Jay Baldwin
Jennifer Riedthaler
BUS 225
December 8, 2009
I have read and understand the plagiarism policy as outlined in the syllabus and the sections in the Student Bulletin relating to the IWU Honesty/Cheating Policy. By affixing this statement to the title page of my paper, I certify that I have not cheated or plagiarized in the process of completing this assignment. If it is found that cheating and/or plagiarism did take place in the writing of this paper, I understand the possible consequences of the act/s, which could include expulsion from Indiana Wesleyan University.
Online Environment and the Law Essay
In this assignment, I have put together two separate discussions. I will start by discussing ways that anti-trust laws may place too much burden on commerce in the global market. The second part of my paper will explore reasons why discount real estate brokers cannot create their own websites. I will also give example as needed throughout the paper.
Anti-trust Laws The first burden that anti-trust laws place on commerce in the global marketplace is established when trying to revise the trade laws to make them consistent with the competition protection principles of antitrust. Increased openness of the U.S. economy makes foreign firms who export to the U.S. additional competitors in many U.S. markets. Foreign export competition is not always sufficiently strong or reliable that we can abandon antitrust enforcement against domestic price fixing or mergers. The enforcement activity taking place around the world raises the question of how much harmonization can be achieved among diverse nations' antitrust programs (Neimann, B. 1995) A second burden is that it is unclear whether competition policy is a sensible role for government in developing, particularly low-income countries. In these countries the markets are usually very small and fragmented.