Anti-competitive forces may stir anew
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Differing theories have shaped antitrust jurisprudence since the 1960s. In Brown Shoe Co v US, decided, in 1962, the Supreme Court laid the foundation for a jurisprudence which subordinated economic efficiency to the decentralization of power. Strict per se tests were used to question mergers. Continental TV Inc v GTE Sylvania in the late 1970s heralded a shift to a rule-of-reason analysis which emphasized the economic efficiency to be gained from vertical integration. Eastman Kodak Co v Image Technical Services shifted back to stricter enforcement, a trend which may be continued under Clinton.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1993
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In the beginning: the Review in antitrust's golden age of the '60s
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The 1960s were a golden age for antitrust enforcement in the US, particularly because of the efforts of Federal Trade Commission chair Paul Rand Dixon and industrial organization economist Joe S. Bain. Bain's work developed broad support for the merits of industrial decentralization. Dixon refused to allow mergers between potential competitors that would reduce competition in the long run. It was during this time, 1967 in particular, that the Antitrust Law & Economics Review was begun.
Publication Name: Antitrust Law and Economics Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0003-6048
Year: 1995
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Fifteen years after Ethyl: the past and future of facilitating practices
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The author discusses the US Court of Appeals for the 2d Circuit's decision in E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. FTC, the deficiencies in the FTC's handling of the case, and the problem of overcoming the evidence burden in proving a link between anticompetitive performance and practices.
Publication Name: Antitrust Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0003-6056
Year: 2001
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