Clarifying Bundle Markets and Distinguishing Them from Cluster Markets
The authors argue that merger analysis should distinguish between cluster markets and bundle markets where customers buy multiple products and services from the same supplier.
The Antitrust Source | February 2021
Volume 20, Issue 4
In This Issue
Circuits Reinforce Split over When Noerr-Pennington Shields Serial Litigants
The authors analyze the circuit split over whether the sham litigation exemption to Noerr-Pennington antitrust immunity can apply to filing multiple lawsuits, none of which is objectively baseless.
Acting Against a More Powerful Business Partner: Banning Abuses of Economic Dependence
EU antitrust law does not deal specifically with the abuse of economic dependence, a situation that might arise in B2B commercial relations when there is a relative imbalance of market power.
Book Review: Navigating the Transition to a More Innovation-Centric Antitrust
Richard Gilbert's book, Innovation Matters: Competition Policy for the High-Technology Economy, synthesizes what he has learned in his long engagement with innovation economics and competition policy…
Book Review: The Implications for Antitrust of Radical Uncertainty: Decision-Making Beyond the Numbers
Reviewer Seth Sacher applies the lessons of John Kay and Mervyn King concerning the use of economic models under uncertainty to draw parallels for the practice of antitrust.
Book Review: Big Tech and the Digital Economy: The Moligopoly Scenario
Steven Cernak commends Nicolas Petit’s analysis for going behind the headline coverage of Big Tech to find the common factors in the behavior of these companies and what it means for antitrust.