Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-2011
Publisher
Boston University School of Law
Language
en-US
Abstract
We distinguish standard settlements, in which the status quo is preserved, and injunctive settlements, which prohibit the defendant’s activity. The reverse settlement is a special type of injunctive settlement. We examine the divergence between private and social incentives to settle and policies that would minimize socially undesirable injunctive and reverse settlements (e.g., banning reverse settlements). The results are applied to competition-blocking litigation, such as patent infringement and antidumping.
Recommended Citation
Keith Hylton & Sungjoon Cho,
Injunctive and Reverse Settlements in Competition-Blocking Litigation,
No. 09-47
Boston University School of Law, Law and Economics Research Paper
(2011).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/378
SSRN URL
https://ssrn.com/abstract=1490013
Comments
Published as: "Injunctive and Reverse Settlements in Competition-Blocking Litigation," 36 European Journal of Law and Economics 243 (2013).