Not exact matches
Economists have analyzed extensively how platform
markets may pose unique challenges for antitrust analysis.377 Specifically, they stress that analysis applicable to firms in single - sided
markets may break down when applied to two - sided
markets, given the distinct pricing
structures and network externalities.378 These studies often focus on the challenge that two - sided platforms face in attracting both sides — the classic coordination problem
of having to attract buyers without an established line
of sellers, and vice versa.379 Economists tend to conclude that — given the
particular challenges
of two - sided
markets380 — antitrust should be forgiving
of conduct that might otherwise be characterized as anticompetitive.381
The conservative commitment to a way
of life
structured by a free
market results in an individualism, and in
particular a moral psychology, that is as antithetical to the tradition
of the virtues as is liberalism.
You can
structure part
of your portfolio to replicate a
particular index, you can invest in mutual funds or exchange - traded funds that are based on a
particular index, or you can simply use indexes to monitor various
markets.
Our attorneys» extensive experience allows us to provide clients with the most effective, up - to - date representation related to business formation and
structuring; regulatory framework applicable to their
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He has
particular knowledge
of centralised procurement
structures, consignment manufacturing arrangements and all routes to
market for goods.
A strong regulatory
structure, in
particular through MMR, has meant we have sensible lending and the heat has already been taken out
of the Buy to Let
market with the most recent SDLT changes.
Although experience internationally shows that cartels may exist in almost any industry, there are certain industry
structures and commercial activities and / or factors that may increase the risk
of cartel formation, including: - customers that make regular, repetitive purchases by way
of competitive tender; - competitors that know each other well through social contact, trade associations, shifting employment or other legitimate activities; - companies with immature corporate governance systems which fail to pay sufficient attention to compliance issues; - price or margin increases in a depressed
market; - unexplained reluctance to compete on price and / or in
particular areas and / or in respect
of particular products; - unexplained reluctance to increase output; - unexplained pricing or
market share stability in a previously volatile
market; and - regular unexplained parallel price increases.
Prof. Conduct 123 (2001)(subject to the operational
structure and content described in the opinion, a lawyer may affiliate with an online legal services website); Nebraska Op. 07 - 05 (lawyer may participate in internet lawyer directory which identifies itself as a directory, disclaims being a referral service and only lists basic information about lawyers without recommending specific lawyers and charges a reasonable, flat annual advertising fee); New Jersey Committee on Attorney Advertising Op. 36 (2006)(lawyer may pay flat fee to internet
marketing company for exclusive website listing for
particular county in specific practice area if listing includes prominent, unmistakable disclaimer stating the listings are paid advertisements and not endorsements or authorized referrals); North Carolina Op. 2004 - 1 (lawyer may participate in for - profit online service that is a hybrid referral service - legal directory, provided there is no fee - sharing with the service and communications are truthful); Oregon Op. 2007 - 180 (2007)(lawyer may pay nationwide internet referral service for listing if listing is not false or misleading and does not imply that the lawyer can represent clients outside jurisdictions
of the lawyer's license, fee is not based on number
of referrals, retained clients or revenue generated by listing and the service does not exercise discretion in matching clients with lawyers); Rhode Island 2005 - 01 (permitting website that enables lawyers to post information about their services and respond to anonymous requests for legal services in exchange for flat annual membership fee if website exercises no discretion over which requests lawyers may access); South Carolina 01 - 03 (lawyer may pay internet advertising service fee determined by the number
of «hits» that the service produces for the lawyer provided that the service does not steer business to any
particular lawyer and the payments are not based on whether user ultimately becomes a client); Texas Op. 573 (2006)(lawyer may participate in for - profit internet service that matches potential clients and lawyers if selection process is fully automated and performed by computers without the exercise
of human discretion); Virginia Advertising Op.
The European Parliament... notes that the online search
market is
of particular importance in ensuring competitive conditions within the digital single
market, given the potential development
of search engines into gatekeepers and the possibility they have
of commercialising secondary exploitation
of information obtained; calls, therefore, on the Commission to enforce EU competition rules decisively, based on input from all relevant stakeholders and taking into account the entire
structure of the digital single
market in order to ensure remedies that truly benefit consumers, internet users and online businesses; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to consider proposals aimed at unbundling search engines from other commercial services as one potential long - term means
of achieving the aforementioned aims.
This
particular CMO
structure was used to finance mortgages being sold to Freddie Mac through its cash window (typically used by smaller loan originators) and to sell mortgages out
of Freddie Mac's own portfolio in response to
market demand and to shrink its own portfolio.