Showing results for: “digital markets act”
MAE in the Sallie Mae Case
Back in April, private equity fund J.C. Flowers, along with JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America, agreed to acquire Sallie Mae, the largest provider of student loans in the United States. Between then and now, Congress passed the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 (CCRAA), which reduced in various ways the subsidies ... MAE in the Sallie Mae Case
When In Doubt, Ask the Internet …
Geoff doesn’t vote. Neither do many of my economist friends. In fact, they laugh at me for voting. But I do. The joke will be on them if I’m the tiebreaker, wont it? Anyway, in the search for some shortcuts this presidential election season, I decided to try the Selectsmart 2008 President Selector Quiz (HT: ... When In Doubt, Ask the Internet …
Radiohead results
The results are in: Radiohead did . . . ok. Before I share the specifics, let me remind you of what one seemingly prescient prognosticator said a few weeks ago: My prediction: They will receive an average price of $2 and a median price of $0.  So what happened? Of those who downloaded Radiohead’s digital ... Radiohead results
FCC Bans Exclusive Contracts In Apartment Buildings
From the NY Times: Federal regulators on Wednesday approved a rule that would ban exclusive agreements that cable television operators have with apartment buildings, opening up competition for other video providers that could eventually lead to lower prices. The Federal Communications Commission unanimously approved the change, which Chairman Kevin Martin said would help lower cable ... FCC Bans Exclusive Contracts In Apartment Buildings
Five Affiliated Computer Services Directors Resign
The New York Times reports that five independent ACS directors have resigned, after the CEO seems to have demanded their resignations. The resignations appear to hinge on the directors’ objections to the manner in which ACS Founder and Chairman Darwin Deason wanted to buy out ACS. (The NYT article indicates Deason was trying to favor himself ... Five Affiliated Computer Services Directors Resign
I'm a one issue voter
Ok, that’s not really true. In actuality, I don’t generally vote. But if I did vote, I think the time is right to be a one issue voter on the issue of antitrust policy. Seems like everyone has a view on the topic these days.  And on that one issue alone, Hilary Clinton resoundingly and conclusively ... I'm a one issue voter
Antitrust Enforcement Levels and Quality Again: A Hypothetical Conversation
I’ve done some more thinking about my recent post on the problems associated with claims that infer greater antitrust enforcement quality solely from enforcement activity and come to the conclusion that my post oversimplified matters. I remain rather skeptical about this inference but wanted to highlight some of the nuances in the debate that I ... Antitrust Enforcement Levels and Quality Again: A Hypothetical Conversation
Intel’s Loyalty Rebates: Why the Interventionists Are Wrong
The New York Times isn’t the only one calling for the FTC to go after Intel for its purportedly exclusionary discounting. The reliably interventionist American Antitrust Institute concurs. In a recent letter to the FTC, it wrote: Based on allegations by AMD [Advanced Micro Devices] in a private U.S. case and on what we have ... Intel’s Loyalty Rebates: Why the Interventionists Are Wrong
Yet Another Voluntary Pricing Experiment
This time from Paste Magazine (HT: Peter Schwartz via Wired Blog Magazine), and motivated by the Radiohead Experiment, and with an interesting twist: Subscribers who choose to pay more than the normal $19.95 asking price will have their names printed in an upcoming issue of the magazine, but the entire year-long subscription can in fact ... Yet Another Voluntary Pricing Experiment
The Empirical or Technical Law School Job Talk
In the process of reading the number of informative (and at least one funny one) posts around the blogosphere on the AALS job market and job talks, I ran into this piece of advice from Dan Solove at Coop: Choose a topic that many people on the faculty can talk about. The most important part ... The Empirical or Technical Law School Job Talk
Antitrust Activity and Distinguishing Influence from Quality
From the Economic Times: The European Union’s antitrust agency is becoming more influential just as its US counterparts have grown more cautious and inactive, experts say. The European Commission’s recent success in forcing Microsoft to carry out antitrust sanctions underscores the differences, and academic researchers say the US is also hanging back in merger challenges. ... Antitrust Activity and Distinguishing Influence from Quality
Teson and Klick on Global Justice and Trade
Larry Solum points to Fernando Teson and Jonathan Klick’s (both of FSU College of Law) Global Justice and Trade: A Puzzling Omission. It is a thoughtful and provocative paper. Teson and Klick motivate the paper as an attempt to address the failure of philosophers and human rights scholars not to advocate free trade as a ... Teson and Klick on Global Justice and Trade
