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Common ownership and the (non-)transparency of institutional shareholdings: an EU-US comparison
Steuer, Sebastian - 2022
This paper compares the extent of common ownership in the US and the EU stock markets, with a particular focus on differences in the ap-plicable ownership transparency requirements. Most empirical research on common ownership to date has focused on US issuers, largely relying on ownership data...
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Article III Standing vs. Covenant Not to Sue : Rather than Take Its Action to the Patent and Trademark Office, Already, LLC Petitions the Supreme Court to 'Just Do It'
Downing, William - 2013
Currently trademark bullying has become a serious concern for many small businesses that feel as though powerful corporations are abusing aggressive trademark enforcement and litigation techniques to crush genuine competition. No doubt these concerns merit the serious consideration of all...
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U.S. Franchise Regulation as a Paradigm for the European Union
Emerson, Robert W.; Meiselles, Michala - 2021
The protection afforded to franchisees differs widely across the world. Nations with economically strong franchise sectors typically regulate the contract’s bargaining phase and post-formation. Responding to the European Parliament’s call for a review of regulations governing Europe’s...
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Passive partial ownership, sneaky takeover, and merger control
Jovanovic, Dragan; Wey, Christian - 2013
We analyze horizontal mergers when the acquirer holds a passive partial ownership stake (PPO) in the target firm prior to the merger. We show that a PPO reduces the minimal synergy level necessary to make a merger beneficial for consumers. It follows that an antitrust authority ignoring existing...
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Passive partial ownership, sneaky takeovers, and merger control
Jovanovic, Dragan; Wey, Christian - In: Economics letters 125 (2014) 1, pp. 32-35
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Legal Aspects of the Breakthrough Rule of the European Takeover Bid Directive
Papadopoulos, Thomas - 2008
Takeover Bid Directive (Directive 2004/25/EC) constitute the core regulation of the takeover bid process on EU level. The first … corporate control. It seems that the main goal of the EU Takeover Bid Directive, the establishment of a level playing field for … Breakthrough Rule of the EU Takeover Bid Directive and will adopt a critical stance towards some choices of the European …
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Odds : Gambling, Law, and Strategy in the European Union
Kaburakis, Anastasios - 2012
Using law and policy as a sustainable competitive advantage source is a recent research stream. This paper illustrates how legal and policy research contributes to firms' strategy in the regulated gambling industry, defined by legislation and jurisprudence. The gambling sector has been a...
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European Union Law, Gambling, and Sport Betting - European Court of Justice, Member States Case Law, and Policy
Kaburakis, Anastasios - 2012
Finally, an analysis of the present situation in EU gambling and sport betting after the recent ECJ decisions will be attempted, via scenarios from primary (national MS practices, policies, and case law) and secondary (Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, 2006; European Gaming and Betting...
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European Union Gambling at the Intersection of Policy and Litigation
Kaburakis, Anastasios - 2011
Given its high level of regulation, the gambling industry must be able to react quickly to litigation and resulting change in policy (and enforcement thereof). Using a case study approach, this short paper highlights how the twin issues of policy and litigation have recently impacted the...
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Prohibitive Failure : The Demise of the Ban on Sports Betting
Holden, John T. - 2019
On May 14, 2018, the United States Supreme Court struck down the federal prohibition on sports gambling. The sweeping opinion, authored by Justice Alito, ended more than a quarter-century old policy that kept states from offering sports gambling and therefore, sports betting was confined almost...
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