Tag: Sherman Act
Disaggregating Market Definition: AmEx and a Plural View of Market Definition
By Daniel Francis (Harvard) & Jay Ezrielev (Federal Trade Commission)
The orthodox view of market definition in antitrust cases is that the same principles of...
Vertical Restraints (or Restrictions)
By Sandra Marco Colino (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
This paper explores the concept of vertical restraints or restrictions. It includes references to the...
How Self-Preferencing Can Violate Section 2 of the Sherman Act
Self-preferencing occurs when a firm unfairly modifies its operations to privilege its own, another firm’s, or a set of firms’ products or services. Extensive...
My Proposal to Amend Section 1 of the Sherman Act
By: Robert Connolly (Cartel Capers)
In the coming months there will be many proposals advanced to amend the Sherman Act. My offering is to amend...
The Necessary Revival of Sherman Act Section 2
The application of the antitrust laws to single-firm behavior is challenging. On the one hand, neither courts nor government enforcers are well equipped, or...
Toward a Per Se Rule Against Price Gouging
Price gouging is the use of high prices to ration access to a good in unexpectedly short supply. Because sellers can always recoup their...
The Antitrust Perils of Sports Data For U.S. Sports Leagues
Sports data account for only a small percentage of the revenue generated by U.S. sports leagues. However, as states legalize sports betting, the demand...
Antitrust and Power: The State, the Market, and the Virus
By Eleanor M. Fox (New York University School of Law)1
Abstract: In this essay Professor Fox reflects on the sometimes delicate balance between private power...
Taming Sherman’s Wilderness
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Taming Sherman's Wilderness
By Derrian Smith (Indiana University Maurer School of Law)
There is little doubt that Congress intended economic regulation...
Neither Populist Nor Neoclassical: The Classical Roots of the Competition Principle...
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Neither Populist Nor Neoclassical: The Classical Roots of the Competition Principle in American Antitrust
By Nicola Giocoli
Much of the current critical...
