Category: Commentary Elsewhere

Resale Price Maintenance—The Blurred Lines

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: Resale Price Maintenance—The Blurred Lines “Christian Riis-Madsen & Ozlem Fidanboylu (O’Melveny & Myers) describe Resale Price Maintenance—The Blurred Lines. ABSTRACT: The 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Leegin set in motion a landslide by overturning a 96-year old precedent. After identifying that the probability of…”

Resale Price Maintenance and Most-Favored Nation Clauses: The Future Does Not Look Bright

Commentary Elsewhere: from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page. From CPI RSS: Resale Price Maintenance and Most-Favored Nation Clauses: The Future Does Not Look Bright “ The European Commission’s 2010 Vertical Restraints Block Exemption Regulation and accompanying Guidelines on Vertical Restraints created a certain amount of excitement with the new approach towards resale price maintenance. However, for all of the discussion about the EC’s new, softer approach to RPM, little has come of it…The EC may not be saying much about RPMs and MFNs, but NCAs are quite vocal about the anticompetitive effects of such restraints on vertical relationships.      “

Get Out of Jail Free: s 188B(3) of the Enterprise Act 2002

Commentary Elsewhere: from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page. From Who’s Competing?: Get Out of Jail Free: s 188B(3) of the Enterprise Act 2002 “This week I delivered my UG competition law lecture on Cartels. It’s an occasion I always enjoy and gives me an opportunity to approach the topic afresh on an annual basis [the feedback I receive is always extremely helpful too]. This year it was the first time that I had the opportunity to talk through […]”

Who is Right on Margin Squeeze: Competition Law or Sector Specific Regulation?

Commentary Elsewhere: from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page. From Journal of European Competition Law & Practice – Advance Access: Who is Right on Margin Squeeze: Competition Law or Sector Specific Regulation? “”