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Henry Manne offers his thoughts on the financial crisis and the increasing role for those who understand markets to play in the new regulatory age Larry Ribstein defends the Illinois no-LSAT admission program Krugman on Krugman A conference on property rights I wish I could attend featuring a keynote from Harold Demsetz, my early frontrunner ... Some Links

Reverse Payments Ripe for Cert?

The Federal Circuit came down on the side of rule of reason analysis, and no liability, in a reverse payment case in Cipro (HT: Antitrust Review and Patently-O): Since there was no basis for the district court to confidently predict that the Agreements at issue here would be found to be unlawful under a rule ... Reverse Payments Ripe for Cert?

FTC v. DOJ on Section 2: Just Different Priors?

Turns out the Global Competition Policy issue on Reviewing the DOJ Report on Competition and Monopoly, in addition to the articles I pointed to in this post, has added a few more responses to the Report, the FTC Response, and what the schism might mean for antitrust enforcement over the next several years. So far ... FTC v. DOJ on Section 2: Just Different Priors?

Google Yahoo Deal Update

The Wall Street Journal offers an update on the settlement talks with DOJ over the Google-Yahoo deal, which includes some interesting details about possible concessions to get the deal through: In the settlement talks with the government, both companies have discussed concessions. These include capping the volume of Google ads Yahoo would use, assurances that ... Google Yahoo Deal Update

Kieff on Quanta v. LG Electronics

Scott Kieff (Wash U., Hoover Project on Commercialization Innovation) has posted a paper on Quanta v. LG Electronics: Frustrating Patent Deals by Taking Contracting Options off the Table?: The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Quanta v. LG Electronics may make it significantly more difficult to structure transactions involving patents. While this decision does make a ... Kieff on Quanta v. LG Electronics

Abuse of Plaintiff Win Rates as Evidence that Antitrust Law Is Too Lenient

I was recently reading Dean Chemerinsky (Irvine Law) on the Roberts Court at Age 3. One of Chemerinsky’s standard takes when he talks about the Roberts Court is that the Court’s pro-business stance is one of its defining characteristics. Readers of the blog will know that I’ve been critical of Chemerinsky for his superficial antitrust ... Abuse of Plaintiff Win Rates as Evidence that Antitrust Law Is Too Lenient

GCP on the Section 2 Report Schism

Global Competition Policy has a trio of interesting articles on the DOJ Section 2 Report, and FTC response, which I’ve blogged about here and here from Tim Brennan, William Kolasky and Mark Popofsky.  The abstract from Popofsky’s article gives a sense of the scope and importance of the issues here: The U.S. Department of Justice ... GCP on the Section 2 Report Schism

Krugman Wins

Here’s the announcement.  The Prize is for his “analysis of trade activity and location of economic activity.”  Tyler Cowen has a lengthy write up with lots of links and information.   The WSJ article is here.  Here’s Krugman in the NYT: “There was something very beautiful about the old existing trade theory, and its ability to ... Krugman Wins

Nobel Watch

We’re now very close to the Nobel announcement which is expected Monday morning.  Tyler Cowen favors Williamson and Tirole because they might want “to bring it down to earth and also they might wish to choose a Frenchman.”  Peter Klein favors a prize for organizational economics and, I have a hunch, favors Williamson.  French and ... Nobel Watch

Citigroup, Wachovia, and Wells Fargo: Round Three

For those who have missed it, Citigroup announced almost two weeks ago an agreement in principle with Wachovia to acquire for $2.1 billion Wachovia’s retail banking operations.  Four days later, Wells Fargo jumped the deal, announcing a merger agreement signed by both boards for Wells Fargo to acquire all of Wachovia.  This violated an Exclusivity ... Citigroup, Wachovia, and Wells Fargo: Round Three

Posner’s Definition of a "Private Sector" Response

Many observers have been shocked by the level of government involvement in the U.S. economy in recent days. Among other things, the government has (1) bailed out an insurance company that got “too big to fail,” (2) decided to spend up to $700 billion buying the distressed assets of financial firms (and apparently directly investing ... Posner’s Definition of a "Private Sector" Response

May Treasury Buy Newly Issued Securities of Ailing Financial Firms?

Last week I posted about Lucian Bebchuk’s thoughtful bailout plan, which would have expanded Treasury’s powers to include the ability to make direct investments in ailing financial firms (as opposed to just buying their distressed assets). I was under the impression the bailout legislation didn’t provide Treasury with such authority. An article in today’s WSJ, ... May Treasury Buy Newly Issued Securities of Ailing Financial Firms?