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Assistant Attorney General Christine Varney Promotes Antitrust Collaboration and Convergence at Istanbul Conference
WASHINGTON, April 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, at the ninth annual International Competition Network (ICN) conference in Istanbul, the ICN adopted Recommended Practices for substantive merger analysis, approved a pilot project for a virtual university on competition law and practice, and presented a report on the analysis of refusal to deal and margin squeeze conduct under unilateral conduct laws, the Department of Justice announced.
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...By framing issues through a public choice lens, these students will ... consider public choice issues in an international context. A number of issues of international impor... various standards, such as coordination of merger filings. Disparate standards also increase complia...
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Department of Justice, Gina Talamona, +1-202-514-2007; or Federal Trade Commission, Mitchell J. Katz, +1-202-326-2161
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... v . PACE INTERNATIONAL UNION ET AL. . . CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES ... to give diligent consideration to PACE's merger proposal. The court ruled for PACE, and petitioner... did not seek certiorari on the factbound issues of waiver and plan interpretation, and we accordin...
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LOS ANGELES--(BW HealthWire)--March 31, 1997--The Commissioner of the California Department of Corporations Keith Paul Bishop, Monday issued the follo...
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Over the past two to three decades economics has played an increasingly important role in the development of U.S. antitrust enforcement and policy. This essay first reviews the major facets of U.S. antitrust enforcement and next reviews the ways in which economics - starting from a low base - has grown in importance in antitrust. The essay then highlights three antitrust areas in which the influence of economics has had the greatest influence: merger analysis, vertical relationships, and predatory pricing. The essay concludes with the identification of four antitrust areas where further economics analysis could have high returns.
...enforcement agencies have provided international advice and technical assistance. 3. Economics and ... to publications that reviewed the economic issues of the specific cases in which they had been invol...
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MONROE, La. and DENVER, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) and Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) today announced the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) have agreed that the merger between CenturyLink and Qwest is in the public interest and will withdraw all opposition in any remaining state and federal regulatory proceedings.
CenturyLink, Qwest and the unions have agreed to work together on a number of issues important to their employees and the future success of the combined company, including employment levels, call center stability, investments in broadband and employee healthcare benefits. The companies also agreed to honor all existing collective bargaining agreements.
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... Sam tying the knot? Lately, corporate mergers and acquisitions seem to be arranged and sealed by... & Stewart, a law firm serving the international business community. "You're competing in a global ... ones to "understanding the integration issues from day one," he says. "You have to think about h...
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In April 2005, America West and US Airways made a public announcement concerning a proposed merger between the two carriers. The information needed to support or reject this proposal is available from company, industry, and governmental sources and generally indicates that although the proposed merger partners operate in the same industry, they have very different operating characteristics. This case challenges students to analyze the critical strategic issues which the proposed merger partners must address to consummate successfully a merger.
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Consistent with its goals of encouraging innovation and enhancing consumer welfare, antitrust law generally does not compel a firm to give access to the very assets that are the source of a firm’s competitive advantage, including a firm’s intellectual property, unless a firm has illegitimately gained some edge in the market. And yet, in the context of merger review, compulsory licenses are a fairly common remedy. The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice do not impose a compulsory license in every case, but the principles guiding the decision are not entirely clear.This Article is suspicious of the benefits of a compulsory license and concerned about the costs. Ultimately, the agencies use compulsory licenses as a remedial tool to change the post-merger market dynamics....