Title: The antitrust laws : a primer /
Authors: Shenefield, John H.; Stelzer, Irwin M.
Publisher: AEI Press,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Antitrust law United States
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. The Origins and Objectives of Antitrust -- Philosophical Origins -- Historical Background -- Objectives of the Antitrust Laws -- 3. The Statutes -- The Sherman Act -- The Clayton Act -- The Federal Trade Commission Act -- 4. The Institutions and Procedures -- Picking Targets -- Criminal Prosecutions -- Going to Court -- Settlements -- 5. The Analytical Framework: Markets and Market Power -- The Product Market -- The Geographic Market -- The Competitors -- Market Power -- 6. Unilateral Activity -- Attempt to Monopolize -- Monopolization -- 7. Competitors -- Price-Fixing -- Market Division -- Collective Refusals to Deal -- Joint Ventures and Other Horizontal Agreements -- 8. Mergers and Acquisitions -- Premerger Notification Procedures -- Horizontal Mergers -- Vertical Mergers -- Conglomerate Mergers -- 9. Relations with Customers -- Vertical Price Restraints -- Vertical Nonprice Restraints -- Tying Arrangements -- Exclusive Dealing -- Price Discrimination -- Vertical Refusals to Deal -- 10. Intellectual Property -- Analysis of Antitrust Claims -- Acquisition of Intellectual Property Rights -- Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights -- Licensing -- 11. Complementary Regimes -- State Antitrust Enforcement -- Private Actions -- 12. International Antitrust Enforcement -- U.S. Enforcement Abroad -- European Union Enforcement -- Antitrust Enforcement by EU Member States -- Canadian Antitrust Enforcement -- International Merger Notification -- International Antitrust Enforcement Cooperation -- 13. Compliance -- Written Guidelines -- Compliance Sessions -- Documents -- Periodic Audits -- 14. Some Common-Sense Guidelines -- 15. Epilogue -- App. A. Basic Antitrust Statutes -- App. B. The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index -- App. C. The EC Treaty -- App. D. Further Reading.