Summary of Contents
FOREWORD TO THE FIEST EDITI0N
FOREWORD P0 THE SECOND EDITI0N
WESTLAW OVERVIEW

Chapter I.Antitrust and the Market Mechanism
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Antitrust as a Response to the Oppressive Use of Economic Power
1.3 The Evolution of United States Antitrust Laws
1.4 Who Makes Antitrust Policy2
1.5 The Goals of United States Antitrust Policy Today
1.6 The Role of Economics in Antitrust
1.7 Antitrust Chailenges
1.8 Conclusion

Chapter II. Market Power as a Basis for Antitrust Enforcement: Effects and Measurement
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Market Power Defined
2.3 The Effects of Market Power
2.4 Forms of Market Power
2.5 Market Power and Price Discrimination
2.6 Measuring Market Power
2.7 Market Power on the Buyer's Side: Monopsony, Oligopsony and Gatekeeper Power

Chapter III. Monopoly, Monopsony and Attempts or Conspiracies to Monopolize
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Historical Overview of the Law Governing Monopolization-
3.3 Market Power in Monopolization
3.4 The Conduct Test for Monopolization
3.5 Monopolization Cases in the Lower Federal Courts
3.6 Attempts to Monopolize
3.7 Conspiracy to Monopolize
3.8 Monopsony

Chapter IV. Price Predation
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Historical Overview of Price Predation
4.3 Price Predation Screens
4.4 A Structured Rule of Reason for Price Predation
4.5 Price Predation Cases

Chapter V. Horizontal Restraints
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Definition ofa Conspiracy
5.3 Historical Overview of Law Precluding Horizontal Restraints
5.4 Pricing Restraints
5.5 Division of Markets and Other Supply and Output Restrictions
5.6 Information Exchange
5.7 Cooperation in Research, Standardization, Procurement, Output of Distribution
5.8 Boycotts and Other Concerted Refusais to Deal

Chapter VI. The Economics of Distribution Restraints
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Historical Overview of Brand Marketing and Intrabrand Competition
6.3 Downstream Power Restraints: The Competitive Effects of Intrabrand Competition
6.4 Upstream Power Restraints: The Nature of the Power and How It Injures Competition

Chapter VII. Distribution Restraints Based on Downstream Power: Vertical Minimum Price and Other Distribution Restraints
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Evolution of the Law
7.3 A Structured Rule of Reason for Downstream Power Restraints
7.4 Minimum Price Restraints
7.5 Nonprice Downstream Power Distribution Restraints
7.6 Boycotts and Refusais to Deal Used to Enforce Distribution Restraints

Chapter VIII. Distribution Restraints Based on Upstreani
Power: Foreclosure and Vertical Maximum Price Restraints; Franchising Abuses
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Foreclosure Restraints
8.3 Tie-Ins
8.4 Forced Exclusive Dealing
8.5 Forced Reciprocal Dealing
8.6 Most-Favored-Nation Clauses
8.7 Maximum Price Restraints
8.8 National Accounts and Dual Distribution
8.9 Franchise Antitrust Claims in the Courts

Chapter IX. Mergers: An Overview
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Historical Overview
9.3 The Causes and Effects of Mergers

Chapter X. Mergers: The Enforcement Mechanism
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Federal Enforcement
10.3 State Enforcement
10.4 Private Enforcement
10.5 An Overview of Merger Enforcement
10.6 Unresolved Procedural Issues of Merger Enforcement

Chapter XI. Horizontal and Conglomerate Mergers
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Horizontal Mergers
11.3 Conglomerate Mergers

Chapter XII. Vertical Mergers
12.1 Overviewof Vertical Mergers
12.2 The Chicago Critique of Vertical Enforcement
12.3 Benefits and Costs of Vertical Integration
12.4 Remedies in Vertical Merger Enforcement
12.5 The Future of Vertical Merger Enforcement

Chapter XIII. Joint Ventures
13.1 Introduction
13.2 The Benefits and Costs of Joint, Ventures
13.3 Evaluating Possible Benefits and Harms of a Joint Venture
13.4 Health Care Joint Ventures
13.5 High Technology Joint Ventures
13.6 Remedies in Joint Venture Cases

Chapter XIV. Antitrust and Competition Policy in Regulated Markets
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Public Utilities and the Natural Monopoly Concept
14.3 Statutory Exemptions to the Antitrust Laws
14.4 Petitioning Government to Interfere with Competition: The Noerr-Pennington Immunity
14.5 Balancing Between Antitrust and Agency Control in Federally Regulated Markets
14.6 Federal Protection for Competition in State Regulated MarKets
14.7 Tripartite Competition Policy: Antitrust, Regulation and Deregulation in Concert
14.8 Antitrust and Federal Commercial Activity

Chapter XV. Antitrust and Inteilectual Property
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Theoretical Justifications for and Explanations of Inteilectual Property
15.3 Patent Law and Resource Aliocation
15.4 Copyright Law and Resource Aliocation
15.5 Trademark Law and Resource Aliocation
15.6 Strategic Use of Inteilectual Property in Competition
15.7 Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Inteliectual Property
15.8 Inteilectual Property and Monopolization
15.9 Inteliectual Property Transfers and Horizontal Restraints
15.10 Vertical Restraints
15.11 Patent Misuse and the Copyright Analog

Chapter XVI. Government Enforcement
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Federal Enforcement
16.3 State and Local Antitrust Enforcement

Chapter XVII. Private Enforcement
17.1 The Private Antitrust Claim
17.2 Causation, Antitrust Injury, Statutory Standing, Passing-on,and the Business and Property Concept: Limitations on Private Enforcement
17.3 Standards for Summary Disposition
17.4 Interstate Commerce
17.5 Statute of Limitations and Doctrines of Repose
17.6 Class Actions
17.7 Proving Damages
17.8 Private Enforcement Issues

Chapter XVIII. Antitrust in Global Markets: The Extra Territorial Reach of Unilateral Rules; Comparative Antitrust; And Conflicting National Requirements and Bilateral and Multilateral Efforts to Resolve Them
18.1 Introduction
18.2 The Extraterritorial Reach of U.S. Antitrust
18.3 EU Antitrust and Domestic Conduct by U.S. Firms
18.4 Conduct in Europe That Does Competitive Harm Abroad:Can EC Antitrust Be Used to Protect U.S. Markets9
18.5 Can Foreign Governmental Undertakings Violate U.S. Antitrust Law?
18.6 Comparative Antitrust: Similarities and Differences Between U.S. and EU Antitrust
18.7 International Conflicts and Efforts to Resolve Them
18.8 Unifying Efforts: an International Antitrust Code, Harmonization, of a Conflict of Laws Compacto

Appendix A. Researching Antitrust Law
Appendix B. Federal Agency Enforcement Guidelines
TABLE OF CASES
INDEX