Antitrust: An Economic Approach - See How Day-to-Day Business Decisions May Affect Your Clients' Potential Antitrust Liability.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c33174) has announced the addition of Antitrust: An Economic Approach to their offering. "Antitrust: An Economic Approach" focuses on the economic reasoning behind antitrust enforcement and examines how day-to-day business decisions may affect your clients' potential antitrust liability. The book covers: antitrust defenses and exemptions; antitrust laws antitrust laws n. acts adopted by Congress to outlaw or restrict business practices considered to be monopolistic or which restrain interstate commerce. The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 declared illegal "every contract, combination.... of the European Economic Community European Economic Community (EEC), organization established (1958) by a treaty signed in 1957 by Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and West Germany (now Germany); it was known informally as the Common Market. ; the Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification rules; takeovers and anti-takeover statutes; the standing of targets, competitors and employees who attack mergers and acquisitions; the Robinson-Patman Act Robinson-Patman Act, passed by the U.S. Congress in 1936 to supplement the Clayton Antitrust Act. The act, advanced by Congressman Wright Patman, forbade any person or firm engaged in interstate commerce to discriminate in price to different purchasers of the same ; market power; vertical combinations; franchising; boycotts; and changes in the computer software and health care industries, all from an economic perspective. This book is updated as needed as needed prn. See prn order. , generally two times each year. Topics covered include: --The Principal United States Antitrust Laws --Antitrust in the Twenty-First Century --The Marketplace: Guiding Image of Antitrust --Market Power --Section 7 of the Clayton Act A federal law enacted in 1914 as an amendment to the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (15 U.S.C.A. § 1 et seq. [1890]), prohibiting undue restriction of trade and commerce by designated methods. The Clayton Act (15 U.S.C.A. § 12 et seq. --The Social and Economic Role of Litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. Concerning Market Power --An Overview of the Exercise of Power --Horizontal Price Fixing price fixing n. a criminal violation of federal anti-trust statutes, in which several competing businesses reach a secret agreement (conspiracy) to set prices for their products to prevent real competition and keep the public from benefiting from price competition. and Allocation of Territories or Customers --Vertical Combinations --Leverage --Price Discrimination Under The Robinson-Patman Act --Franchising and Dealer Relationships --Interlocking Relationships --Group Boycotts --Trade Associations --Arrangements Affecting Non-Price Terms --General Principles in Conduct Cases --Commerce --Government Action and Antitrust --First Amendment Considerations and Related Issues --Exemptions --Labor-Management Relations --Patents, Trademarks and Antitrust --Commercial Conduct --The New Emphasis on Expedition --Investigation of Antitrust Issues --Public Enforcement --Issues Concerning Private Enforcement --Interplay of Antitrust Remedies and Substantive Law --Antitrust and Innovation --Antitrust Strategy --Impact of Antitrust on the Economy, Business and Other Interests For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c33174 |
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