Randal C. Picker : Publications

Books

Security Interests in Personal Property: Cases, Problems and Materials, 3d ed. (Foundation Press, 2002) (with Douglas G. Baird and Thomas H. Jackson).

Game Theory and the Law (Harvard University Press 1994) (with Douglas G. Baird and Robert H. Gertner) (paperback edition, 1998) (Chinese Simple Language edition, 1999).

Reforming the Bankruptcy Code: The National Bankruptcy Conference's Code Review Project (Matthew Bender 1994, 1997) (Project Reporter).

Articles

"Twombly, Leegin, and the Reshaping of Antitrust," 2007 Supreme Court Review 161, Dennis Hutchinson, David Strauss, Geoffrey Stone, eds. (June 2008)

"Pulling a Rabbi Out of His Hat: The Bankruptcy Magic of Dick Posner," 74 University of Chicago Law Review 1845 (2007).

"Competitive disadvantage," Chicago Tribune 23 (August 22, 2007).

“Of Pirates and Puffy Shirts,” Virginia Law Review In Brief (2007).

Review of Hovenkamp, The Antitrust Enterprise: Principle and Execution, 2 Competition Policy International 183 (2006).

"Latte serves up a lesson in bootleg economics," Chicago Tribune C7 (October 8, 2006).

"Mistrust-Based Digital Rights Management," 5 Journal on Telecommunications & High Technology Law 47 (2006).

"Cybersecurity: Of Heterogeneity and Autarky," in The Law and Economics of Cybersecurity, ed. by Mark F. Grady and Francesco Parisi (Cambridge Univ. Press 2006).

"Copyright and the DMCA: Market Locks and Technological Contracts," in Antitrust, Patents and Copyrights: EU and US Perspectives, ed. by Francois Leveque and Howard Shelanski (Edward Elgar 2005).

"Rewinding Sony: The Evolving Product, Phoning Home and the Duty of Ongoing Design," 55 Case Western Reserve L. Rev. 749 (2005).

"Unbundling Scope-of-Permission Goods: When Should We Invest in Reducing Entry Barriers?" 72 University of Chicago Law Review 189 (Winter 2005).

"The Digital Video Recorder: Unbundling Advertising and Content," University of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 197 (September 2003).

"Entry Policy in Local Telecommunications: Iowa Utilities and Verizon," 2002 Supreme Court Review 41 (2003) (with Douglas Lichtman).

"From Edison to the Broadcast Flag: Mechanisms of Consent and Refusal and the Propertization of Copyright," 70 University of Chicago Law Review 281 (2003).

"Copyright as Entry Policy: The Case of Digital Distribution," The Antitrust Bulletin (Summer-Fall 2002).

"SimLaw 2011," 2002 University of Illinois Law Review 1019.

"When Do We Take the Horse Out to the Back Pasture? Firm Valuations and Liquidation Decisions in Chapter 11," National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges Annual Meeting Proceedings (forthcoming 2001) (with Douglas G. Baird and Edward R. Morrison).

"Pursuing a Remedy in Microsoft: The Declining Need for Centralized Coordination in a Networked World," 158 J. Institutional & Theoretical Econ. (2002).

"A New Experience for Microsoft," The Financial Times (London) (July 24, 2001).

"Fat pipes and faulty regulation," Financial Times (December 19, 2000).

"The Law and Economics of Contract Damages," in Chicago Lectures in Law and Economics, Eric A. Posner, ed. (2000).

"Regulating Network Industries: A Look at Intel," 23 Harv. J. Law & Public Policy 159 (1999).

"Perfection Hierarchies and Non-Temporal Priority Rules," 74 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 1157 (1999).

"Corporate Reorganizations," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Law and Economics, Peter Newman, ed., (Grove Dictionaries 1998).

"Simple Games in a Complex World: A Generative Approach to the Adoption of Norms," 64 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1225 (1997). (paper and CD-ROM publication).

"Overview of History and Eligibility: Preservation of State Authority in The Presence of Exclusive Federal Power," in Municipal Bankruptcies: How to Handle a Chapter 9 from Start to Finish (PLI 1995).

"The Pros and Cons of Chapter 11: A Law and Economics Perspective" (Proceedings of the Insolvency Institute of Canada).

"Law and Economics: Intellectual Arbitrage," 27 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 127 (1993).

"When Cities Go Broke: A Conceptual Introduction to Municipal Bankruptcy," 60 U. Chi. L. Rev. 425 (1993) (with Michael W. McConnell), reprinted in Municipal Bankruptcies: How to Handle a Chapter 9 from Start to Finish (PLI 1995).

"Law and Economics II: The Sequel," The University of Chicago Law School Record (Spring, 1993).

"Voluntary Petitions and the Creditors' Bargain," 61 U. Cinn. L. Rev. 519 (1992) (invited article for Corporate Law Symposium Issue), reprinted at 35 Corporate Practice Commentator 226 (1993).

"Security Interests, Misbehavior, and Common Pools," 59 U. Chi. L. Rev. 645 (1992) (formerly Chicago Law & Economics Working Paper No. 5 (2d Series)).

"A Simple Noncooperative Bargaining Model of Corporate Reorganizations," 20 J. Legal Stud. 311 (1991) (with Douglas G. Baird) (formerly Chicago L & E Working Paper No. 30 (1st Series)).

American Bar Association Publications

"United States v. Microsoft: The Proposed Final Judgment," AT-IP Report, Electronic Newsletter of the Intellectual Property Committee (November 5, 2001).

"New York Times Co. v. Tasini," ABA Section of Antitrust Law, AT-IP Report, Electronic Newsletter of the Intellectual Property Committee (June 25, 2001).

"Cross-Licensing in Network Industries: A Look at the Federal Trade Commission's Case Against Intel," ABA Section of Antitrust Law, Intellectual Property Committee Newsletter (Fall, 2000).

Other Publications

"Modified Beam-it, Napster could be happy compromise," CNN Online (May 17, 2000). (a longer version is available at Writ).

"A Firm That Failed Well," The Wall Street Journal (October 12, 1998) (with Daniel R. Fischel).

"In Microsoft Case, Justice is on Dangerous Path to Stifling Innovation," www.thestreet.com (January 18, 1998).