Commentary Elsewhere: from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page. From Chillin’Competition: A thought on the failing division defense, industrial policy, and commitments “The EU Commission has often been – in our view incorrectly – criticized for its blindness to industrial policy considerations. Caution: propaganda With my assistant Norman, we wrote a lenghty paper explaining how such considerations can, and should, play a – circumscribed – role in EU antitrust law. A recent case suggests that industrial policy […]”
Commentary Elsewhere: from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page. From CPI RSS: Cartels: Confusing Covert and Ancillary “ The leadership at the U.S. Department of Justice—during Democratic and Republican Administrations alike—has actively encouraged competition law enforcers around the world to prosecute cartels, and to increase the penalties imposed on cartels, while encouraging leniency for cartel members that report cartels to officials. Over the last 20 years, antitrust enforcement efforts have brought down global cartels in industries from air cargo to vitamins and auto parts to memory chips. Department officials have not, however, always made clear what constitutes a "cartel" and that has left room for mischief. Department rhetoric may […]
Commentary Elsewhere: from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page. From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog: Judging Monopolistic Pricing: F/RAND and Antitrust Injury “Bill Page (Florida) has written on Judging Monopolistic Pricing: F/RAND and Antitrust Injury. ABSTRACT: In a 2013 opinion in Microsoft v. Motorola, Judge James Robart calculated “reasonable and nondiscriminatory” or RAND royalties that Motorola could lawfully charge Microsoft for licenses…”
Commentary Elsewhere: from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page. From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog: Squaring EU Competition Law and Industrial Policy: The Case of Broadband “Wolf Sauter, Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC); Dutch Healthcare Authority; Tilburg Law School is Squaring EU Competition Law and Industrial Policy: The Case of Broadband. ABSTRACT: Industrial and competition policy are often seen as logical opposites: inherently conflicting. In…”