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A Simplified Approach To Tying Arrangements: A Legal And Economic Analysis, Joseph P. Bauer

Journal Articles

Few types of antitrust conduct have received as much treatment from the Supreme Court as tying arrangements. This practice, which is unlawful per se when certain prerequisites are met, may be defined as an agreement by a party to sell one product [the tying product] but only on the condition that the buyer also purchases different (or tied) product, or at least agrees that he will not purchase that product from any other supplier. Notwithstanding this extensive Supreme Court attention, there is as much heat as light in this area. The doctrine that has developed is often unpredictable and frequently …

Relative Value Guides And The Sherman Antitrust Act, David R. Simonsen, Jr.

Vanderbilt Law Review

The skyrocketing costs of health care services for the American people constitute a crisis of national importance.' The seriousness of this crisis is reflected in the attention that antitrust enforcement agencies of the federal government are giving to the health care industry. The agencies are responding, at least in part, to the common perception that these skyrocketing costs result as much from the restrictive trade practices of the health care industry as from the growing use of sophisticated technology and inflation. Competition is viewed as an antidote to increasing prices and antitrust laws as the vehicle by which federal agencies …

There Is A Fountain: The Autobiography Of A Civil Rights Lawyer / Legal Regulation Of The Competitive Process, Leonard B. Boudin, Kenneth B. Germain

Vanderbilt Law Review

There is a Fountain: The Autobiography of a Civil Rights Lawyer Reviewed by Leonard B. Boudin --

This book is unlike other good legal autobiographies, such as those of D.N. Pritt,' Clarence Darrow, and more recently Charles Morgan," for Lynn throughout his life was very poor, a radical and,most importantly, Black. Those portions of his autobiography that recount his political life in college and in later years make exciting and important reading. Lynn was the only member of the Young Communist League at Syracuse University in the early 1930s, and was a member of the American Communist Party in his …

Consumer Product Safety: Preemption, The Commerce Clause And State Regulatory Authority, James L. Winokur, Jennifer Robbins

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

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Antitrust Law - Standing - Direct Purchasers From Defendants' Competitors Lack Standing To Bring Treble Damage Action, Indirect Purchasers From Defendants Have Standing To Seek Injunctive Relief, Robert C. Mickle

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

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The Sherman Act And The Vicious Will: Developing Standards For Criminal Intent In Sherman Act Prosecutions, George E. Garvey

Scholarly Articles

This article will evaluate the intent issue in several steps. First, Gypsum and its progeny will be examined to place the issue in context. Next, the article will consider the status of and reasons for a requisite mental element for criminal condemnation. Emphasis will be placed on the common law development of strict criminal liability. The focus will then shift to the evolution of strict liability in the Supreme Court. Against this background, the Sherman Act's criminal provisions will be analyzed to see if they may be appropriately considered strict liability offenses under common law or federal judicial precedent. Finally, …