Chen (both of Department of Economics, Carleton University) write on The Quiet Life of a Monopolist: The Efficiency Losses of Monopoly Reconsidered. ABSTRACT: In this paper we study the efficiency losses...

Antitrust Legislation and Policy in a Global Economic Crisis—A Canadian Perspective

January 04, 2009 09:25

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol George Addy, Anita Banicevic, & Mark Katz (all of Davis Ward Phillips & Vineberg) provide their thoughts on Antitrust Legislation and Policy in a Global Economic Crisis—A Canadian Perspective. ABSTRACT: As the global economic crisis...

Article 81 EC and Public Policy

January 03, 2009 10:34

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Christopher Townley (King's College, London - Law) is writing a book on Article 81 EC and Public Policy. BOOK ABSTRACT: This book discusses the role of public policy in Article 81 of the EC Treaty....