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An open letter on insider trading to Gene Fama and Ken French

Dear Gene and Ken: I must say that I was totally flabbergasted when I read your recent blog posting on insider trading.  I know that your usual posts on investments, which I often cite to friends, are well-informed and empirically-supported; your work over the years on these topics is important and influential—and rightly so.  Unfortunately, ... An open letter on insider trading to Gene Fama and Ken French

Some Good Reading in the Weekend Papers

1. The New York Times’ Gretchen Morgenson gets it right (seriously!) on this shameful GM ad. The ad is misleading and, given that many folks are refusing to buy a car from a company on government life-support, materially so. My bet is that if GM weren’t a government-controlled company, and if the Treasury hadn’t aided ... Some Good Reading in the Weekend Papers

A first principles approach to antitrust enforcement in the agricultural industry

Like Mike, we also have a short article in the latest issue of the CPI Antitrust Chronicle.  Also available on SSRN, for those without a CPI subscription. Here’s our stab at an abstract: There are very few industries that can attract the attention of Congress, multiple federal and state agencies, consumer groups, economists, antitrust lawyers, ... A first principles approach to antitrust enforcement in the agricultural industry

Ag Antitrust and the Packers & Stockyards Act

The theme of the newest issue of the CPI Antitrust Chronicle focuses on agriculture and antitrust. The issue includes a paper by yours truly on the difficulties of effectively using the Packers & Stockyards Act of 1921 as an alternate means for enforcing competition policy in the agriculture sector (see here; also available at SSRN ... Ag Antitrust and the Packers & Stockyards Act

Section 5, Collateral Consequences, and Counting Unicorns

Judge Frank Easterbrook once opined that observing predatory pricing was a bit like seeing a unicorn —  in the sense that it was a phenomena around which there was much lore but not much empirical evidence.  The debate over the current expansion of Section 5 liability increasingly has become about the search for a different ... Section 5, Collateral Consequences, and Counting Unicorns

Financial Regulation Career Advice

The worst vice is advice, but then again I have so many vices why stop here.  I recently put together an email for my securities regulation students to share what little I know that might be useful to their careers, and thought I would offer it to the TOTM community.  This advice is intended both ... Financial Regulation Career Advice

A Follow Up on the Cato Unbound Conversation on New Paternalism

Two weeks ago I highlighted the promising looking Cato Unbound forum on the new paternalism kicked off by Glen Whitman, with follow up posts and responses from the King (or co-King along with Cass Sunstein) of Nudge, Richard Thaler, along with Jonathan Klick and Shane Frederick.  I was really excited about the forum, because I ... A Follow Up on the Cato Unbound Conversation on New Paternalism

Market Definition and Margins in the New Guidelines

I’m still working through the 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines, and like Dan, I find myself puzzling over some of the revisions, and in favor of others.  I wanted to start with some first impressions.  The big movement here, is that the new HMGs repudiate the market definition requirement in the new Section 4 and in ... Market Definition and Margins in the New Guidelines

Harvard Law Review Smacks Around FTC Blogging Rules

See here (HT: Overlawyered): Recently, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) revised their Endorsement and Testimonial Guides (Guides) to cover “consumer generated media” such as blogs and other internet media forms.1 In the interest of providing consumers with full disclosure, the Guides require bloggers to disclose any “material connection[s]” they have with producers of any products ... Harvard Law Review Smacks Around FTC Blogging Rules

Whoa There, Big Fellows!

The DoJ/FTC revised merger guidelines, released as a draft for public comment yesterday, have me scratching my head. I need to spend more time with them before I come to any strong views, but the obvious issue-spotter is the elimination of market definition as a necessary step in the analysis. So we all know that ... Whoa There, Big Fellows!

Proposed Merger Guidelines Released

The FTC/ DOJ have released the new proposed horizontal merger guidelines.  The public comment period with the Commission ends May 20th.  There is a lot to evaluate here.  On a quick read through, here are a few of my noted as either changes or interesting as I went through: “Market definition is not an end ... Proposed Merger Guidelines Released

In Defense of Twombly/ Iqbal

See here (Drug & Device Law Blog).  There is a ton there, including a discussion of the cases and secondary literature criticizing Twombly/ Iqbal.  Here’s a taste: On the question of Twombly/Iqbal, we’re litigators, not professors, so we don’t have the time or inclination to create fancy theoretical constructs such as “plaintiff neutrality principles.”  Effron ... In Defense of Twombly/ Iqbal