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Teaching Antitrust
I’m two weeks into the semester here at UT, and the antitrust course. I’ve made a few changes to the course this year. Specifically, I’m using the new 2nd edition of the Gavil, Kovacic and Baker. So far so good on that front on adjusting to the new edition. Its an excellent textbook. In large ... Teaching Antitrust
Why Antitrust?
As the start of the new academic year inches closer, and students are deciding what courses to take, I thought I’d give a little plug to antitrust law. I’ve seen enrollment in antitrust courses vary dramatically over the past 10 years or so since I was a student and now as a professor. I certainly ... Why Antitrust?
Behavioralism and the Problem of Conflicting Quirks
I’ve been spending quite a bit of time with the behavioralists lately. I recently read Dan Ariely’s interesting book, Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions. Then I heard Tom Ulen give a nice overview presentation at the recent Silicon Flatirons conference on the New Institutional Economics. I’m currently reading Cass Sunstein and ... Behavioralism and the Problem of Conflicting Quirks
The Future of Law and Economics Part 6: Wrap Up & A Brief Reply to Manne on Empirical L&E
In Part V of the series on the future of law and economics (Parts I, II, III, and IV), Henry Manne graciously offered a reply to my thoughts on where L&E might be headed and why. I encourage the readers interested in the series to take time to re-read Henry’s response in its entirety. While ... The Future of Law and Economics Part 6: Wrap Up & A Brief Reply to Manne on Empirical L&E
The Future of Law and Economics Part 4: Potential Solutions
In a series of posts (Part I, Part II and Part III), I’ve sketched out how the trend toward increasing detachment in L&E scholarship might reduce the influence of the L&E movement at the retail level and become its ultimate undoing. I must say, writing this series has been a lot of fun but has ... The Future of Law and Economics Part 4: Potential Solutions
GE "Slashes" Earnings: Free Advice from Nowicki for GE Exec. Jeffrey Immelt!
The Financial Times reported yesterday that an embarrassed GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt had to tell GE shareholders that the 10% growth in earnings for 2008 that he had promised analysts in March was not going to be possible. GE missed its quarterly forecasts and halved its 2008 forecast to 5% growth in earnings (as opposed ... GE "Slashes" Earnings: Free Advice from Nowicki for GE Exec. Jeffrey Immelt!
Ribstein on Unincorporated Firms
Motivated by a slate of forthcoming articles, books, and various projects involving unincorporated firms, Professor Ribstein has announced his plans to begin blogging more extensively about partnership, LLCs and agency issues over at Ideoblog. This is good news to anybody interested in issues of business law and finance more generally. Two early installments in this ... Ribstein on Unincorporated Firms
Stoneridge Securities Fraud Opinion from the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s opinion in Stoneridge Investment Partners v. Scientific-Atlanta was issued today. This case involved investors in Charter Communications’ common stock who sued under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The investors sued Charter’s SUPPLIERS AND CUSTOMERS, including Scientific-Atlanta and Motorola, who had entered into essentially “wash†contracts with Charter for ... Stoneridge Securities Fraud Opinion from the Supreme Court
Dell's Restricted Distribution Strategy
A story in today’s WSJ highlights Dell’s rather slow move into retail distribution of its PCs. The delay has been, at least in part, calculated to control the image of Dell’s products with its customer base. For example, Dell’s new arrangement with Best Buy is designed to restrict Best Buy’s product line on some margins ... Dell's Restricted Distribution Strategy
The Best Antitrust Articles of 2007
Danny Sokol has collected picks from antitrust specialists around the globe. There were plenty of excellent articles and books to pick from but I ultimately selected this article from Keith Hylton and Fei Deng and this book on the Microsoft Case from Bill Page and John Lopatka. You can see the rest of the picks ... The Best Antitrust Articles of 2007
Should We Protect Ourselves From Dreaded Free Shipping?
In France, it has been ruled that Amazon can no longer offer free shipping on book purchases. Don’t you just love it when competition policy protects certain competitors instead of actual competition? The protected competitors here are “vulnerable small bookshops.” Last I checked, the essence of competition is that “vulnerable” or inefficient competitors are supposed ... Should We Protect Ourselves From Dreaded Free Shipping?
Legally Mandated RPM in the German Book Market
A story in the New York Times explains that in Germany booksellers are legally prohibited from discounting books below the price set by the publisher. It’s not clear from the story, but it thus seems that Germany has a legally-mandated system of minimum resale price maintenance. Not surprisingly, this favors small bookstores. “In the United ... Legally Mandated RPM in the German Book Market
