Pat Ward

Corporations, Antitrust/IO, National security. @UChicago JD, PhD (Economics).

[Pat Ward @pward_us]

It would seem the majority preferred the transaction–nontransaction distinction as (1) a way to distinguish platform-implicated cases like Times-Picayune and (2) as a proxy for harder-to-measure indirect network effects.

[Pat Ward @pward_us]

#SCOTUS's Amex opinion breaks multisided platforms into two basic types: transaction and nontransaction. For #antitrust purposes, transaction platforms may have a stronger claim to a broader relevant market.

[Pat Ward @pward_us]

@randypicker I can't read this opinion fast enough.

[Pat Ward @pward_us]

@Scotus addressed market definition for platform businesses today. When demonstrating anticompetitive harms, it would seem that #antitrust plaintiffs must consider multisidedness in their definition of the relevant market.

[Pat Ward @pward_us]

Congrats to this K&E group: good students are very often even better people! https://t.co/v3w2lnPLeL

[UChicago Law School @UChicagoLaw]

Dean @ProfTomMiles addresses the Kirkland and Ellis Scholars and their families. #uchilawgrad

[Pat Ward @pward_us]

Congrats to the #UChicago2018 law graduates; so glad to see this day come for everyone!

[The OED @OED]

As part of our celebration of the OED's 90th birthday, we're on the hunt for words and phrases used in English that are particular to cities, regions, and countries around the globe. Submit yours using the #WordsWhereYouAre hashtag! #OED90 https://t.co/jksPvkmesx

[Pat Ward @pward_us]

@ZLiscow @UChiLRev Of the papers we'll be publishing this year, I love this one...a Chicago-styled critique of the Chicago school!

[Pat Ward @pward_us]

@randypicker "Multi-sided platform" appeared once as well!

[Pat Ward @pward_us]

Large crop of amicus briefs for Ohio v. Amex. It'll be interesting to see what animates tomorrow's arguments: Ease of bringing antitrust claims? Tradeoffs between submarket-level competition and the coordination needed to offer an interdependent, yet differentiated product? https://t.co/8GvnzCevxY

[Josh Wright @JoshWright1977]

See also @David_Evans1 & Schmalansee https://t.co/AQMu2OSDRe
Sidak and Willig https://t.co/AQMu2OSDRe
And an impressive group of Antitrust Law Profs (featuring Hovenkamp @superwuster, Fox, @jbbecon, @profmikecarrier & others) taking a different view: https://t.co/hCZ7yMnhSo

[Pat Ward @pward_us]

Wonder if the room's elephant will emerge during Monday's Ohio v. Amex arguments: If platforms connect groups that otherwise face barriers to interacting, does point-of-sale steering undo that work? And should plaintiffs consider it? My @UChiLRev analysis: https://t.co/EYLMqwvtZp

[Pat Ward @pward_us]

While relatively new, UChicago Law's MLS program has already had some productive graduates. https://t.co/iIem7XlUBw

[Pat Ward @pward_us]

This new board is such a kind, competent, and hard-working group! @UChiLRev is definitely in good hands. https://t.co/FfnZgKBdEJ

[UChicago Law Review @UChiLRev]

A big congratulations to our newly selected v86 Managing Board!

[Pat Ward @pward_us]

Petitioners' brief filed on Friday in Ohio v AmEx. The case asks when and how litigants have to take the various sides of a platform business (like payment cards) into account while defining the relevant antitrust market. https://t.co/6iFPOsxJht

[UChicago Law Review @UChiLRev]

Which groups in a multisided platform antitrust case constitute the relevant market? In Ohio v AmEx, SCOTUS will decide. Patrick Ward suggests a test: https://t.co/bK5gJM15fJ

[BeyondCompetitionLaw @BeyondCompLaw]

Testing for Multisided Platform Effects in Antitrust Market Definition => https://t.co/aQmLpd5xgb

[UChicago Law Review @UChiLRev]

Can the fed govt withhold funding from sanctuary cities like Chicago & Philly? We consult Aziz Huq @UChicagoLaw and John Eastman @Chapman_Law on BRIEFLY: https://t.co/IrDCIMv51L

[UChicago Law Review @UChiLRev]

In our newest episode of Briefly, we ask Profs @stone_geoffrey & @glakier how far free speech extends today. Listen to "The Costs of Free Speech" here: https://t.co/snrnDQbxHI

[UChicago Law Review @UChiLRev]

We're thrilled to announce the launch of BRIEFLY, our brand new podcast. First three episodes are available now: https://t.co/9ozPsfA8QL

[CPI @CompPolicyInt]

#InCaseYouMissedIt Testing for Multisided Platform Effects in Antitrust Market Definition
https://t.co/tD3kKR5gxf

[UChicago Law Review @UChiLRev]

Check out Patrick Fuster's v84 Comment on Wilson v Sellers, set for SCOTUS oral argument today! https://t.co/CqGWdd3yK1 https://t.co/GNiebLnuEE