Showing results for: “digital markets act”
Medical Self-Defense, Organ Markets, and the Poor
Eugene Volokh has posted a series discussing his new article (forthcoming in Harvard L. Rev.) “Medical Self-Defense, Prohibited Experimental Therapies, and Payment for Organs,” which I point out because the article claims that bans on organ payments violate patients’ medical self-defense rights. As readers of TOTM know, organ markets are a topic of substantial interest ... Medical Self-Defense, Organ Markets, and the Poor
Dura and Section 10(b)
In my Sec. Reg. class, we are covering Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. One of my students raised a question today regarding Section 10(b) after Dura that left me ruminating. The student’s question was about whether a selling stockholder who sold at a profit can bring a suit after Dura if the ... Dura and Section 10(b)
Long Term Investors and Darts
I read with interest an article on cnn.com indicating that we have been on the “longest down streak since June 2005.†I have two comments: 1. “The longest down streak since June 2005†is hardly anything to write home about. We are talking about the longest down streak in the past 16 months, not . ... Long Term Investors and Darts
FTC/ DOJ Section 2 Hearings Continue
The FTC/ DOJ Section 2 Hearings (aka Hearings on Section 2 of the Sherman Act: Single Firm Conduct as Related to Competition) continued earlier this week with a session on tying Wednesday featuring David Evans, Robin Cooper Feldman, Mark Popofsky, Donald Russell, Michael Waldman, and Robert Willig. This link contains presentation materials and will eventually, ... FTC/ DOJ Section 2 Hearings Continue
No More 10-Qs?
According to the Financial Times (via CFO.com), the Big Four accounting firms will recommend in a joint paper to be released tomorrow that the current system of quarterly reports be scrapped for “real-time, internet based reporting encompassing a wider range of performance measures.” It will be interesting to see what exactly they have in mind. ... No More 10-Qs?
Teaching Law Students Economics
Larry Ribstein has an interesting post responding to Professor Warren’s discussion of her own classroom experiences teaching Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute, 499 U.S. 585, 593-94 (1991). Professor Warren describes a discussion with her students involving the notion raised by Justice Blackmun that “passengers who purchase tickets containing a forum clause like that at ... Teaching Law Students Economics
Domain Name Hijacking
Dan Solove over at Concurring Opinions reports on an insidious practice that unfortunately has become increasingly common: domain name hijacking. Here’s how it works. The original owner of a popular website fails to renew its domain name prior to the expiration of the owner’s entitlement. An opportunistic “hijacker” then purchases the name and offers to ... Domain Name Hijacking
The FTC's Noerr-Pennington Report
David Fischer (Antitrust Review) beat me to the punch announcing the FTC’s release of its staff report from the Bureau of Competition and Office of Policy & Planning on the Noerr-Pennington doctrine, which immunizes private actors urging government action from antitrust enforcement. The full text of the report is available here. This should prove to ... The FTC's Noerr-Pennington Report
Please Don’t Regulate Zillowtalk
Several months ago, Geoff posted about Zillow.com, a website purporting to provide “Free, Instant Valuations and Data for 67,000,000+ Homes (…and you don’t have to enter any personal info and no one will contact you).” Several of us played around on Zillow a bit and concluded that it’s not all that accurate at estimating home ... Please Don’t Regulate Zillowtalk
The Grasso Case and Board Reverberations
The Law Blog asks “Will the Grasso Ruling Reverberate in Corporate Boardrooms?†The post includes the following quotes from some “executive pay gurus†via Business Week: • H. Rodgin Cohen, Sullivan & Cromwell: “The precedent-setting issue here: a CEO’s duty to inform the board fully about his or her pay and the board’s duty to ... The Grasso Case and Board Reverberations
Hey- That’s Robert Monks!!!
I needed a catchy title, to compete with Mann’s title below. I could find no way to work “crack whore” into my title, however. But I figured mentioning Robert Monks – shareholder activist qua shareholder primacy radical – would have a small bit of the same impact. (Mind you, Robert Monks is a very very ... Hey- That’s Robert Monks!!!
Isn't Competition Grand?: Wal-Mart, Drugs, and Antitrust
Fred Tung highlights Wal-Mart’s new strategy of selling a month’s supply of 300 different generics for $4, noting that Target will match Wal-Mart’s prices but Walgreens and CVS will not. Isn’t competition grand? Well, not everyone is convinced that low prices for consumers is a good thing. Unsurprisingly, for instance, this strategy has not gone ... Isn't Competition Grand?: Wal-Mart, Drugs, and Antitrust
