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CURRENT ISSUE

Brown Bag Program: Messed Up Messenger Models and How to Do Them Right

Experienced practitioners and agency enforcers discuss practical realities and problems in implementing a messenger model as a way of facilitating joint-contracting efficiencies.

FTC/DOJ Organization Charts and Photos

A year has passed since The Antitrust Source last provided updated versions of the organizational charts of the federal agencies. New faces, new positions, and links to speeches - find them here.

A Comment on the Estimated Costs of Multi-Jurisdictional Merger Reviews

Presenting the June 2003 PricewaterhouseCoopers empirical study, A Tax on Mergers? - Surveying the Time and Costs to Business of Multi-Jurisdictional Merger Reviews, a report that has already sparked controversy over its conclusions regarding the burdens of international merger review.

Book Review: What If Richard Posner Were Australian?

Spencer Weber Waller reviews Michal S. Gal's new book, Competition Policy for Small Market Economies, showcasing issues that arise in applying "large market" antitrust rules to "small market" economies.

Paper Trail

Summaries of four current papers dealing with information sharing (Aviram & Tor); efficiencies in merger analysis (Thompson); notice pleading in antitrust cases (Fairman); and a 20-year assessment of raising rivals costs (Scheffman & Higgins).
 
NB: From the Editor

WELCOME to the September 2003 issue of The Antitrust Source, now entering its third year of publication. The Antitrust Source is published 6 times a year, and serves as your free on-line connection to the latest and best information in the world of antitrust. Each issue attracts thousands of visitors, eager for up to the minute analysis and commentary on the most relevant topics in the field.

This issue is packed with great stuff as always. To read any of the articles, just click on the underscored links.

If there is something you think we should cover or you have something you'd like us to publish, send it to us at antitrust@att.net.

Christopher B. Hockett
Editorial Chair

Michael R. Barnett
Issue Editor

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