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"Detailed Contents" [2012] ELECD 841; in Foer, A. Albert; Stutz, M. Randy (eds), "Private Enforcement of Antitrust Law in the United States" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012)

Book Title: Private Enforcement of Antitrust Law in the United States

Editor(s): Foer, A. Albert; Stutz, M. Randy

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9780857939593

Section Title: Detailed Contents

Number of pages: 10

Extract:

Detailed Contents


Contributors xvi
Preface Albert A. Foer and Randy M. Stutz xviii

Introduction: Benefits of private enforcement 1
Robert H. Lande
The purpose and design of the AAI private enforcement study 3
Results of the study: Compensation 4
Results of the study: Deterrence 6
1. Deterrence from the DOJ criminal anti-cartel enforcement program 7
2. Deterrence from private antitrust litigation 9
Were the private actions good cases? 9
Conclusions 10

1 Defining antitrust violations in the United States 14
Bonny E. Sweeney
§ 1.01 Introduction 14
§ 1.02 Restraints of trade: Agreements that restrict competition 15
1.02.1 "Contract, combination, or conspiracy" 16
1.02.2 Affecting interstate or foreign commerce 18
1.02.3 Unreasonably restrains competition 18
1.02.4 Rule of reason vs. per se analysis 18
1.02.5 Horizontal restraints 21
1.02.5(a) Cartels 21
1.02.5(b) Joint ventures 23
1.02.5(c) Concerted refusals to deal 27
1.02.5(d) Mergers and acquisitions 27
1.02.6 Vertical agreements 29
1.02.6(a) Hub-and-spoke price-fixing agreements 29
1.02.6(b) Resale price maintenance 29
1.02.6(c) Non-price vertical agreements 30
1.02.6(d) Tying arrangements 31
§ 1.03 Single firm conduct 32
1.03.1 Elements of a § 2 monopolization claim 32
1.03.1(a) Monopoly power in a relevant market 33
1.03.1(b) Acquired, enhanced, or maintained
through exclusionary conduct 34
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