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Graduate Record 2008-2009 
    
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Graduate Record 2008-2009 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

LAW5 649 - Antitrust Review Mergers in a Global Environment

In this seminar, students will learn how domestic and international mergers and acquisitions are reviewed under the antitrust laws, with an emphasis on U.S. antitrust law at the federal level. Topics will include market definition and measures of market concentration; theories of liability for anticompetitive horizontal, vertical, and conglomerate mergers; methods for predicting anticompetitive effects; failing firm, efficiencies, and other defenses; remedies; and enforcement mechanics. We will also spend some time on extraterritorial application of U.S. merger law, merger control law in Europe, and the problems associated with mergers that are subject to challenge under the antitrust laws of more than one country. Case studies will include the SBC/Ameritech and Boeing/McDonnell Douglas mergers.

Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Antitrust, undergraduate economics coursework, or similar experience recommended, but not required.

Credits: 3