http://www.antitrustreview.com/archives/364 News and commentary about antitrust, economics, technology, policy Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:21:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 http://www.antitrustreview.com/archives/364#comment-3616 Sutton Keany Tue, 08 Aug 2006 23:37:49 +0000 http://www.antitrustreview.com/archives/364#comment-3616 <p>Query. The "standard of causation" is, in a very real sense, just a proxy for the underlying question of whether "we" should in fact provide a forum for all direct purchasers, domestic and international. Does it make a difference that a significant number of non-U.S. jurisdictions appeared in Empagran and argued that the U.S. should allow them to "regulate" or "control" their own markets. Surely we do not disadvantage U.S. consumers by giving them a treble damage remedy without offering the same to non-U.S. direct purchasers.</p> Query. The “standard of causation” is, in a very real sense, just a proxy for the underlying question of whether “we” should in fact provide a forum for all direct purchasers, domestic and international. Does it make a difference that a significant number of non-U.S. jurisdictions appeared in Empagran and argued that the U.S. should allow them to “regulate” or “control” their own markets. Surely we do not disadvantage U.S. consumers by giving them a treble damage remedy without offering the same to non-U.S. direct purchasers.

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