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"Give The Lady What She Wants" -- As Long As It's Macy's, Mark D. Bauer

Mark D Bauer

In 2005, Federated Department Stores, which does business as Macy’s and Bloomingdales, acquired May Company Department Stores for $17 billion. Federal antitrust regulators took no action against this merger and in fact released an unprecedented statement explaining the decision to permit the merger.

State antitrust regulators demanded that Federated sell approximately 20% of the former May stores, including branches of L.S. Ayres, Marshall Field, Lord & Taylor, Filenes, Hecht and Strawbridge & Clothier. In the fall of 2006, Federated sold the remaining Lord & Taylor stores to a private investment group. Substantially all of the stores remaining with Federated were …

The Effects Of Smallness And Remoteness On Competition Law - The Case Of New Zealand, Michal Gal

Michal Gal

The economic characteristics of an economy — most notably its size, its openness to trade and its remoteness from its trading partners — greatly affect the competitiveness and performance of its markets by reducing internal and external competitive pressures. Accordingly, small, insulated economies should devise appropriate policies that offset at least some of these effects. This article analyses some of the effects of smallness and remoteness on optimal competition law. The first part provides a basis for the discussion by surveying the basic economic effects of small market size. The second part builds upon these observations to analyse some of …

Necessary Reforms Of The Israeli Competition Law (In Hebrew), Michal Gal

Michal Gal

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50 Colors Of Formica: Legal Realism In The Israeli Competition Law (In Hebrew), Michal Gal

Michal Gal

No abstract provided.