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The Intel And Microsoft Settlements, Robert H. Lande
The Intel And Microsoft Settlements, Robert H. Lande
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This article briefly compares and contrasts the recent U.S. Federal Trade Commission's antitrust settlement with Intel, and the antitrust cases brought against Microsoft. The article praises the FTC's settlement with Intel, and predicts that history will judge it very favorably compared to the settlement by the U.S. Department of Justice of its antitrust case against Microsoft.
Reviving An Epithet: A New Way Forward For The Essential Facilities Doctrine, Sandeep Vaheesan
Reviving An Epithet: A New Way Forward For The Essential Facilities Doctrine, Sandeep Vaheesan
Sandeep Vaheesan
For sound economic reasons, the antitrust laws, in general, do not require firms to share their assets with rivals. When a particular asset has natural monopoly characteristics and is used as an input in other markets, however, the essential facilities doctrine requires that the asset be shared with firms in related markets. In recent decades, the Supreme Court and leading scholars have criticized the doctrine, claiming it is economically inefficient and taxes the institutional capacity of the judiciary.
Historically, the courts most often applied the doctrine to tangible natural monopolies like electric transmission grids and bottleneck railroad lines. In recent …