February 24, 2020

Comments of ICLE on the Draft Vertical Merger Guidelines (Matter Number P810034)

Geoffrey A. Manne & Kristian Stout

Although it is doubtless correct that the 1984 Nonhorizontal Merger Guidelines require updates in light of the last three decades of legal and economic developments, it is by no means…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

March 29, 2019

Telecom regulators: Don’t get rolled by Rewheel

Eric Fruits

Will the merger between T-Mobile and Sprint make consumers better or worse off? A central question in the review of this merger—as it is in all merger reviews—is the likely effects that the transaction will have on consumers.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

September 22, 2017

antitrust laws are not some meta-legislation authorizing whatever activists want

Geoffrey A. Manne

In a recent post at the (appallingly misnamed) ProMarket blog (the blog of the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business — George Stigler is rolling…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

May 9, 2017

Assessment of Procompetitive Effects of Organizational Restructuring in Ag-Biotech

Geoffrey A. Manne & Allen Gibby

The agriculture sector has seen significant technological innovation and organizational change over the last two decades, leading to increases in both farm productivity and profitability.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

April 5, 2017

Ag-biotech merger symposium wrap-up [Ag-Biotech Symposium]

Geoffrey A. Manne

On Thursday, March 30, Friday March 31, and Monday April 3, Truth on the Market and the International Center for Law and Economics presented a blog symposium — Agricultural and Biotech Mergers: Implications…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

April 3, 2017

Innovation as a shield and a club in the agribusiness mergers [Ag-Biotech Symposium]

John Lopatka

John E. Lopatka is A. Robert Noll Distinguished Professor of Law at Penn State Law School People need to eat. All else equal, the more food that can be produced…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

March 30, 2017

Ag- Biotech Symposium

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Truth on the Market and the International Center for Law and Economics presented a blog symposium discussing three proposed agricultural/biotech industry mergers awaiting judgment by antitrust authorities around the globe.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

March 29, 2017

Announcement: TOTM blog symposium on agricultural and biotech mergers

Geoffrey A. Manne

Truth on the Market is pleased to announce its next blog symposium: Agricultural and Biotech Mergers: Implications for Antitrust Law and Economics in Innovative Industries March 30 & 31, 2017…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

June 30, 2016

Critics of health insurance mergers misapply the evidence and misinterpret the market

Geoffrey A. Manne

As regulatory review of the merger between Aetna and Humana hits the homestretch, merger critics have become increasingly vocal in their opposition to the deal. This is particularly true of…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection