The Antitrust Laws A Primer

by Shenefield, John H.; Stelzer, Irwin M.

• ISBN13: 9780844741543
• ISBN10: 084474154X
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Aei Press

Summary

A former top antitrust officer at the U.S. Department of Justice and a noted economist guide readers through the increasingly complex antitrust laws.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(4)
The Origins and Objectives of Antitrust	5	(10)
Philosophical Origins	5	(2)
Historical Background	7	(3)
Objectives of the Antitrust Laws	10	(5)
The Statutes	15	(9)
The Sherman Act	15	(5)
The Clayton Act	20	(2)
The Federal Trade Commission Act	22	(2)
The Institutions and Procedures	24	(6)
Picking Targets	26	(1)
Criminal Prosecutions	27	(1)
Going to Court	28	(1)
Settlements	29	(1)
The Analytical Framework: Markets and Market Power	30	(6)
The Product Market	31	(1)
The Geographic Market	32	(1)
The Competitors	32	(1)
Market Power	33	(3)
Unilateral Activity	36	(8)
Attempt to Monopolize	38	(2)
Monopolization	40	(4)
Competitors	44	(13)
Price-Fixing	45	(5)
Market Division	50	(2)
Collective Refusals to Deal	52	(2)
Joint Ventures and Other Horizontal Agreements	54	(3)
Mergers and Acquisitions	57	(14)
Premerger Notification Procedures	58	(3)
Horizontal Mergers	61	(6)
Vertical Mergers	67	(1)
Conglomerate Mergers	68	(3)
Relations with Customers	71	(14)
Vertical Price Restraints	72	(4)
Vertical Nonprice Restraints	76	(1)
Tying Arrangements	77	(3)
Exclusive Dealing	80	(1)
Price Discrimination	81	(2)
Vertical Refusals to Deal	83	(2)
Intellectual Property	85	(23)
Analysis of Antitrust Claims	91	(3)
Acquisition of Intellectual Property Rights	94	(1)
Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights	95	(4)
Licensing	99	(9)
Complementary Regimes	108	(6)
State Antitrust Enforcement	108	(3)
Private Actions	111	(3)
International Antitrust Enforcement	114	(23)
U.S. Enforcement Abroad	115	(5)
European Union Enforcement	120	(7)
Antitrust Enforcement by EU Member States	127	(2)
Canadian Antitrust Enforcement	129	(2)
International Merger Notification	131	(1)
International Antitrust Enforcement Cooperation	132	(5)
Compliance	137	(8)
Written Guidelines	138	(1)
Compliance Sessions	139	(1)
Documents	140	(3)
Periodic Audits	143	(2)
Some Common-Sense Guidelines	145	(4)
Epilogue	149	(4)
Appendix A: Basic Antitrust Statutes	153	(6)
The Sherman Act, 1890	153	(1)
The Clayton Act, 1914	154	(4)
The Federal Trade Commission Act, 1914	158	(1)
Appendix B: The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index	159	(2)
Appendix C: The EC Treaty	161	(2)
Appendix D: Further Reading	163	(2)
Notes	165	(10)
Index	175	(14)
About the Authors	189