Are rules incompatible with the web? Let’s hope not: A response to Tim Wu
According to Cory Doctorow over at Boing Boing, Tim Wu has written an open letter to W3C Chairman Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, expressing concern about a proposal . . .
Are rules incompatible with the web? Let’s hope not: A response to Tim Wu
Ag-biotech merger symposium wrap-up
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 . . .
How Uber uses innovative management tactics to incentivize its drivers: A critical commentary on Noam Scheiber’s “How Uber Uses Psychological Tricks to Push Its Drivers’ Buttons”
In a recent long-form article in the New York Times, reporter Noam Scheiber set out to detail some of the ways Uber (and similar companies, . . .
Innovation as a shield and a club in the agribusiness mergers
People need to eat. All else equal, the more food that can be produced from an acre of land, the better off they’ll be. Of . . .
Finding your way in the seeds/agro-chem mergers labyrinth
The recently notified mergers in the seed and agro-chem industry raise difficult questions that competition authorities around the world would need to tackle in the . . .
Effects of gene editing on ag-biotech antitrust
Commenting on Microsoft’s antitrust suit 18 years ago, Milton Friedman said the following: Your industry, the computer industry, moves so much more rapidly than the legal . . .
Mergers, innovation, and agricultural biotechnology: Putting the squeeze on growers and consumers?
Innovation is more and more in the spotlight as questions grow about concentration and declining competition in the U.S. economy. These questions come not only . . .
Innovation trends in agriculture and their implications for M&A analysis
The US agriculture sector has been experiencing consolidation at all levels for decades, even as the global ag economy has been growing and becoming more . . .
Patents and mergers
How should patents be taken into consideration in merger analysis? When does the combining of patent portfolios lead to anticompetitive concerns? Two principles should guide . . .