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Antitrust Review Of The At&T/Tmobile Transaction, Allen P. Grunes, Maurice E. Stucke
Antitrust Review Of The At&T/Tmobile Transaction, Allen P. Grunes, Maurice E. Stucke
Federal Communications Law Journal
In August 2011, the United States brought a landmark antitrust lawsuit to prevent the merger of two of the nation's four largest mobile wireless telecommunications services providers, AT&T Inc. and T-Mobile USA, Inc. But why are so many elected officials asking the Obama administration to intercede in the Department of Justice's lawsuit to force a settlement? Why are they approving a merger that would likely lead to higher prices, fewer jobs, less innovation, and higher taxes for their constituents? Does it have anything to do with the money they are receiving from AT&T and T-Mobile? This Article examines the recent …
Statewide Cable Franchising: Expand Nationwide Or Cut The Cord?, James G. Parker
Statewide Cable Franchising: Expand Nationwide Or Cut The Cord?, James G. Parker
Federal Communications Law Journal
In the name of increasing competition in the cable television market, Congress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996. While this eliminated the barriers to entry using federal law, it did not change the nature of municipality-based cable system monopolies. In an effort to expand competition more quickly and efficiently, the phone companies (Verizon and AT&T) successfully supported legislation in at least twenty-five states that permits a single state application to compete statewide. This Note explores the varying approaches taken in the laws passed to date, analyzes the outcomes flowing from those implemented plans, and provides recommendations of the best practices …
Are You Ready For Some Football?: How Antitrust Laws Can Be Used To Break Up Directv's Exclusive Right To Telecast Nfl's Sunday Ticket Package, Ariel Y. Bublick
Are You Ready For Some Football?: How Antitrust Laws Can Be Used To Break Up Directv's Exclusive Right To Telecast Nfl's Sunday Ticket Package, Ariel Y. Bublick
Federal Communications Law Journal
There is almost no question that football has become modem America's pastime. Football has never been more popular, and every Sunday people are clamoring to watch as many games as possible. The Sunday Ticket package allows viewers to watch any National Football League ("NFL") game being played at any given time. However, the NFL has only granted DirecTV the right to air the Sunday Ticket package, denying this excellent service to a majority of television viewers. By limiting the reach of the Sunday Ticket package, the NFL may be in violation of antitrust laws. This Note begins by explaining antitrust …
Arbitration And Antitrust: Navigating The Contours Of Mandatory Law, Charles H. Brower Ii
Arbitration And Antitrust: Navigating The Contours Of Mandatory Law, Charles H. Brower Ii
Buffalo Law Review
No abstract provided.
Plus Factors And Agreement In Antitrust Law, William E. Kovacic, Robert C. Marshall, Leslie M. Marx, Halbert L. White
Plus Factors And Agreement In Antitrust Law, William E. Kovacic, Robert C. Marshall, Leslie M. Marx, Halbert L. White
Michigan Law Review
Plus factors are economic actions and outcomes, above and beyond parallel conduct by oligopolistic firms, that are largely inconsistent with unilateral conduct but largely consistent with explicitly coordinated action. Possible plus factors are typically enumerated without any attempt to distinguish them in terms of a meaningful economic categorization or in terms of their probative strength for inferring collusion. In this Article, we provide a taxonomy for plus factors as well as a methodology for ranking plus factors in terms of their strength for inferring explicit collusion, the strongest of which are referred to as "super plus factors."
Unfit For Prime Time: Why Cable Television Regulations Cannot Perform Trinko's 'Antitrust Function', Keith Klovers
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.
Shutting The Black Door: Using American Needle To Cure The Problem Of Improper Product Definition, Daniel A. Schwartz
Shutting The Black Door: Using American Needle To Cure The Problem Of Improper Product Definition, Daniel A. Schwartz
Michigan Law Review
Section 1 of the Sherman Act is designed to protect competition by making illegal any agreement that has the effect of limiting consumer choice. To make this determination, courts first define the product at issue and then consider the challenged restraint's impact on the market in which that product competes. When considering § 1 allegations against sports leagues, courts have tended to define products according to the structure of the leagues. The result of this tendency is that harm to competition between the leagues' teams is not properly accounted for in the courts' analyses. This, in turn, grants leagues a …
Behavioral Antitrust, Amanda P. Reeves, Maurice E. Stucke
Behavioral Antitrust, Amanda P. Reeves, Maurice E. Stucke
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
How Elevation Of Corporate Free Speech Rights Affects Legality Of Network Neutrality, Barbara A. Cherry
How Elevation Of Corporate Free Speech Rights Affects Legality Of Network Neutrality, Barbara A. Cherry
Federal Communications Law Journal
In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010), the U.S. Supreme Court overruled a century of precedent to hold that corporations must be treated identically to natural persons with regard to political speech. This Article describes how the Court's decision is a radical departure from history that mirrors the FCC's flawed analysis in its classification of broadband Internet access services as an information service with no separable telecommunications component subject to common carriage regulation. Overall, the combinatorial effect of Citizens United and the FCC's classification of broadband access service as an information service is to elevate the constitutional free speech …
A Policy Framework For Spectrum Allocation In Mobile Communications, T. Randolph Beard, George S. Ford, Lawrence J. Spiwak, Michael Stern
A Policy Framework For Spectrum Allocation In Mobile Communications, T. Randolph Beard, George S. Ford, Lawrence J. Spiwak, Michael Stern
Federal Communications Law Journal
With the National Broadband Plan's promise of an additional 500 MHz of spectrum for commercial purposes, the question of how to allocate those resources among competing uses and users will dominate the communications policy debate over the coming years. In this Article, the Authors provide a theoretical analysis of some of the relevant tradeoffs involved in allocating spectrum among service providers, with a particular focus on incumbent exclusion rules such as spectrum caps. Two key assumptions center the analysis: (i) more firms implies lower prices (i.e., Cournot competition); and (ii) more spectrum permits more advanced services due to greater capacity …
Overwhelmed By Big Consolidation: Bringing Back Regulation To Increase Diversity In Programming That Serves Minority Audiences, Caridad Austin
Overwhelmed By Big Consolidation: Bringing Back Regulation To Increase Diversity In Programming That Serves Minority Audiences, Caridad Austin
Federal Communications Law Journal
This Note addresses diversity in the media and the need for regulation that will enhance programming so that it is inclusive of minority audiences. It begins by analyzing the historical development of diversity in the media through landmark cases, such as Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, and it addresses the consolidating effects of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the FCC's 2003 Report and Order. It argues that despite technological growth, the FCC's open market regulatory approach of the last three decades has resulted in a lack of diverse perspectives in the media and that the FCC needs …
Comparative Deterrence From Private Enforcement And Criminal Enforcement Of The U.S. Antitrust Laws, Robert H. Land, Joshua P. Davis
Comparative Deterrence From Private Enforcement And Criminal Enforcement Of The U.S. Antitrust Laws, Robert H. Land, Joshua P. Davis
BYU Law Review
No abstract provided.
League Parity: Bringing Back Unlicensed Competition In The Sports Fan Apparel Market, David Franklin
League Parity: Bringing Back Unlicensed Competition In The Sports Fan Apparel Market, David Franklin
Chicago-Kent Law Review
Should professional sports teams and collegiate institutions have an exclusive right to merchandise their logos? Recent court decisions have effectively provided these organizations with a monopoly in the fan apparel marketplace, as retailers who are not "officially licensed" by the underlying team or university are likely to face trademark infringement liability. In some contexts, this extension of trademark law has prevented companies from selling merchandise that merely displays a team's color scheme. However, such a broad prohibition on the use of team logos is inconsistent with the goal of trademark law, which is intended to prohibit uses of a mark …
The Firm As Cartel Manager, Herbert Hovenkamp, Christopher R. Leslie
The Firm As Cartel Manager, Herbert Hovenkamp, Christopher R. Leslie
Vanderbilt Law Review
Antitrust law is the primary legal obstacle to price fixing, which is condemned by Section One of the Sherman Act. Section One condemns only concerted action between separate entities, not unilateral conduct by a single entity. Firms that engage in price fixing may try to reduce the risk of antitrust liability by structuring their actions to appear to be those of a unified single entity that is beyond the reach of Section One.
In this Article, Professors Hovenkamp and Leslie examine how price-fixing cartels govern themselves and maximize their profits by cooperating and colluding, instead of competing. They then use …
Antitrust Law - Affirmative Acts And Antitrust - The Need For A Consistent Tolling Standard In Cases Of Fraudulent Concealment, Amber Davis-Tanner
Antitrust Law - Affirmative Acts And Antitrust - The Need For A Consistent Tolling Standard In Cases Of Fraudulent Concealment, Amber Davis-Tanner
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review
No abstract provided.
Innovative Copyright, Greg Lastowka
Innovative Copyright, Greg Lastowka
Michigan Law Review
For over a decade, Michael Carrier has been exploring the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property ("IP") law, contributing many articles that offer new solutions and approaches to the vexing problems confronting the law of innovation. Carrier's academic writing is situated in a voluminous scholarly discourse about the appropriate rules and goals of the laws of copyright, patent, and antitrust. While Carrier easily could have written an "insider" tome for specialists in this area, his new book, Innovation for the 21st Century, is targeted at a broader audience. Carrier's book is directed at legislators, jurists, and opinion makers-as well as …
The Internet Ecosystem: The Potential For Discrimination, Dick Grunwald
The Internet Ecosystem: The Potential For Discrimination, Dick Grunwald
Federal Communications Law Journal
Symposium: Rough Consensus and Running Code: Integrating Engineering Principles into Internet Policy Debates, held at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Technology Innovation and Competition on May 6-7, 2010.
This Article explores how the emerging Internet architecture of "cloud computing," content distribution networks, private peering and data-center services can simultaneously foster a perception of "unfair" network access while at the same time enabling significant competition for services, content, and innovation. A key enabler of these changes is the emergence of technologies that lower the barrier for entry in developing and deploying new services. Another is the design of successful Internet …
Credit Default Swaps And Clearing, Nazanin Baseri
Credit Default Swaps And Clearing, Nazanin Baseri
Legislation and Policy Brief
In an article from 2000, an investigative journalist from The Banker warned against the hidden dangers of credit default swaps (CDS). Although CDSs can be a useful financial instrument for the banking industry, the article warned of the anonymity of credit derivatives, lack of transparency, and the potential for disaster. In an unfortunately accurate conclusion, the journalist opined that a crisis might occur because banks may not put in place the proper risk control systems in time to avert a disaster. Fast forward eight years and the financial meltdown of 2008 developed into one of the largest economic disasters in …
Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation Settlements: Balancing Patent & Antitrust Policy Through Institutional Choice, Timothy A. Cook
Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation Settlements: Balancing Patent & Antitrust Policy Through Institutional Choice, Timothy A. Cook
Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review
Should a branded pharmaceutical company be allowed to pay a generic competitor to stay out of the market for a drug? Antitrust policy implies that such a deal should be prohibited, but the answer becomes less clear when the transaction is packaged as a patent-litigation settlement. Since Congress passed the Hatch-Waxman Act, which encourages generic manufacturers to challenge pharmaceutical patent validity, settlements of this kind have been on the rise. Congress, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Trade Commission have condemned these agreements as anticompetitive and costly to American consumers, but none of these bodies has been able to …
Patent Law In The Antitrust Scope: Between Social Advancement And Competition Impingement, 11 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 367 (2011), Yaniv Gal
UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law
In the past couple of decades, many scholars have debated the worthiness of the limited monopoly that patent law provides. The widespread attitude has always been, since the progress of the technological era, that in order to stimulate inventors and possessors of knowledge to embody their knowledge by innovative products, and produce ameliorations into society, they should be given strong proprietary rights over their innovative information and ideas. With the rise of the economic analysis of law, dissident opinions have been starting to emerge, evoking the social damage absorbed due to the current patent system monopoly character in form of …
Potential Game Changers Only Have Eligibility Left To Suit Up For A Different Kind Of Court: Former Student-Athletes Bring Class Action Antitrust Lawsuit Against The Ncaa, Christine A. Burns
Potential Game Changers Only Have Eligibility Left To Suit Up For A Different Kind Of Court: Former Student-Athletes Bring Class Action Antitrust Lawsuit Against The Ncaa, Christine A. Burns
Journal of Business & Technology Law
No abstract provided.
A Critical Look At The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, David M. Quinn
A Critical Look At The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, David M. Quinn
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
On October 23, 2007, the United States announced an initiative to strengthen intellectual property enforcement measures within the international community via the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (“ACTA”). During the following years, eleven rounds of negotiations among as many parties culminated in a finalized text released on December 3, 2010. The dialogue occurred outside the purview of existing bodies such as the WIPO and WTO. The ACTA now awaits acceptance following the March 31, 2011 commencement of the ratification period. It will enter into force thirty days following the sixth formal approval.
Silence Of The Spam: Improving The Can-Spam Act By Including An Expanded Private Cause Of Action, David J. Rutenberg
Silence Of The Spam: Improving The Can-Spam Act By Including An Expanded Private Cause Of Action, David J. Rutenberg
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
In the last decade, email spam has become more than just an annoyance for email users. Unsolicited messages now comprise more than 95 percent of all email sent worldwide. This costs US businesses billions of dollars in lost productivity each year. The US Congress passed the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 to regulate the spam industry. Unfortunately, data show that spam only increased since the Act's passage. Part of the reason for this failure is that the Act only authorizes the Federal Trade Commission, state attorneys general, and Internet Service Providers to bring action under its provisions. Each of these authorized …
Credit Suisse V. Billing: The Limited Impact On Application Of Antitrust Laws In Federally Regulated Industries Following The 2008 Financial Crisis And Beyond, Jessica A. Rebarber
Credit Suisse V. Billing: The Limited Impact On Application Of Antitrust Laws In Federally Regulated Industries Following The 2008 Financial Crisis And Beyond, Jessica A. Rebarber
Journal of Business & Technology Law
No abstract provided.
Unconscionable Amateurism: How The Ncaa Violates Antitrust By Forcing Athletes To Sign Away Their Image Rights, 44 J. Marshall L. Rev. 533 (2011), Brian Welch
UIC Law Review
No abstract provided.
Extending The Fraud-On-The-Market Presumption Beyond Basic: A Case Of Poor Analogies And Over-Eager Courts, Dana Lai
NYLS Law Review
No abstract provided.
Bricks, Mortar, And Google: Defining The Relevant Antitrust Market For Internet-Based Companies, Jared Kagan
Bricks, Mortar, And Google: Defining The Relevant Antitrust Market For Internet-Based Companies, Jared Kagan
NYLS Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Re-Examination Of The Convergence Of Antitrust Law And Professional Sports Leagues, Christine A. Miller
A Re-Examination Of The Convergence Of Antitrust Law And Professional Sports Leagues, Christine A. Miller
Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Why Copperweld Was Actually Kind Of Dumb: Sound, Fury And The Once And Still Missing Antitrust Theory Of The Firm, Chris Sagers
Why Copperweld Was Actually Kind Of Dumb: Sound, Fury And The Once And Still Missing Antitrust Theory Of The Firm, Chris Sagers
Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Is There Life After Death For Sports League Immunity - American Needle And Beyond, Meir Feder
Is There Life After Death For Sports League Immunity - American Needle And Beyond, Meir Feder
Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal
No abstract provided.