Handbook of research in trans-Atlantic antitrust / edited by Philip Marsden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marsden, Philip, 1965-

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Series:

Elgar original reference.

Elgar original reference

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antitrust law (International law).

Consolidation and merger of corporations--Law and legislation.

Consolidation and merger of corporations.

Conflict of laws--Antitrust law.

Conflict of laws.

Intellectual property (International law).

Consumer protection.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (797 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : E. Elgar, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This comprehensive research Handbook brings together cutting-edge legal and economic analysis into antitrust issues by leading experts from Europe, the US, Canada, Mexico and South America. The Handbook of Research in Trans-Atlantic Antitrust covers a wide-range of areas including:. the meaning of consumer welfare. mergers in monopsony markets. unilateral effects. private and criminal enforcement. implementing competition policy in regulated sectors. abuse of intellectual property rights. competition remedies. international enforcement cooperation. complainants' rights. dom

Contents:

COPYRIGHT; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Unilateral effects from mergers: the Oracle case; 2 Transatlantic issues in the European merger review of Oracle/PeopleSoft: harmonious dissonance; 3 Merger to monopsony in Canada, Europe and the United States: a selected international comparison; 4 Tweedledum and Tweedledee? Regime dynamics in US and EC merger control; 5 A transatlantic assessment of the evolving use of behavioural merger remedies; 6 Judicial review of mergers in Europe: Tetra Laval, GE/Honeywell and the convergence toward US standards

7 Discounts, rebates and selective pricing by dominant firms: a trans-Atlantic comparison8 A dominant firm's duty to deal: EC and US antitrust law compared; 9 Tying: a transatlantic perspective; 10 Abuse of dominance enforcement under Latin American competition laws; 11 Substantial convergence: the US influence on the development of the regulatory framework for IP licensing in the EC; 12 The right balance of competition policy and intellectual property law: a Federal Trade Commission perspective; 13 Compulsory access as an antitrust remedy: when, why and how is it applied in EU and US law?

14 Regulation in Brazil: retrospect and prospects15 Regulatory and competition issues in the transatlantic air transport sector: towards a transatlantic open aviation area; 16 Issues relating to the enforcement and application of criminal laws in respect of competition; 17 The brave new world of extradition: a North Atlantic treaty alliance against cartels?; 18 Lessons learned from the US experience in private enforcement of competition laws; 19 The role of non-litigation strategies: advocacy, reports and studies as instruments of competition policy

20 Information please: opening antitrust to the public: why more European Union Court and Commission documents and hearings should no longer be secret21 The goals of antitrust: thoughts on consumer welfare in the US; 22 Competition enforcement and consumers; 23 The distributional consequences of antitrust; 24 Merger control and cross-border transactions: a pragmatic view on cooperation, convergence and what is in between; 25 Bilateral enforcement cooperation agreements

26 An antitrust analysis of the World Trade Organization's decision in the US-Mexico arbitration on telecommunications services27 Mexico's competition law: North American origins, European practice; 28 Competition policies in Latin America, post-Washington Consensus; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-21880-1

9786613218803

1-84720-437-6

OCLC:

232330417