Dale Collins
Georgetown University Law Center
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Reading and class notes
Statutes and guidelines
Reference materials
Case studies
Primary Materials
Supplemental Materials
Reading and Class Notes
Reading and class notes
Statutes and Guidelines
2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines
Review
FTC Act
± FTC Act § 5, 15 U.S.C. § 45
± FTC Act § 13(b), 15 U.S.C. § 53(b)
Seminal Cases
Brown Shoe Co. v. United States, 370 U.S. 294 (1962) (± Oyez)
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United States v. Philadelphia Nat'l Bank, 374 U.S. 321 (1963) (± Oyez)
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United States v. Alcoa (Rome Cable), 377 U.S. 271 (1964) (± Oyez)
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United States v. Vons Grocery Co., 384 U.S. 270 (1966) (± Oyez)
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United States v. Pabst Brewing Co., 384 U.S. 546 (1966) (± Oyez)
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United States v. General Dynamics Corp., 415 U.S. 486 (1974) (± Oyez)
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± United States v. Baker Hughes, Inc., 908 F.2d 981 (D.C. Cir. 1990)
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FTC v. Ardagh Group
Statements of the governing legal standards
Plaintiff’s Memorandum of Law in Support of its Motion for Preliminary Injunction, FTC v. Ardagh Group S.A., No. 1:13-CV-01021 (D.D.C. Aug. 28, 2013) (excerpts)
Defendants’ Memorandum of Law in Opposition to the Federal Trade Commission’s Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, FTC v. Ardagh Group S.A., No. 1:13-CV-01021 (D.D.C. Sept. 18, 2013) (excerpts)
CCC/Mitchell
Acquisition
CCC Information Services Inc. & Mitchell International, Inc., Press Release, CCC Information Services and Mitchell International to Merge (Apr. 11, 2008)
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Complaint
Complaint for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction Pursuant to Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, FTC v. CCC Holdings Inc., No. 1:08-cv-02043 (D.D.C. filed Nov. 26, 2008)
Fed. Trade Comm'n, New Release, FTC Launches Suit to Block Merger of CCC and Mitchell (Nov. 25, 2008)
Docket sheet (downloaded Mar. 17, 2012)
Opinion
Memorandum Opinion, FTC v. CCC Holdings Inc., No. 1:08-2043 (RMC) (D.D.C. Mar. 9, 2009) (public version filed Mar. 18, 2009) (reported as 605 F. Supp. 2d 26)
Dispoistion
Mitchell International, Inc., Press Release, CCC-Mitchell Mutually Agree to Terminate Merger (Mar. 11, 2009)
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. In light of the Defendants' public announcement indicating that they will not proceed with the merger, it is hereby ORDERED that the Federal Trade Commission shall show cause in writing, no later than April 9, 2009, why the Court should not close this case administratively. Signed by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer on 3/27/09. (lcrmc1) (Entered: 03/27/2009)
Response to Order to Show Cause, FTC v. CCC Holdings Inc., No. 1:08-2043 (RMC) (D.D.C. Apr. 8, 2009)
MINUTE ORDER discharging the Court's March 27, 2009 Order to Show Cause. This case is hereby CLOSED. Signed by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer on 10/5/09. (lcrmc1) (Entered: 10/05/2009)
Reference Materials
Generally
Coordinated effects
Theory
± Marc Ivaldi & Vicente Lagos, Assessment of Postmerger Coordinated Effects: Characterization by Simulations (Mar. 2016).
± Jonathan B. Baker, Mavericks, Mergers and Exclusion: Proving Coordinated Competitive Effects Under the Antitrust Laws, 77 N.Y.U.L. Rev. 135 (2002).
± Peter J. Davis & Cristian Huse, Estimating the ‘Coordinated Effects’ of Mergers (Jan. 2010).
± Matthew Olczak, Unilateral Versus Coordinated Effects: Comparing the Impact on Consumer Welfare of Alternative Merger Outcomes (CCP Working Paper 10-3, Oct. 2009).
Patrick DeGraba, Coordinated Effects and Standards of Proof: The Arch Coal Merger (2004), in The Antitrust Revolution 89 (John E. Kwoka, Jr. & Lawrence J. White eds., 5th ed. 2009).
Janusz A. Ordover, Coordinated Effects, in 2 Issues In Competition Law and Policy 1359 (ABA Section of Antitrust Law 2008).
Kai-Uwe Kuhn, The Coordinated Effects of Mergers in Differentiated Products Market (U. Mich. L. School Law & Economics Working Papers2004).
Empirical studies
± Nathan H. Miller & Matthew Weinberg, Mergers Facilitate Tacit Collusion: An Empirical Investigation of the Miller/Coors Joint Venture (Mar. 25, 2015).
Unilateral effects
Gregory J. Werden, Unilateral Competitive Effects of Horizontal Mergers I: Basic Concepts and Models, in 2 Issues In Competition Law and Policy 1319 (ABA Section
of Antitrust Law 2008).
Gregory J. Werden & Luke M. Froeb, Unilateral Competitive Effects of Horizontal Mergers II: Auctions and Bargaining, in 2 ISSUES IN COMPETITION LAW AND POLICY 1343 (ABA Section of Antitrust Law 2008).
± Nathan Miller & Gloria Sheu, Quantitative Methods for Evaluating the Unilateral Effects of Mergers (July 20, 2020)
Eliminating "mavericks"
Case Studies
CCC/Mitchel
(FTC 2008)
Acqusition
CCC Information Services Inc. & Mitchell International, Inc., Press Release, CCC Information Services and Mitchell International to Merge (Apr. 11, 2008)
Section 13(b) proceeding
Complaint
Complaint for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction Pursuant to Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, FTC v. CCC Holdings Inc., No. 1:08-cv-02043 (D.D.C. filed Nov. 26, 2008)
Fed. Trade Comm'n, New Release, FTC Launches Suit to Block Merger of CCC and Mitchell (Nov. 25, 2008)
Docket sheet (downloaded Mar. 17, 2012)
Protective Order (Dec. 9, 2008)
Motion for TRO and preliminary injunction
Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission's Memorandum In Support of Motion For Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction (Nov. 26, 2008; public version filed Jan. 7, 2009)
Amended Pretrial Brief of CCC Holdings Inc. and Aurora Equity Partners III, L.P. in Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Dec. 22, 2008; public version filed Jan. 6, 2009)
Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission's Reply In Support of Motion For Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction (Dec. 24, 2008; public version filed Jan. 7, 2009)
Scheduling
Transcript of Scheduling Conference (Dec. 3, 2008)
Answer
Pretrial filings
Plaintiff's Proposed Conclusions of Law (Feb. 2,2009)
Trial
Post-trial filings
Plaintiff's Post Hearing Brief (Feb. 10, 2009)
Defendants' Post-Trial Brief (Feb. 11, 2009)
Disposition
Memorandum Opinion, FTC v. CCC Holdings Inc., No. 1:08-2043 (RMC) (D.D.C. Mar. 9, 2009) (public version filed Mar. 18, 2009) (reported as 605 F. Supp. 2d 26)
Mitchell International, Inc., Press Release, CCC-Mitchell Mutually Agree to Terminate Merger (Mar. 11, 2009)
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. In light of the Defendants' public announcement indicating that they will not proceed with the merger, it is hereby ORDERED that the Federal Trade Commission shall show cause in writing, no later than April 9, 2009, why the Court should not close this case administratively. Signed by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer on 3/27/09. (lcrmc1) (Entered: 03/27/2009)
Response to Order to Show Cause, FTC v. CCC Holdings Inc., No. 1:08-2043 (RMC) (D.D.C. Apr. 8, 2009)
MINUTE ORDER discharging the Court's March 27, 2009 Order to Show Cause. This case is hereby CLOSED. Signed by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer on 10/5/09. (lcrmc1) (Entered: 10/05/2009)
Administrative proceeding
Complaint, In re CCC Holdings Inc., No. 9334 (FTC filed Nov. 25, 2008) (± news release)
Administrative Law Judge's Scheduling Order (Jan. 7, 2009)
Protective Order Governing Discovery Material (Jan. 7, 2009)
Joint Motion to Dismiss Complaint (Mar. 12, 2009)
Order Dismissing Complaint (Mar. 13, 2009)
Outomce
Mitchell International, Inc., Press Release, CCC-Mitchell Mutually Agree to Terminate Merger (Mar. 11, 2009)
Commentary
± J. Howard Beales III & Timothy J. Muris, Striking the Proper Balance: Redress Under Section 13(b) of the FTC Act, 79 Antitrust L.J. 1 (2014).
± Abigail Slater, CCC/Mitchell: Change or Continuity in FTC Merger Challenges, Threshold, Summer 2009, at 33.
± Darren Tucker, FTC Merger Enforcement after CCC/Mitchell: A Response to Slater, Threshold, Fall 2009.