Jump to content
Nonlegal Sanctioning in Private Legal Systems / Part II: Study of US Antitrust Law
Nonlegal Sanctioning in Private Legal Systems / Part II: Study of US Antitrust Law
Contents
Chapter
Expand
|
Collapse
Page
1–24
Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis
1–24
Details
25–34
Introduction
25–34
Details
35–186
Part I: Framework and Research Question
35–186
Details
Chapter 1: Rise of Specialized Commercial Arbitration in Global Markets
Details
A. An historical overview of PLSs
Details
I. Ancient Greece: “Self-regulation within the Oikos in classical Athens”
Details
II. The Roman Empire: “Flexibility & risk allocation with regard to lease contracts in the agriculture sector”
Details
III. Medieval Times: “Lex Mercatoria”
Details
IV. The Industrial Revolution
Details
B. The theory on present-day PLSs
Details
I. Present-day PLSs: General characteristics
Details
1. Self-governance in reputation-based networks vs. governance of members by and through associations
Details
2. Market of trust
Details
3. Naming and shaming through an information exchange
Details
4. Market where a loss of social standing is important
Details
II. Typology of nonlegal sanctions in present-day PLSs
Details
1. Blacklisting
Details
2. Withdrawing membership
Details
3. Denying membership for expelled members on the basis of an additional entry barrier
Details
4. Refusing to deal with an expelled member
Details
5. Entering the premises of a recalcitrant industry actor
Details
6. Limiting adequate access to public courts prior to arbitral proceedings and after an award
Details
C. Present-day PLSs vs. State-enforced contract law
Details
I. Inefficiency of the court system
Details
II. Increased contractual security / Safeguarding the sanctity of contract
Details
III. Lower transaction costs
Details
IV. Lower distribution costs
Details
Chapter 2: Examples of Present-day PLSs in which Private-enforcement / Nonlegal Sanctioning Ensures Compliance
Details
A. Introduction
Details
B. The International Cotton Association
Details
I. Background
Details
1. History
Details
2. Legal form
Details
3. Institutional structure
Details
4. Membership
Details
5. Specialized commercial arbitration
Details
a. A dichotomy of arbitration forms
Details
b. Selection of arbitrators
Details
i. Quality arbitration
Details
ii. Technical arbitration
Details
c. Choice of tribunal and jurisdiction of arbitration tribunals
Details
i. Quality arbitration
Details
ii. Technical arbitration
Details
d. Procedure
Details
i. Quality arbitration
Details
ii. Technical arbitration
Details
e. The finality of arbitration or the possibility of (some) legal redress in public courts according to the association
Details
i. Quality arbitration
Details
ii. Technical arbitration
Details
II. Nonlegal sanctioning
Details
1. Blacklisting
Details
2. Withdrawing membership
Details
3. Denying membership for expelled members on the basis of an additional entry condition
Details
4. Refusing to deal with expelled members
Details
III. Rationale for private enforcement/nonlegal sanctioning
Details
C. The Diamond Dealers Club
Details
I. Background
Details
1. History
Details
2. Legal form
Details
3. Institutional structure
Details
4. Membership
Details
5. Specialized commercial arbitration
Details
a. The single arbitration model
Details
b. Selection of arbitrators
Details
c. Choice of tribunal and jurisdiction of arbitration tribunals
Details
d. Procedure
Details
e. The finality of arbitration or the possibility of (some) legal redress in public courts according to the association?
Details
II. Nonlegal sanctioning
Details
1. Blacklisting
Details
2. Withdrawing membership
Details
III. Rationale for private enforcement/nonlegal sanctioning
Details
D. The Grain and Feed Trade Association
Details
I. Background
Details
1. History
Details
2. Legal form
Details
3. Institutional structure
Details
4. Membership
Details
5. Specialized commercial arbitration
Details
a. Tripartite arbitration
Details
b. Selection of arbitrators
Details
c. Choice of tribunal and jurisdiction of arbitration tribunals
Details
d. Procedure
Details
e. The finality of arbitration or the possibility of (some) legal redress in public courts according to the association?
Details
II. Nonlegal sanctioning
Details
1. Blacklisting
Details
III. Rationale for private enforcement/nonlegal sanctioning
Details
E. The Federation of Cocoa Commerce
Details
I. Background
Details
1. History
Details
2. Legal form
Details
3. Institutional structure
Details
4. Membership
Details
5. Specialized commercial arbitration
Details
a. A dichotomy of arbitration forms
Details
b. Selection of arbitrators
Details
c. Choice of tribunal and jurisdiction of arbitration tribunals
Details
d. Procedure
Details
e. The finality of arbitration or the possibility of (some) legal redress in public courts according to the association?
Details
II. Nonlegal sanctioning
Details
1. Blacklisting
Details
2. Withdrawing membership
Details
III. Rationale for private enforcement/nonlegal sanctioning
Details
F. The London Metal Exchange
Details
I. Background
Details
1. History
Details
2. Legal form
Details
3. Institutional structure
Details
4. Membership
Details
5. Specialized commercial arbitration
Details
a. The single arbitration model
Details
b. Selection of arbitrators
Details
c. Choice of tribunal and jurisdiction of arbitration tribunals
Details
d. Procedure
Details
e. The finality of arbitration or the possibility of (some) legal redress in public courts according to the association?
Details
II. Nonlegal sanctioning
Details
1. The power to enter premises
Details
2. Blacklisting
Details
3. Withdrawing membership
Details
III. Rationale for private enforcement/nonlegal sanctioning
Details
G. The Federation of Oils, Seeds and Fats Association
Details
I. Background
Details
1. History
Details
2. Legal form
Details
3. Institutional structure
Details
4. Membership
Details
5. Specialized commercial arbitration
Details
a. Tripartite arbitration
Details
b. Selection of arbitrators
Details
c. Choice of tribunal and jurisdiction of arbitration tribunals
Details
d. Procedure
Details
e. The finality of arbitration or the possibility of (some) legal redress in public courts according to the association?
Details
II. Nonlegal sanctioning
Details
1. Blacklisting
Details
2. Withdrawing membership
Details
III. Rationale for private enforcement/nonlegal sanctioning
Details
Chapter 3: A comparative view of the Present-Day PLSs and their respective enforcement mechanisms
Details
A. Introduction
Details
B. Legal form
Details
C. Access to membership
Details
D. Structure and composition of the arbitration tribunal
Details
I. First-tier arbitration
Details
II. Second-tier arbitration/internal appeal
Details
III. Qualification criteria for candidate arbitrators
Details
E. The place of arbitration and applicable law
Details
F. The finality of arbitration or the possibility of (some) legal redress in public courts
Details
I. The English Arbitration Act 1996
Details
1. Judicial review at a public court prior to arbitral proceedings
Details
a. Stay of proceedings pursuant to Section 9 of the Arbitration Act 1996
Details
i. “Null and void” defence
Details
ii. “Inoperative” defence
Details
iii. “Incapable of being performed” defence
Details
b. Application to the court for preliminary ruling on jurisdiction
Details
2. Judicial review at a public court after an arbitral award has been rendered
Details
a. Insufficient reference made to a broader arbitration agreement within an arbitration clause included in a standardized agreement
Details
i. “Sufficient reference” to arbitration agreements within the standardized agreements provided by the UK-based trade associations
Details
ii. Examples of arbitration clauses within standardized contracts provided by the UK-based trade associations that refer to a broader arbitration agreement
Details
iii. The trade association and its members joint reprisal against members who/that seek redress at a public court to invalidate an arbitration agreement for the reason that the arbitration clause with...
Details
b. Lack of substantive jurisdiction of an arbitrator or arbitrators
Details
c. Unfair proceedings
Details
d. Review on the merits
Details
II. Article 75 of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules and the US Federal Arbitration Act
Details
1. Judicial review at a public court prior to arbitral proceedings
Details
a. Stay of proceedings pursuant to Article 75, Section 7503 of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules
Details
b. Application to the court for preliminary ruling on jurisdiction
Details
2. Judicial review at a public court after an arbitral award has been rendered
Details
a. Lack of substantive jurisdiction of an arbitrator or arbitrators
Details
b. Unfair proceedings
Details
III. Statement about the conformity of the trade associations and their members’ joint limitation to seek legal redress at a public court with the English Arbitration Act 1996, Article 75 of the CPLR ...
Details
G. A typology of nonlegal sanctions
Details
I. Blacklisting
Details
II. Withdrawing membership
Details
III. Denying membership for expelled members on the basis of an additional entry barrier
Details
IV. Refusing to deal with an expelled member
Details
V. Entering the premises of a recalcitrant industry actor
Details
VI. Limiting adequate access to public courts prior to arbitral proceedings and after an award.
Details
H. Reasons for nonlegal sanctioning
Details
I. Markets in which futures play a crucial role
Details
II. A market in which trust plays a crucial role
Details
Chapter 4: The Limits of Nonlegal Sanctioning
Details
A. The boundaries of nonlegal sanctioning
Details
I. US Antitrust Law: Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act
Details
II. EU Competition Law: Articles 101 and 102 TFEU
Details
B. Prisoner’s dilemma type of function analogy
Details
C. The actors involved in nonlegal sanctioning
Details
I. Actors that take part in nonlegal sanctioning
Details
1. Trade associations
Details
2. Members of a trade association
Details
3. Non-members of a trade association
Details
II. Recipients of nonlegal sanctioning
Details
D. Research Question
Details
Chapter 5: Research Design and Research Methods
Details
A. Case studies
Details
I. Unnecessary redundancy exploratory research methodology
Details
II. Methodological adequacy
Details
B. Delimitation
Details
I. US Antitrust Law
Details
II. EU Competition Law
Details
III. Type of reasoning
Details
C. Reflection on the research question
Details
D. Objectives of this research
Details
I. Guidance for compliance with competition law
Details
II. Promoting transparency for trade associations, their members and non-members
Details
III. Promulgating best practice guidelines for actors that infringe US Antitrust Law and EU Competition Law
Details
187–282
Part II: Study of US Antitrust Law
187–282
Details
Chapter 6: Restraint of Trade or Commerce under Section 1 of the Sherman Act
Details
A. Introduction
Details
B. The actors involved in nonlegal sanctioning
Details
I. Individual members, member undertakings and non-members
Details
II. Trade associations
Details
C. Collusion: “a concurrence of wills”
Details
I. Contract
Details
II. Combination in the form of trust or otherwise
Details
III. Conspiracy
Details
D. An unreasonable restraint on competition: The existence of an illegal horizontal agreement and collective boycott
Details
I. Collection and dissemination of market information
Details
1. Blacklists by trade associations
Details
2. Execution of blacklists by members of trade associations
Details
3. Execution of blacklists by non-members
Details
II. Membership rules and barriers for market access
Details
1. Withdrawal of membership of a trade association
Details
a. Withdrawal by a trade association
Details
b. Execution of the withdrawal of membership by members of a trade association
Details
c. Execution of the withdrawal of membership by non-members
Details
2. Denial of membership for an expelled member on the basis of an additional entry requirement
Details
a. Access restrictions by a trade association
Details
b. Access restrictions by members of a trade association
Details
c. Access restrictions by non-members
Details
III. Refusal to deal with an expelled member
Details
1. Refusal to deal with an expelled member by a trade association
Details
2. Execution of the refusal to deal with an expelled member by members of a trade association
Details
3. Execution of the refusal to deal with an expelled member by non-members
Details
IV. Entering the premises of a recalcitrant industry actor without a warrant
Details
V. Limiting adequate access to public courts prior to arbitral proceedings and after an award
Details
E. A rule-of-reason analysis under Section 1 of the Sherman Act
Details
I. First step of the rule-of-reason defence: The existence of visibly plausible procompetitive benefits
Details
II. Second step of the rule-of-reason defence: Illustration that the visibly plausible efficiency or benefit cannot exist without the anticompetitive risk
Details
1. Efficiency defence: Consumer or total welfare justification
Details
2. Total welfare and consumer welfare vs. collective boycotts of targeted industry actors
Details
a. Blacklisting
Details
b. Membership rules and barriers for market access
Details
i. Withdrawal of membership
Details
ii. Denial of membership for expelled members on the basis of an additional entry condition
Details
c. Refusal to deal with an expelled member
Details
F. Key findings
Details
I. Qualification as member or undertaking
Details
II. Collusion: “a concurrence of wills”
Details
III. The anti-competitiveness of nonlegal sanctions
Details
IV. Rule-of-reason defence
Details
Chapter 7: Monopolization of any Part of the Trade or Commerce under Section 2 of the Sherman Act
Details
A. Introduction
Details
B. Unlawful monopolization by the trade associations researched
Details
I. The possession of monopoly power in the relevant market
Details
1. Market definition: Monopoly leveraging
Details
2. Market shares in the market for regulation and private ordering
Details
a. The International Cotton Association
Details
b. The Diamond Dealers Club
Details
c. The Grain and Feed Trade Association
Details
d. Federation of Cocoa Commerce
Details
e. London Metal Exchange
Details
f. Federation of Oils, Seeds and Fats Association
Details
3. Monopolization in the market for regulation and private ordering
Details
II. Anticompetitive conduct
Details
1. Monopoly leveraging doctrine: Attributing liability for a violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act to the trade associations researched for utilizing a monopoly position in one market to punish wr...
Details
2. The anti-competitiveness of nonlegal sanctioning attributable to the trade associations researched and the existence of a rule-of-reason defence
Details
a. Blacklisting
Details
b. Membership rules and barriers for market access
Details
i. Withdrawal of membership
Details
ii. Denial of membership for expelled members on the basis of an additional entry condition
Details
c. Refusal to deal with an expelled member
Details
d. Entering the premises of a recalcitrant industry actor without a warrant
Details
III. Interim conclusion
Details
C. The functioning of the concept of illegal attempted monopolization as a safety net when one or more of the trade associations researched does not hold sufficient market power to establish monopoliz...
Details
I. Specific intent to monopolize
Details
II. Dangerous probability of achieving monopoly power
Details
III. Anticompetitive conduct (and rule-of-reason)
Details
IV. Interim conclusion
Details
D. Unlawful conspiracy to monopolize by members of the trade associations researched
Details
I. The existence of an agreement between two or more parties
Details
II. Specific intent to monopolize
Details
III. Overt act in furtherance of the agreement
Details
IV. Interim conclusion
Details
E. Key findings
Details
283–428
Part III: Study of EU Competition Law
283–428
Details
Chapter 8: The Scope of Application of European Competition Law
Details
A. The nucleus of European Competition Law: a brief overview
Details
B. Introduction
Details
C. Legal boundary
Details
I. Members of the trade associations researched and non-members
Details
II. Trade associations
Details
D. Economic boundaries: the effect on trade between Member States
Details
I. Interpretation by the Court of Justice of the European Union
Details
II. Interpretation by the Commission
Details
1. Commission Recommendation on SMEs and the positive and negative rebuttable presumption of non-appreciability
Details
2. The De Minimis Notice
Details
III. Do the extrajudicial measures imposed by the trade associations researched and executed by their members and non-members have an effect on Community trade?
Details
1. The concept of trade
Details
2. The presence of “may affect”
Details
3. The concept of appreciability
Details
a. Nonlegal sanctions as effect restrictions
Details
E. Key findings
Details
Chapter 9: Anticompetitive Agreements under Article 101(1) TFEU
Details
A. Introduction
Details
B. Collusion: “a concurrence of wills”
Details
I. Agreement between undertakings
Details
II. Decisions by associations of undertakings
Details
III. Concerted practices
Details
C. Prevention, restriction or distortion of competition: The existence of an illegal horizontal agreement and collective boycott
Details
I. Restrictions by object or effect
Details
II. Collection and dissemination of market information
Details
1. Blacklists by trade associations
Details
a. Asnef-Equifax/Ausbanc
Details
b. Compagnie Maritime Belge
Details
c. Statement
Details
2. Execution of blacklists by members of trade associations
Details
3. Execution of blacklists by non-members
Details
III. Membership rules and barriers for market access
Details
1. Withdrawal from a trade association
Details
a. Withdrawal by a trade association
Details
b. Execution of the withdrawal of membership by members of a trade association
Details
c. Execution of the withdrawal of membership by non-members
Details
2. Denial of membership for an expelled member on the basis of an additional entry requirement
Details
a. Access restrictions by a trade association
Details
b. Access restrictions by members of a trade association
Details
c. Access restrictions by non-members
Details
IV. Refusal to deal with an expelled member
Details
1. Refusal to deal by a trade association
Details
2. Execution of the refusal to deal by members of a trade association
Details
3. Execution of the refusal to deal by non-members
Details
V. Entering the premises of a recalcitrant industry actor without a warrant
Details
VI. Limiting adequate access to public courts prior to arbitral proceedings and after an award
Details
1. Voluntary nature of specialized commercial arbitration
Details
2. Recourse to national courts
Details
D. Rule-of-reason analysis under Article 101(1) TFEU
Details
I. Court of Justice of the European Union
Details
II. Commission
Details
III. Summary evaluation
Details
E. Key findings
Details
Chapter 10: Exemption under Article 101(3) TFEU
Details
A. Introduction
Details
B. BER: Research and Development and Specialization Agreements
Details
C. Assessment of pro- and anti-competitive effects under Article 101(3) TFEU
Details
I. First condition: efficiency gains
Details
1. The nature of the efficiencies claimed
Details
2. Sufficient link and likelihood and magnitude of the efficiency
Details
II. Second condition: consumer pass-on
Details
1. The scope of the term “consumers”
Details
2. Pass-on benefits (the concept of “fair share”)
Details
3. An efficient allocation of resources to countervail the negative effects of nonlegal sanctions imposed by the trade associations researched and executed by their members
Details
III. Third condition: Indispensability - without restriction, elimination or significant reduction of efficiencies
Details
1. Blacklisting
Details
a. The juxtaposition with online evaluation forums
Details
2. Membership rules and barriers for market access
Details
a. Withdrawal of membership
Details
b. Denial of readmission to membership
Details
3. Limiting adequate access to public courts prior to arbitral proceedings and after an award
Details
IV. Fourth condition: no elimination of competition
Details
V. Conclusion
Details
D. Key findings
Details
Chapter 11: Abuse of a Dominant Position under Article 102 TFEU
Details
A. Introduction
Details
B. The existence of a dominant position in the relevant market which impacts the EU territory
Details
I. Guidance by the CJEU and the decisional practice of the Commission
Details
II. The Discussion Paper
Details
III. The unequivocal dominance of the trade associations researched in the EU markets for regulation and private ordering
Details
C. The existence of an abuse of a dominant position in the market
Details
I. The current understanding of the “abuse” concept through an Ordoliberal lens
Details
1. The proof required for finding an exclusionary abuse
Details
II. The exclusionary abuse of refusal to grant access to an essential facility when the trade associations researched impose nonlegal sanctions
Details
1. Nature and characteristics of the facility
Details
2. The essentiality, indispensability or objective necessity of the facility
Details
3. Elimination of (effective) competition
Details
a. Blacklisting
Details
b. Membership rules and barriers for market access
Details
i. Withdrawal of membership
Details
ii. Denial of readmission to membership of expelled members on the basis of an additional entry condition
Details
c. Refusal to deal with an expelled member
Details
III. Existence of a causal connection between market power of the trade associations researched and an exclusionary abuse on adjacent second-tier commodities markets
Details
IV. “Objective justification” of the refusal to grant access to the facilities offered by the trade associations researched
Details
1. Efficiency defence: lower transaction and distribution costs?
Details
2. The protection of a legitimate commercial interest
Details
3. The objective necessity of an abuse
Details
D. Key findings
Details
429–474
Part IV: Summary, Conclusions and Best Practice Guidelines
429–474
Details
Chapter 12: A Succinct Summary of the Research
Details
A. A case study based review of present-day PLSs
Details
B. Similarities and differences between the trade associations researched
Details
C. The antitrust limits of nonlegal sanctioning
Details
D. Restraint of trade or commerce under Section 1 of the Sherman Act
Details
E. Monopolization of any part of trade or commerce under Section 2 of the Sherman Act
Details
F. The applicability of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU
Details
G. Anticompetitive agreement under Article 101(1) TFEU
Details
H. Exemption under Article 101(3) TFEU
Details
I. Abuse of a dominant position under Article 102 TFEU
Details
Chapter 13: Conclusions and Best Practice Guidelines
Details
A. An answer to the central research question
Details
B. Introductory comments to draft best practice guidelines for compliance with US Antitrust Law and EU Competition Law
Details
I. Differences between US Antitrust Law and EU Competition Law
Details
II. Outline of the best practice guidelines
Details
C. Best practice guidance for trade associations
Details
I. The dissemination of the names of wrongdoers in a blacklist
Details
II. Withdrawal of membership
Details
III. Denial of readmission of expelled members to membership on the basis of an additional entry requirement
Details
IV. Refusal to deal with an expelled member
Details
V. Entering the premises of a recalcitrant industry actor without a warrant
Details
VI. Limiting adequate access to public courts prior to arbitral proceedings and after an award
Details
D. Best practice guidance for the members of a trade association
Details
I. The dissemination of the names of wrongdoers in a blacklist
Details
II. Withdrawals of membership
Details
III. Additional entry barriers to being readmitted to membership after an expulsion
Details
IV. Refusal to deal with an expelled member
Details
V. Entering the premises of a recalcitrant industry actor without a warrant
Details
VI. Limiting adequate access to public courts prior to arbitral proceedings and after an award
Details
475–518
Bibliography
475–518
Details
Durchsuchen Sie das Werk
Geben Sie ein Keyword in die Suchleiste ein
CC-BY
Access
Nonlegal Sanctioning in Private Legal Systems , page 187 - 282
Part II: Study of US Antitrust Law
Autoren
Jos van Doormaal
DOI
doi.org/10.5771/9783748926245-187
ISBN print: 978-3-8487-8164-5
ISBN online: 978-3-7489-2624-5
Chapter Preview
Chapter Preview
Share
Download PDF
Download citation
RIS
BibTeX
Copy DOI link
doi.org/10.5771/9783748926245-187
Share by email
Video schließen
Share by email Nomos eLibrary
Recipient*
Sender*
Message*
Your name
Send message
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google
Privacy Policy
and
Terms of Service
apply.
