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Jefferson County Pharmaceutical Association. V. Abbott Laboratories, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Jefferson County Pharmaceutical Association. V. Abbott Laboratories, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Supreme Court Case Files
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Wealth Transfers As The Original And Primary Concern Of Antitrust: The Efficiency Interpretation Challenged, Robert H. Lande
Wealth Transfers As The Original And Primary Concern Of Antitrust: The Efficiency Interpretation Challenged, Robert H. Lande
All Faculty Scholarship
Chicago School antitrust policy rests upon the premise that the sole purpose of antitrust is to promote economic efficiency. This article shows that this foundation is flawed. The fundamental purpose of antitrust is to protect consumers. To protect purchasers from paying supracompetitive prices when they buy goods or services. This is the "wealth transfer," "theft", "consumer welfare" or "purchaser protection" explanation for antitrust.
The article shows that the efficiency view originated in a detailed analysis of the legislative history of the Sherman Act undertaken by Robert Bork. Bork purported to show that Congress only cared about enhancing economic efficiency.
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Intracorporate Plurality In Criminal Conspiracy Law, Sarah N. Welling
Intracorporate Plurality In Criminal Conspiracy Law, Sarah N. Welling
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
The concept of conspiracy currently plays a significant role in three areas of substantive law: antitrust, civil rights, and criminal law. Although the role of conspiracy in these substantive areas of law differs in many ways, all three require that the conspiracy consist of a plurality of actors. Determining what constitutes a plurality of actors when all the alleged conspirators are agents of a single corporation poses a continuing problem.
This problem raises two distinct questions. The first is whether, when one agent acts alone within the scope of corporate business, the agent and the corporation constitute a plurality. The …
Government Supports United States Exporters, Jon H. Sylvester, Anthony F. Essaye
Government Supports United States Exporters, Jon H. Sylvester, Anthony F. Essaye
Publications
The latest addition to the US law of international trade, the Export Trading Company Act of 1982 (the Act), was passed by Congress with a claim that it will put US exporters on more competitive footing with their foreign counterparts.