International Antitrust Forum

The Fourth Annual Chicago Forum on International Antitrust Issues will be held Thursday, June 13-Friday, June 14, 2013

Topics will include:

Update on International Cooperation and Convergence
Year in Review - US, EU and Brazil
Venturing Outside the US - Antitrust Issues in Competitor Collaborations, Joint Ventures, Strategic Alliances, Teaming Agreements
Antitrust Litigation, Arbitration and Use of Economists Outside the US
Lessons Learned - From Compliance to Global Cartel Investigations
Update on Antitrust Enforcement in India
Antitrust Perspective on Innovation, New Product Development, Standard Setting and Licensing
Antitrust Issues in Doing Business in China
Evaluating the Effects of Merger Policy
Basic Economic Concepts Arising in Antitrust Matters
Tying, Bundling, Exclusivity, MFNs and Other Distribution Issues
Identifying and Resolving Conflicts Outside the US

Government Speakers:

Bruno Lasserre, President, Autorite de la Concurrence, Paris
Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Russell W. Damtoft, Associate Director, Office of International Affairs, Federal Trade Commission
Nicholas R. Franczyk, Counsel for International Technical Assistance, Federal Trade Commission
Nelson Jung, Director, Competition Enforcement, Office of Fair Trade, London.

Other Speakers:

Patrick Ahern, Baker & McKenzie LLP
Jean-Yves Art, Microsoft (Paris)
Bill Batchelor, Baker &McKenzie LLP (Brussels)
Michael R. Baye, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
Roxane C. Busey, Baker & McKenzie LLP
Thomas Campbell, Baker & McKenzie LLP
Alice W. Detwiler, Microsoft
Nathalie Jalabert Doury, Mayer Brown LLP (Paris)
Karine R. Faden, United Airlines
Paul Frontczak, Jr., Shell Oil Company
Samir R. Gandhi, AZB & Partners (India)
Anne Gron, NERA Economic Consulting
John Harkrider, Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
H. Stephen Harris Jr., Baker & McKenzie LLP
Neville S. Hedley, Abbott Laboratories
Nick Koberstein, Abbott Laboratories
William E. Kovacic, George Washington University Law School
Mark McLaughlin, Mayer Brown LLP
Robert McLeod, MLex
Britt M. Miller, Mayer Brown LLP
Aviv Nevo, Department of Economics, Northwestern University (invited)
Thomas S. Respess, Baker & McKenzie LLP
Charles F. Regan, Mayer Brown LLP
Francesca Richmond, Baker & McKenzie LLP (London)
Greg Sivinski, Microsoft
Jason H. Staples, Abbott Laboratories
Kristin Terris, NERA Economic Consulting
Francisco Todorov, Trench, Rossi (Brazil).

Registration

Tuition: $400
Standard Registration $200 (Government/Academic/Judicial Registration)

Credits: Earn up to 10.75 CLE credits, incl. 2 professionalism (ethics).

For more information regarding this conference or other initiatives of the Searle Center, please call (312) 503-1811 or send an email to searlecenter@law.northwestern.edu.