This paper examines the role of competition law and policy as tools for poverty reduction and development. The authors put forward five related principles, building upon the important work on related issues that has been done by the OECD, the International Competition Network (ICN), UNCTAD and...

To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both an economic and a legal point of view. In addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements,...

The most important safe harbor under from registration under the Securities Act is Rule 506(b), which exempts an unlimited amount of securities from registration provided the issuer meets certain conditions. Although 506(b) permits up to 35 non-accredited investors to participate in offerings...