I believe this is exactly what Michael Carrier and I had suggested as one of the less restrictive alternatives to the #NCAA transfer rules in our 2019 Michigan Law Review article. It's nice, in some small way, to make a difference.

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Pleased to see that DOJ is planning to sue Ticketmaster-Live Nation. Here’s my 4-minute overview of why the company violates antitrust law and should be broken up.
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Thanks to the 69 professors who signed onto my brief in the Maryland district court explaining why a brand drug firm’s refusal to share a sample a generic needs to enter the market could violate antitrust law. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

On 4/16, Tom Holsten, Vice President and Chief IP Counsel at International Flavors & Fragrances, will discuss differences between law firm and in house IP practice and advice regarding starting off in IP.

Register: go.rutgers.edu/iplunch

Some say pharma patent thickets not concerning b/c high tech thickets even bigger. Relying on industry characteristics & empirical evidence on continuation patents, S. Sean Tu & I explain argument wrong and pharma thickets designed to be anticompetitive. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Great event!

There are serious antitrust issues with Live Nation-Ticketmaster. I discuss.

Senator Amy Klobuchar David Dayen Future of Music Coalition Krista Brown John Breyault National Consumers League Rediscover Fire Booking Brian Hess Sports Fans Coalition The American Prospect AAI Michael Carrier Rutgers Law ⚖️ Katie Van Dyck Michael Carrier agrees. 'The company has its tentacles in each aspect of the process and they use it in combination, not for any pro-competitive efficiencies, but rather to harm rivals at every step of the process.'

Senator Amy Klobuchar David Dayen Future of Music Coalition Krista Brown John Breyault National Consumers League Rediscover Fire Booking Brian Hess Sports Fans Coalition The American Prospect AAI Michael Carrier Rutgers Law ⚖️ Katie Van Dyck Read Michael Carrier's paper here for his full breakdown: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Senator Amy Klobuchar David Dayen Future of Music Coalition Krista Brown John Breyault National Consumers League Rediscover Fire Booking Brian Hess Sports Fans Coalition The American Prospect AAI Michael Carrier Rutgers Law ⚖️ Katie Van Dyck 'Just on exclusive dealing and tying alone, under the existing case law, the court would find Live Nation-Ticketmaster to violate antitrust law,' says Michael Carrier.

Looking forward to discussing why Live Nation-Ticketmaster should be broken up.

This makes sense to me. It kind of goes along with what Michael Carrier and I have been suggesting for years to avoid #antitrust liability:

2024 article (forthcoming): papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

2019 article:
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My 2013 antitrust treatise on amateurism and antitrust law remains on point:
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As does this piece by Michael Carrier and me on #NCAA transfer rules:
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Pleased to see this. Marc Edelman & I have raised antitrust concerns with the 45-day transfer window: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Time’s Person of Year Taylor Swift very impressive but not have own ticketing company. 2022 tour reminded us of Ticketmaster ticketing disaster. I explain why Live Nation Entertainment is a walking antitrust violation and needs to be broken up. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Do you think the newest #NCAA restraints on college athlete transfers are legal? @Profmikecarrier and I explain why possibly not under #antitrust law, in a draft of a forthcoming article in Texas A&M Law Review. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

“These challenges could deter drug companies from listing similar patents in the Orange Book in the future. One challenge, though, is that sometimes the FDA is unclear on whether a patent should be listed.”
—@ProfMikeCarrier, antitrust, Rutgers Law ⚖️

We sometimes hear that innovation is reflected solely by the initial invention. And that any weakening of patents or application of antitrust will harm innovation. I explain how these arguments do not capture the multi-generational nature of innovation.
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