Category: Commentary Elsewhere

A Positive Consumer Agenda for Transatlantic Trade

Commentary Elsewhere: from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page. From judoeconomics: A Positive Consumer Agenda for Transatlantic Trade “I recently attended a meeting held by the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) on the putative Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) in Brussels 29/10/2013. The meeting outlined some of the key problem areas for those present in the discussions around the TTIP. What was also clear though was that other concerns, most notably around privacy […]”

The Court of Appeal on Cartels and Conflicts

Commentary Elsewhere: from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page. From Competition Bulletin: The Court of Appeal on Cartels and Conflicts “The Court of Appeal handed down two important decisions last week on the application of conflict of law principles to cartel follow-on damages claims: Deutsche Bahn AG & Ors v Morgan Advanced Materials plc & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 1484 and Ryanair Limited v Esso Italiana Srl [2013] EWCA Civ 1450. The defendants in each case […]”

The Empty Promise of Behavioral Antitrust

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: The Empty Promise of Behavioral Antitrust “Alan Devlin (Latham) and Mike Jacobs (Depaul) describe The Empty Promise of Behavioral Antitrust. ABSTRACT: Microeconomic theory has long guided competition law. Using price- and game-theoretic models, antitrust has settled on rules that have endured because they are more coherent,…”