Tag: Sherman Act
Market Definition: Use and Abuse
Dennis Carlton, Apr 19, 2007
Market definition is a crude though sometimes useful tool for identifying market power. The ambiguity in what analysts mean by...
The FTC Complaint against Intel Corporation: Implications for Consumer Protection
Maureen Ohlhausen, Apr 19, 2010
The Federal Trade Commission's controversial complaint against Intel Corporation contains much that will keep antitrust experts busy litigating, writing law...
Competing Single-Entity Tests in American Needle v. NFL and Their Implications...
Gregory Pelnar, Mar 26, 2010
American Needle v. National Football League has been variously dubbed the "most important case in sports history," , "an opportunity...
FTC v. Intel: Applying the “Consumer Choice” Framework to “Pure” Section...
Robert Lande, Feb 28, 2010
Much of the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC’s”) Complaint against Intel is identical or similar to charges in cases filed by...
Conduct-Specific Tests? How the FTC Can Reframe the Section 5 Debate
Amanda Reeves, Feb 28, 2010
Over the last few years, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has awakened Section 5’s “unfair methods of competition” prong from...
The FTC’s Anticompetitive Pricing Case Against Intel
Herbert Hovenkamp, Feb 28, 2010
While the FTC has statutory authority to enforce the Clayton Act, it cannot enforce the Sherman Act directly. The Supreme...
Reflections on Section 5 of the FTC Act & the FTC’s...
Daniel Crane, Feb 28, 2010
The Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC’s”) unprecedented enforcement action against Intel raises profound issues concerning the scope of the FTC’s powers...
Railroad Antitrust Reform A Train to Nowhere?
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Don Baker, Bill Mullins, Sep 15, 2009
There is an obvious déjà vu quality...
An Open Letter to the Next Federal Trade Commission Chairman
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David Balto, Jan 20, 2009
Within a short time, President-elect Obama will select the...
Competition Law and Policy in Bad Times
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David Lewis, Dec 15, 2008
Macroeconomists often stand accused with good reason of treating...