Competition Law and International Business
(Deakin University, 2001)

Topic 1: Introduction
Topic 2: United States Antitrust Law
Topic 3: European Union Competition Law
Topic 4: Other Competition Laws
Topic 5: Introduction to the extra-territorial application of competition laws
Topic 6: The extraterritorial reach of United States antitrust law
Topic 7: The extraterritorial reach of the competition laws of the European Union
Topic 8: The extraterritorial reach of Australian competition law
Topic 9: The extraterritorial reach of other competitio law regimes
Topic 10: Blocking and clawback legislation
Topic 11: International agreements on the application and enforcement of competition laws

Other Links

Topic 1 - Introduction

Glossary of Antitrust Terms

Glossary - Antitrust and the Regulation of Competition

Overview of Australian Competition Law

More links to Australia's Competition Law and Policy can be found here

Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)

Trade Practices Act 1974, section 45 (price fixing/exclusionary provisions/anti-competitive conduct)

Trade Practices Act 1974, section 45A (price fixing deeming provision)

Trade Practices Act 1974, section 46 (misuse of market power)

Trade Practices Act 1974, section 47 (exclusive dealing including - full and third line forcing)

Trade Practices Act 1974, section 48 (resale price maintenance - see also Part VIII)

Trade Practices Act 1974, section 50 (mergers)

Trade Practices Act 1974, section 50A (trans-national mergers)

Trade Practices Act 1974, section 96 (resale price maintenance for goods)

Trade Practices Act 1974, section 96A (resale price maintenance for services)

Trade Practices Regulations 1974
From AustLII – View online or download.

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)

Restraint of Trade
Information Outline prepared by Gadens Lawyers Melbourne and available online at Aussie Legal

The TPA - The Past, The Present and the Future
Speech by Prof Allan Fels, Chariman ACCC, 27 May 2000, Sydney.

Topic 2 - United States Antitrust Law

More links to United States Competition Law and Policy can be found here

History and Outline of Provisions

Anti-trust Statutes
Includes the Sherman Act, Clayton Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act as well as links to the search engine of title 15 ("Commerce & Trade") of the US Code and to the US Department of Justice site which contains their guidelines and policy statements.

US Code – Title 15 (Commerce and Trade) - Chapter 1 (Monopolies and Combinations in Restraint of Trade

RPAMall - Robinson-Patman Act Site
According to the site it contains ‘The Most Complete Offering of Robinson-Patman Act (RPA), Price and Service Discrimination, Superstore, Big Box and Category Killer Information on the Internet’

Clayton Act 1914

Federal Trade Commission Act

Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act 1926

Robinson-Patman Price Discrimination Act 1936

  • RPAMall - Robinson-Patman Act Site
    According to the site it contains ‘The Most Complete Offering of Robinson-Patman Act (RPA), Price and Service Discrimination, Superstore, Big Box and Category Killer Information on the Internet’

Sherman Act 1890

Web Pomerene Act 1918 (US Code - Title 15, Chapter 2, sections 61-66)

Enforcement

Department of Justice - Antitrust Division

Federal Trade Commission

J. Truett Payne Co v Chrysler Motors Corp (1981) 451 US 447

Per Se v Rule of Reason

Standard Oil Co of New Jersey v United States 221 US 1

Chicago Board of Trade v US 246 US 231 (1918)

Northern Pacific Railway v US 356 US 1 (1958)

US v Container Corporation of America 393 US 333 (1969)

US v Topco Associates 405 US 596 (1972)

Cartels

Horizontal Price Fixing

Sherman Act, section 1

US v Socony-Vacuum Oil Co 310 US 150 (1940)

Catalano Inc v Target Sales Inc 446 US 643 (1980)

National Macaroni Manufacturers Association v Federal Trade COmmission 345 F.2d 421 (7th Cir 1965)

Sugar Institute v United States 297 US 553 (1936)

US v Container Corporation of America 393 US 333 (1969)

Maple Flooring Manufacturers v US 268 US 563 (1925)

Horizontal Market Division

US v Topco Associates 405 US 596 (1972)

Palmer v BRG of Georgia 498 US 46 (1990)

Vertical Market Allocations

Continental TV Inc v GTE Sylvania 433 US 36 (1977)

Monopolisation & attempts to monopolise

Sherman Act, section 2

Monopolisation

US v Grinnell Corp 384 US 563 (1966)

Aspen Skiing v Aspen Highlands Skiing Corp 472 US 585 (1985)

US v Aluminum Co of America 148 F.2d 416 (1945)

American Tobacco Co v US 328 US 781 (1946)

United States v du Pont & Co 351 US 377

Eastman Kodak Co v Image Technical Services Inc 504 US 451 (1992)

Attempts to Monopolise

American Tobacco Co v US 328 US 781 (1946)

Aspen Skiing v Aspen Highlands Skiing Corp 472 US 585 (1985)

Swift & Co v US 196 US 375 (1905)

Conspiracy to Monopolise

American Tobacco Co v US 328 US 781 (1946)

US v Yellow Cab 332 US 218 (1947)

Predatory Pricing

Barry Wright Corp v ITT Grinnell Corp 724 F.2d 227 (1983)

Brooke Group Ltd v Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp 509 US 209 (1993)

Refusals to Deal

Lorain Journal Co v US 342 US 143 (1951)

Aspen Skiing v Aspen Highlands Skiing Corp 472 US 585 (1985)

Klors Inc v Broadway-Hale Stores Inc 359 US 207 (1959)

Northwest Wholesale Stationers Inc v Pacific Stationary & Printing Co 472 US 284 (1985)

Vertical Price Fixing

Dr Miles Medical Co v John D Park & Sons 220 US 373 (1911)

State Oil Co v Khan (1987)

US v Colgate & Co 250 US 300 (1919)

US v Parke, Davis & Co 362 US 29 (1960)

US v General Electric Co 272 US 476 (1926)

Simpson v Union Oil 377 US 13 (1962)

Exclusionary Provisions

The Clayton Antitrust Act 1914

Barry Wright Corp v ITT Grinnell Corp 724 F.2d 227 (1983)

Tying and Reciprocity

Jefferson Parish Hospital No 2 v Hyde 466 US 2 (1984)

Eastman Kodak v Image Technical Services Inc 504 US 451 (1992)

Price Discrimination

The Clayton Antitrust Act 1914

FTC v Borden Co 383 US 637

Texas Gulf Sulphur Co v J.R. Simplot Co 418 F. 2d 793 (9th Cir 1969)

Morning Pioneer Inc v Bismarck Tribune Co 493 F. 2d. 383 (8th Cir 1974)

Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co v FTC 440 US 69 (1979)

Mergers

The Clayton Antitrust Act 1914

1992 Horizontal Merger Guidelines (US)

Brown Shoe 370 US 294

US v Penn-Olin Chemical Co 378 US 158

US v Falstaff Brewing Corp 410 US 526

Joint Venture Policy

The Sherman Antitrust Act 1890

Interlocking Directorates

The Clayton Antitrust Act 1914

Bankamerica Corp v US 462 US 122 (1983)

Unfair Methods of Competition

The Federal Trade Commission Act 1914

Other links

Federal Trade Commission, 'Promoting Competition, Protecting Consumers: A Plain English Guide to Antitrust Laws'

Topic 3 - European Union Competition Law

More links can be found here

General

EC Competition Law - Official Site
Includes publications and speeches, links to national authorities and other competition links, press releases, the Directory, cases, legislation, treaties and other information

EUR-Lex - European Union Law
This site contains a link to the official journal, links to consolidated treaties and treaties awaiting ratification, community legislation in force and consolidated texts, euro-conversion rates and recent case law (from June 1997) . This also includes Commission decisions and regulations.

Guide to European Competition Law
Good overview of EC Competition law

The transatlantic and global implications of European competition policy
Speech by EC Commissioner, Karel Van Miert on 16 February 1998

The European Union and its Institutional Arrangements

European Union Internet Resources
EU servers and institutions (general and topical), EU Documetns on the web (bibliographical tools, document collection, EU journals, legislative information, press releases, treaties and other documents), servers of interest in or from EU countries and other items of interest (European document centres, newspapers and journals, regional resources and university links).

Jusline
Portol to European Union law - great resource divided into the following categories: institutions, law (divided into law, databases, documents, treaties and journals), lawfirms, case-law, countries, forms, forums, links and various others.

Prohibited Conduct - Including Cases and Legislation

Competition rules applying to undertakings
Includes articles of treaties, general procedural rules, block exemptions, general and specific commission notices and proposals

European Commission Decisions on Competition Law
Cases on this site date as far back as 1964

Mergers - Differences in Process or Policy? UK, US and EU Systems Compared
Speech by John S Bridgeman, Director General of Fair Trading on 22 March 2000.

Other Links

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