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9780314226761

The Law of Antitrust

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    9780314226761

  • ISBN10:

    0314226761

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-01-01
  • Publisher: West Group
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Table of Contents

Foreword v
Westlaw Overview vii
Antitrust and the Market Mechanism
1(19)
Introduction
1(1)
Antitrust as a Response to the Oppressive Use of Economic Power
2(2)
The Evolution of United States Antitrust Laws
4(3)
Who Makes Antitrust Policy?
7(2)
The Goals of United States Antitrust Policy Today
9(7)
The Role of Economics in Antitrust
16(2)
Conclusion
18(2)
Market Power as a Basis for Antitrust Enforcement: Effects and Measurement
20(51)
Introduction
21(1)
Market Power Defined
22(7)
The Effects of Market Power
29(8)
Forms of Market Power
37(21)
Market Power and Price Discrimination
58(1)
Measuring Market Power
59(12)
Monopoly, Monopsony and Attempts or Conspiracies to Monopolize
71(70)
Introduction
72(8)
Historical Overview of the Law Governing Monopolization
80(6)
Market Power in Monopolization
86(14)
The Conduct Test for Monopolization
100(25)
Monopolization Cases in the Lower Federal Courts
125(7)
Attempts to Monopolize
132(4)
Conspiracy to Monopolize
136(1)
Monopsony
137(4)
Price Predation
141(24)
Introduction
141(7)
Historical Overview of Price Predation
148(1)
Price Predation Screens
149(8)
A Structured Rule of Reason for Price Predation
157(4)
Price Predation Cases
161(4)
Horizontal Restraints
165(121)
Introduction
166(10)
Defination of a Conspiracy
176(10)
Historical Overview of Law Precluding Horizontal Restraints
186(32)
Pricing Restraints
218(5)
Division of Markets and Other Supply and Output Restrictions
223(10)
Information Exchange
233(10)
Cooperation in Research, Standardization, Procurement, Output or Distribution
243(23)
Boycotts and Other Concerted Refusals to Deal
266(20)
Intrabrand Restraints In Distribution
286(94)
Introduction
288(9)
Historical Overview of Brand Marketing and Intrabrand Competition
297(2)
The Competitive Effects of Intrabrand Distribution Restraints
299(17)
Evolution of the Law
316(11)
Identifying Harmful Distribution Restraints---A Structured Rule of Reason
327(8)
Minimum Price Restraints
335(13)
Maximum Price Restraints
348(20)
Nonprice Intrabrand Distribution Restraints
368(9)
Boycotts and Refusals to Deal Used to Enforce Distribution Restraints
377(3)
Foreclosure Restraints: Tie-Ins, Exclusive Dealing, Reciprocal Dealing and Most Favored Nation Clauses
380(70)
Introduction
381(6)
Tie-Ins
387(42)
Forced Exclusive Dealing
429(10)
Forced Reciprocal Dealing
439(7)
Most-Favored-Nation Clauses
446(4)
Franchise Antitrust Claims
450(60)
Introduction
451(2)
The Economics of Franchising
453(18)
Franchise Antitrust Claims in the Courts
471(39)
Mergers: An Overview
510(25)
Introduction
511(2)
Historical Overview
513(12)
The Causes and Effects of Mergers
525(10)
Mergers: The Enforcement Mechanism
535(38)
Introduction
536(1)
Federal Enforcement
536(14)
State Enforcement
550(2)
Private Enforcement
552(4)
An Overview of Merger Enforcement
556(8)
Unresolved Procedural Issues of Merger Enforcement
564(9)
Horizontal and Conglomerate Mergers
573(55)
Introduction
574(1)
Horizontal Mergers
575(41)
Conglomerate Mergers
616(12)
Vertical Mergers
628(19)
Overview of Vertical Mergers
628(3)
The Chicago Critique of Vertical Enforcement
631(3)
Benefits and Costs of Vertical Integration
634(10)
Remedies in Vertical Merger Enforcement
644(1)
The Future of Vertical Merger Enforcement
645(2)
Joint Ventures
647(50)
Introduction
648(3)
The Benefits and Costs of Joint Ventures
651(12)
Evaluating Possible Benefits and Harms of a Joint Venture
663(7)
Health Care Joint Ventures
670(15)
High Technology Joint Ventures
685(10)
Remedies in Joint Venture Cases
695(2)
Antitrust and Competition Policy in Regulated Markets
697(102)
Introduction
698(4)
Public Utilities and the Natural Monopoly Concept
702(14)
Statutory Exemptions to the Antitrust Laws
716(16)
Petitioning Government to Interfere with Competition: the Noerr-Pennington Immunity
732(6)
Balancing Between Antitrust and Agency Control in Federally Regulated Markets
738(19)
Federal Protection for Competition in State Regulated Markets
757(18)
Tripartite Competition Policy: Antitrust, Regulation and Deregulation in Concert
775(21)
Antitrust and Federal Commercial Activity
796(3)
Antitrust and Intellectual Property
799(88)
Introduction
800(7)
Theoretical Justifications for and Explanations of Intellectual Property
807(6)
Patent Law and Resource Allocation
813(3)
Copyright Law and Resource Allocation
816(7)
Trademark Law and Resource Allocation
823(1)
Strategic Use of Intellectual Property in Competition
823(6)
Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property
829(2)
Intellectual Property and Monopolization
831(29)
Intellectual Property Transfers and Horizontal Restraints
860(18)
Vertical Restraints
878(4)
Patent Misuse and the Copyright Analog
882(5)
Government Enforcement
887(20)
Introduction
887(1)
Federal Enforcement
888(14)
State and Local Antitrust Enforcement
902(5)
Private Enforcement
907(61)
The Private Antitrust Claim
908(7)
Causation, Antitrust Injury, Statutory Standing, Passing-on, and the Business and Property Concept: Limitations on Private Enforcement
915(20)
Standards for Summary Disposition
935(4)
Interstate Commerce
939(4)
Statute of Limitations and Doctrines of Repose
943(3)
Class Actions
946(10)
Proving Damages
956(6)
Private Enforcement Issues
962(6)
Antitrust in Global Markets: The Extra Territorial Reach of Unilateral Rules; Comparative Antitrust; and Conflicting National Requirements and Bilateral and Multilateral Efforts to Resolve Them
968(55)
Introduction
969(1)
The Extraterritorial Reach of U.S. Antitrust
970(19)
EU Antitrust and Domestic Conduct by U.S. Firms
989(2)
Conduct in Europe That Does Competitive Harm Abroad: Can EC Antitrust Be Used to Protect U.S. Markets?
991(1)
Can Foreign Governmental Undertakings Violate U.S. Antitrust Law?
991(4)
Comparative Antitrust: Similarities and Differences Between U.S. and EU Antitrust
995(13)
International Conflicts and Efforts to Resolve Them: IBM, Wood Pulp, Hartford and Boeing-McDonnell Douglas
1008(7)
Unifying Efforts: an International Antitrust Code, Harmonization, or a Conflict of Laws Compact?
1015(8)
Appendix A. Researching Antitrust Law on Westlaw® 1023(14)
Appendix B. Selected U.S. Antitrust Statutes 1037(32)
Appendix C. Horizontal Merger Guidelines 1069(28)
Appendix D. Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property 1097(30)
Appendix E. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission Statements of Antitrust Enforcement Policy in Health Care 1127(70)
Appendix F. Antitrust Enforcement Guidelines for International Operations 1197(34)
Table of Cases 1231(28)
Index 1259

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