Dedications -- Preface -- Contributors -- About the editors -- Introduction -- Horizontal structure -- The proposed merger of AT&T and T-mobile : rethinking possible (2011) / Patrick DeGraba , Gregory L. Rosston -- Rockonomics : the ticketmaster-live nation merger and the rock concert business 2010) / John E. Kwoka, Jr. -- The Sirius/XM Satellite radio merger (2008) / Serge X. Moresi, Steven C. Salop -- Revisiting a merger : FTC v. evanston northwestern healthcare (2007) / Deborah Haas-Wilson -- Oracle's acquisition of peoplesoft : U.S. v. oracle (2004) / R. Preston McAfee, David S. Sibley, Michael A. Williams -- Prices, market definition, and the effects of merger : Staples-Office Depot (1997) / Serdar Dalkir, Frederick R. Warren-Boulton -- Horizontal practices -- "Reverse payments" in settlements of patent litigation : split opinions on Schering-Plough's K-dur (2005 and 2012) / John P. Bigelow, Robert D. Willig -- The dram antitrust litigation / Roger G. Noll -- Monopsony and predatory bidding in the lumber industry : the weyerhaeuser cases (2007) / Gordon C. Rausser, John R. Foote -- Predatory pricing in the airline industry : Spirit Airlines v. Northwest Airlines (2005) / Kenneth G. Elzinga, David E. Mills -- Global cartels redux : the lysine antitrust litigation (1996) / John M. Connor -- Vertical and related market issues -- Google-ITA : creating a new flight search competitor (2011) / Michael D. Topper, Stanley Watt, Jingming Marshall Yan -- Intel and blocking practices (2010) / Joshua S. Gans -- Resale price maintenance wins a reprieve : leegin v. psks (2007) / Kenneth G. Elzinga, David E. Mills -- Unfit to be tied : an analysis of trident v. independent ink (2006) / Barry Nalebuff -- Exclusive dealing and antitrust exclusion : U.S. v. dentsply (2005) / Mchael L. Katz -- Network issues -- Vertical mergers in the video programming and distribution industry : the case of comcast NBCU (2011) / William P. Rogerson -- The DELTA-Northwest merger : consumer benefits from airline network effects (2008) / Mark Israel, Bryan Keating, Daniel L. Rubinfeld, Robert D. Willig -- Governance, issuance restrictions, and competition in payment card networks : U.S. v. VISA and Mastercard (2003) / Robert S. Pindyck -- Maintenance of monopoly : U.S. v. Microsoft (2001) / Daniel L. Rubinfeld.