MONOPOLIES

Analyses

Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act (S. 572), 3792 [19FE]

Articles and editorials

Atlantic Research Chairman Shaken, Bitter After Takeover Fight, 37630 [21DE]

Law That Boosts Insurance Costs, 17363 [24JN]

Bills and resolutions

Airlines: enforce antitrust provisions relative to mergers (see H.R. 1868)

———protect employees and promote aircraft safety (see H.R. 3812)

———treatment of employees in case of mergers (see H.R. 1101)

———repeal exemptions applicable to insurance industry (see H.R. 2727)

Antitrust policy: enforcement (see S. 1407, 1962)

———mergers (see S. 432)

———mergers and corporate tender offers (see S. 634)

———partnerships (see S. 431)

———trademarked malt beverage products distribution licenses (see S. 567)

Banks and banking: examinations (see S. 288)

Credit cards: limitation on rates (see H.R. 1267)

Diversification in Broadcast Ownership Act: enact (see S. 1095)

Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act: enact (see S. 572)

Insurance: clarify application of Clayton Act relative to frates filed by a title company with State agencies (see H.R. 1766)

Insurance Competition Improvement Act: enact (see S. 1299)

Liability: amend Clayton Act (see H.R. 941)

Meat packing industry: protection of small business (see H.R. 253)

National Football League: Dept. of Justice study of telecasting (see S. Res. 291)

Price fixing: evidentiary standards for Federal civil antitrust claims (see H.R. 585)

Retail Competition Enforcement Act: enact (see S. 430)

Securities: extend waiting periods and expand applicability of notification requirement of Clayton Act (see H.R. 586)

Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act: prohibit unfair competition (see S. 1773)

Temporary National Commission on Economic Concentration: establish (see H.R. 930)

Court decisions

Dr. Miles Medical Co. v. John Park & Sons: Supreme Court, 31350 [9NO]

Emory v. Sec. of the Navy: Robert H. Bork, 28659 [21OC]

Hearings

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: corporate takeovers (testimony from David M. Roderick, Raymond Plank, John L. Murray, George S. Slocum, Andrew C. Sigler, James K. Baker, William F. Frist, William Howell, William L. McKinley, Robert P. Luciano, Robert E. Mercer, Alva H. Chapman, William D. Smithburg, Donald C. Clark, Clarence E. Johnson and William E. Wall), D108 [4MR]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): antitrust exemptions in insurance (testimony), D280 [23AP]

———antitrust procedure amendments (H.R. 586) (testimony), D202 [26MR]

———Freedom From Vertical Price Fixing Act (H.R. 585), D230 [2AP]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): mergers and acquisitions (testimony from Charles F. Rule, Daniel Oliver, Robert Abrams, Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr., Robert Pitofsky, Ernest Gellhorn, F.M. Scherer, and John D. Ong), D137 [11MR]

———pre-merger reporting requirements (testimony from Patricia Bailey, Terry Calvani, Andrew Strenio, Leroy S. Zimmerman, Robert M. Langer, Mark Crane, Frederick S. Myers, Malcolm R. Pfunder), D92 [26FE]

Letters

Robert H. Bork on antitrust law: James T. Halverson and others, 28927 [22OC]

Lists

Supporters of repealing the insurance industry's antitrust exemption under McCarran-Ferguson, 16808 [19JN]

Meetings

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): pre-merger reporting requirements (S. 431), D173 [19MR], D245 [8AP], D294 [29AP]

Remarks in House

Aeronautics: fair treatment of employees in mergers (H.R. 1101), 16894 [22JN]

Antitrust policy: extend period for evaluation of impact of mergers (H.R. 586), 1084, 1106 [8JA]

Coins and coinage: Industry Council for Tangible Assets criticism of U.S. Mint's establishment of cartel to distribute American Eagle gold bullion coins, 27708 [13OC]

Corporations: hostile takeovers, 37630 [21DE]

Foreign trade: deficit, 5506 [11MR]

Insurance: repeal exemptions (H.R. 2727), 16807 [19JN], 17363 [24JN]

Price fixing: evidentiary standards for Federal civil antitrust claims (H.R. 585), 31348-31354 [9NO]

Railroads: antitrust policy, 2668 [3FE]

Remarks in Senate

Airlines: merger of USAir and Piedmont, 27821 [14OC]

Antitrust policy: enforcement (S. 1962), 36201 [18DE]

———enforcement (S. 1407), 17015 [23JN]

———mergers (S. 432), 2451 [2FE]

———mergers and corporate tender offers (S. 634), 4603-4606 [3MR]

———partnerships (S. 431), 2450 [2FE]

Business: resale price-fixing principles (S. 430), 2450 [2FE]

Diversification in Broadcast Ownership Act: enact (S. 1095), 9744 [24AP]

Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act: enact (S. 572), 3789 [19FE]

Insurance: exemption from antitrust laws (S. 80), 540-542 [6JA]

Insurance Competition Improvement Act: enact (S. 1299), 14146 [29MY]

Japan: international telecommunications services, 33976 [3DE]

National Football League: Dept. of Justice study of telecasting (S. Res. 291), 25637 [29SE]

Retail Competition Enforcement Act: enact (S. 430), 2450 [2FE]

Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act: prohibit unfair competition (S. 1773), 27101 [8OC]

Reports

Insurance and Antitrust Laws: National Commission for the Review of Antitrust Laws and Procedures (1979), 14146 [29MY]

Reports filed

Antitrust Policy on Mergers: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 432) (S. Rept. 100-115), 20240 [17JY]

Evidentiary Standards for Federal Civil Antitrust Claims Based on Resale Price Fixing: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 585) (H. Rept. 100-421), 30911 [4NO]

Liability: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1941) (H. Rept. 100-78), 11004 [4MY]

Statements

Insurance and Antitrust Laws: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 14146 [29MY]

Summaries

Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act (S. 572), 3790 [19FE]

NAAG Horizontal Merger Guidelines, 6696-6704 [24MR]

Texts of

H.R. 585, Freedom From Vertical Price Fixing Act, 31348 [9NO]

H.R. 1101, fair treatment of airline employees in airline mergers, 16894 [22JN]

S. 80, repeal insurance exemption from antitrust laws, 542 [6JA]

S. 430, Retail Competition Enforcement Act, 2450 [2FE]

S. 431, application of antitrust policy to partnerships, 2451 [2FE]

S. 432, antitrust policy relative to mergers, 2452 [2FE]

S. 572, Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act, 3789 [19FE]

S. 634, antitrust policies relative to mergers and corporate tender offers, 4606-4608 [3MR]

S. 1095, Diversification in Broadcast Ownership Act, 9745 [24AP]

S. 1299, Insurance Competition Improvement Act, 14148 [29MY]

S. 1962, enforcement of antitrust policy, 36201 [18DE]