Category: CLR Online Volume 109
New Vision, Old Model: How the FTC Exaggerated Harms When Rejecting Business Justifications for Noncompetes
Alan J. Meese
Ball Professor of Law and Director, Center for the Study of Law & Markets, William & Mary Law School.
The Federal Trade Commission has rejected consumer welfare and the Rule of Reason—standards that drove antitrust for 50 years—in favor of a “NeoBrandeisian” vision. This approach seeks to enhance democracy by condemning abuses of corporate power that restrict the autonomy of employees and consumers, regardless of impact on prices or wages. Pursuing this agenda, the…
Jun 2024
A Common Law for the Age of Amici: How the Party-Presentation Principle Can Help Identify Binding Precedent
David S. Coale
Partner, Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann, LLP, Dallas, Texas.
Two recent Supreme Court cases suggest an additional dimension for the traditional test that distinguishes dicta from holding. In the first, United States v. Sineneng-Smith, the Ninth Circuit reversed a criminal conviction based on arguments made by amici appointed by that court. The Supreme Court then reversed 9-0, holding that the Ninth Circuit’s handling of…
May 2024
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