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Unfit For Prime Time: Why Cable Television Regulations Cannot Perform Trinko's 'Antitrust Function', Keith Klovers Dec 2011

Unfit For Prime Time: Why Cable Television Regulations Cannot Perform Trinko's 'Antitrust Function', Keith Klovers

Michigan Law Review

Until recently, regulation and antitrust law operated in tandem to safeguard competition in regulated industries. In three recent decisions-Trinko, Credit Suisse, and Linkline-the Supreme Court limited the operation of the antitrust laws when regulation "performs the antitrust function." This Note argues that cable programming regulations-which are in some respects factually similar to the telecommunications regulations at issue in Trinko and Linkline-do not perform the antitrust function because they cannot deter anticompetitive conduct. As a result, Trinko and its siblings should not foreclose antitrust claims for damages that arise out of certain cable programming disputes.


The Case For Rebalancing Antitrust And Regulation, Howard A. Shelanski Jan 2011

The Case For Rebalancing Antitrust And Regulation, Howard A. Shelanski

Michigan Law Review

The continued growth of forensic DNA databases has brought about greater interest in a search method known as "familial" or "kinship" matching. Whereas a typical database search seeks the source of a crime-scene stain by making an exact match between a known person and the DNA sample, familial searching instead looks for partial matches in order to find potential relatives of the source. The use of a familial DNA search to identify the alleged "Grim Sleeper" killer in California brought national attention to the method, which has many proponents. In contrast, this Article argues against the practice of familial searching …


Government Regulation Of Bank Mergers: The Revolving Door OfPhiladelphia Bank, Alexander E. Bennett Apr 1964

Government Regulation Of Bank Mergers: The Revolving Door OfPhiladelphia Bank, Alexander E. Bennett

Michigan Law Review

On November 15, 1960, the second and third largest Philadelphia banks, the Philadelphia National Bank-its assets 1.09 billion dollars, its deposits 603 million dollars-and the Girard Trust Com Exchange Bank-its assets 757 million dollars, its deposits 560 million dollars-applied to the Comptroller of the Currency for approval to merge. The application stated the intention of the Philadelphia National (PNB) to acquire the Girard, including all its assets, deposits, capital, and retained earnings, thereupon to disgorge stock in a resulting bank to Girard shareholders at a ratio of 1.2875 to 1. Both Girard and PNB had a history of merger and …