Spring 2007, Volume 5, Number 1

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Emanuela Lecchi, May 04, 2007 As regulators and competition authorities are never tired to tell us, “A healthy competitive market place guarantees the best possible deal for European consumers and businesses alike.” (Neelie Kroes speech before the European Parliament in November 2004, when […]

In this issue: The OFT and Private Actions Elizabeth Morony, Luke Tolaini, May 03, 2007 The Office of Fair Trading and Private Antitrust Litigation The UK Office of Fair Trading has issued a discussion paper on proposals to make redress for consumers and business for breaches of competition law more effective.   Emanuela Lecchi, May […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Diana Good, May 04, 2007 The UK Office of Fair Trading’s (OFT) Discussion Paper on private actions (published on 18 April 2007) follows the European Commission’s Green Paper initiative with an emphasis on consumer actions. Whilst there are a number of sensible proposals […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Daniel Crane, May 03, 2007 On March 20, 2007, a panel of the Ninth Circuit took the unusual step of issuing an open invitation for amicus curiae briefing on the liability rules governing bundled discounts. The Court’s order, in Cascade Health Solutions v. […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Elizabeth Morony, Luke Tolaini, May 03, 2007 The UK Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has issued a discussion paper on proposals to make redress for consumers and business for breaches of competition law more effective. It wants to facilitate private actions to enforce […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Richard Schmalensee, May 02, 2007 This article is based on remarks prepared for delivery at the Georgetown Law School Conference “Conservative Economic Influence on U.S. Antitrust Policy,” April 2007. In preparation for writing this paper, I re-read Robert Bork’s The Antitrust Paradox, and […]