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Tying And Bundled Discounts: An Equilibrium Analysis Of Antitrust Liability Tests, Melanie S. Williams

Melanie S. Williams

Courts have struggled with determining when bundled discounts constitute unlawfully anticompetitive behavior. The current circuit split reflects an absence of consensus. This lack of legal guidance creates uncertainty in the market, with firms being given inconsistent – and sometimes contradictory - standards on how to avoid antitrust liability.

For the most part, we consider a standard paradigm for analyzing bundled discounts. Suppose that there are two firms. Firm 1 produces a monopoly product, A, and also another product, B, which competes with another version of B produced by Firm 2. The concern is the extent to which the price paid …

Rise Of The Intercontinentalexchange And Implications Of Its Merger With Nyse Euronext, Latoya C. Brown

Latoya C. Brown, Esq.

This paper examines the impending merger between the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) and NYSE Euronext against the backdrop of the current structure of the global financial services industry. The paper concludes that the merger embodies what the financial services industry is becoming and captures the model that will allow exchanges to remain competitive in today’s marketplace: mega-exchanges with broader asset classes and electronic platforms. As technology and globalization threaten their vitality, exchanges will need to continue reinventing and adapting. Increasingly over the last decade they have done so by merging and by moving, at least a part of, their operations on screen. …

Propiedad Intelectual Y Prácticas Monopólicas, Carlos Mena-Labarthe, Alejandro Hernández Alva

Carlos Mena-Labarthe

El estudio hace un recuento de algunos de los principales problemas y cuestiones que se pueden presentar en la relación de la propiedad intelectual con el Derecho de competencia, en particular en la regulación de las prácticas monopólicas.

Acuerdos Entre Competidores Y Su Regulación En El Derecho De Competencia, Carlos Mena-Labarthe

Carlos Mena-Labarthe

No abstract provided.

Competencia Económica En El Sector Inmobiliario Y Sus Principales Transacciones, Carlos Mena-Labarthe

Carlos Mena-Labarthe

Estudio de la regulación de competencia y su impacto en las principales transacciones inmobiliarias. Se estudia la experiencia mexicana y se compara con otras experiencias.