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Winter 2013, Volume 12, Number 2

DEC-13(2)
 |  Dec 22, 2015

We certainly experienced interesting times in 2013. Before the year fades away in the anticipation of even more excitement to come, we once again present a baker’s dozen of some…

Analyzing Competition Among Internet Players: Qihoo 360 v. Tencent
 |  Dec 30, 2013

Howard Chang, David Evans, Vanessa Yanhua Zhang, Dec 30, 2013 In one of the most significant antitrust decisions since China implemented the Anti-Monopoly Law in 2008, the Guangdong High People’s…

Is There Misdiagnosis and Mistreatment in the Market for Credit Ratings?
 |  Dec 30, 2013

Rosa Abrantes-Metz, Dec 30, 2013 Credit Rating Agencies were at the center of the recent financial crisis, with some critics going so far as to blame them for the crisis itself.…

Antitrust and the Political Center
 |  Dec 30, 2013

Alfonso Lamadrid, Dec 30, 2013 Economic policies have traditionally been characterized or labeled pursuant to the simplistic, and hence popular, summa divisio between right and left. Discussions about the economy in many…

Some Recent Developments in ASEAN Competition Law
 |  Dec 30, 2013

R. Ian McEwin, Dec 30, 2013 All countries in Southeast Asia are hierarchical and authoritarian to some degree, which has implications for competition. All countries are marked by considerable inequalities…

Injunctive Relief and the Noerr-Pennington Doctrine: The Search for Clarity on a Muddied Pitch
 |  Dec 30, 2013

Thomas Dillickrath, David Emanuelson, Dec 30, 2013 The right to seek injunctive relief is one of the bulwarks of U.S. law. The right to petition the government to redress grievances…

Towards a Class Action Regime for Competition Litigation in the United Kingdom.: An Assessment of the Government’s Proposals
 |  Dec 30, 2013

Christopher Brown, Scott Campbell, Dec 30, 2013 In April 2012, the U.K. Government launched a consultation on possible reform of the U.K. regime for private redress in respect of breaches…

Perspectives on the In-House Practice of Antitrust Law
 |  Dec 30, 2013

Roy Hoffinger, Dec 30, 2013 After 30 years practicing antitrust law, 18 as in-house counsel, I think I can say that I have a fairly decent grasp of antitrust law-or…

Cooperation, Convergence, and Conflicts? The Case of EU and National Merger Control
 |  Dec 30, 2013

Andreas Bardong, Dec 30, 2013 The mantra of international merger control has been cooperation, convergence, and comity. Within the European Union, coherence is another widely accepted objective. Taking stock of…

Evaluating the Size of Reverse Payments In Light of the Supreme Court’s Decision in FTC v. Actavis
 |  Dec 30, 2013

James Langenfeld, Dec 30, 2013 Patent settlement agreements that involve payments from brand-name drug manufacturers to generic drug manufacturers (so called “reverse payments” or “pay for delay”) have been hotly…

What a Difference a Year Makes: An Emerging Consensus on the Treatment of Standard-Essential Patents
 |  Dec 30, 2013

Jonathan Kanter, Dec 30, 2013 These days, it is difficult to identify an antitrust issue that is generating more discussion than standard-essential patents. To some, SEPs are to antitrust what Breaking…

Why the New Evidence on Minimum Resale Price Maintenance Does Not Justify a Per Se or Quick Look Approach
 |  Dec 30, 2013

Thomas Lambert, Michael Sykuta, Dec 30, 2013 The battle over the proper legal treatment of minimum resale price maintenance continues to rage in the United States. Despite the U.S. Supreme…

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