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A High Profile Test Case for the Chinese Antimonopoly Law

Coca-Cola and China’s Huiyuan Juice Group Ltd $2.4 billion deal looks like it is set to be the first major merger test for the China’s new AML. This WSJ story gives some sense of market shares and potential market definition issues: Defining the market could be tricky. According to Merrill Lynch analysts, Coca-Cola will control ... A High Profile Test Case for the Chinese Antimonopoly Law

Forget About the Bar Exam, Take Antitrust …

Melissa Lafsky at the Freakonomics Blog reports on a study showing no relationship between law school courseload choices and bar passage rates (except in the third quartile of students apparently).  So what to do?  Yet another reason to take antitrust (and I guess other specialized electives if you insist …) rather than enrolling in bar ... Forget About the Bar Exam, Take Antitrust …

Businesses Clamoring for More Regulation — It’s Like Rain on Your Wedding Day.

Within the last few days, the nation’s two most prominent newspapers have reported an interesting trend: businesses are seeking more government regulation. On Sunday, the New York Times ran an article entitled In Turnaround, Industries Seek U.S. Regulation. Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal featured Food Makers Get Appetite for Regulation. Some might argue that this is ... Businesses Clamoring for More Regulation — It’s Like Rain on Your Wedding Day.

Antitrust Week in Chicago

Speaking of law and economics in Chicago, its the place to be for antitrust next week. On Thursday, the FTC at 100 series will continue at Northwestern University School of Law where I’ll be on a panel discussing the FTC’s competition mission after lunch along with Thomas Campbell, Randy Picker, and Robert Pratt.  The antitrust ... Antitrust Week in Chicago

Antitrust at George Mason

Danny Sokol has posted the most downloaded antitrust law professors.  I come in 4th behind Damien Geradin, David Evans, and Herb Hovenkamp.   It is flattering to be in company like that by any measure.  Cool.  But, as Danny points out, what is even cooler is that George Mason is one of only a handful of ... Antitrust at George Mason