Tag: Enforcement
Improving Deterrence of Hard-Core Cartels
Mariana Tavares de Araujo, Nov 05, 2010
The purpose of this paper is to discuss Ginsburg's & Wright's proposal to enhance deterrence of hard-core cartels...
Antitrust Oversight: More an Art than a Craft
Pieter Kalbfleisch, Nov 05, 2010
Would it lead to more effective sanctioning of cartel violations if attention were shifted from sanctioning undertakings to primarily sanctioning...
Comment on Antitrust Sanctions
Nov 05, 2010
In their thoughtful article, Douglas Ginsburg and Joshua Wright make five key points towards enhancing cartel deterrence through increased penalties: Collusion is...
Antitrust Sanctions
Douglas Ginsburg, Joshua Wright, Nov 05, 2010
In this article, we first discuss traditional deterrence theory as applied to optimal criminal antitrust penalties. Then we...
Clinical Integration: The Balancing of Competition and Health Care Policies
Christi Braun, Oct 11, 2010
The reason that clinical integration is a topic on which the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") and the Department of Justice...
Information Exchanges Among Competitors: The Commission Takes a New Look
Andreas Reindl, Sep 15, 2010
The European Commission's draft guidelines on horizontal agreements (the "Draft Guidelines") feature as one of its main innovations a new...
2003-2010: Brazil’s Anti-Cartel Effort”What’s Next?
Ana Paula Martinez, Jul 14, 2010
According to the OECD 2010 Competition Law & Policy in Brazil-A Peer Review, "Brazil's anti-cartel programme is now widely...
Recent Developments in Brazilian Competition Law and Policy
Paulo Leonardo Casagrande, Caio Mario da Silva Pereira Neto, Jul 14, 2010
Nowadays, Brazil is considered an increasingly sophisticated jurisdiction in competition law matters. The...
Competition Law Reform in Mexico: A Note on Joint Dominance
Victor Pavon-Villamayor, Jul 14, 2010
On April 30, 2010, the Mexican Congress approved a long-awaited set of reforms to the Federal Competition Law ("FCL").The reform...
Canada’s Draft Service Standards for Merger Review: Plus Change, Plus...
Sandy Walker, Aug 31, 2010
Canada's merger review process has always suffered from schizophrenia. Unlike in the EU and United States, the timeline for the...