International Antitrust Forum
The Third Annual Chicago Forum on International Antitrust Issues will be held Thursday, June 7-Friday, June 8, 2012.
Agenda (updated 05/24/12) | Program Brochure | Registration | Sponsors | Program Materials (forthcoming)
Topics will include:
- US/EU YEAR IN REVIEW: What Happens to Antitrust Enforcement When Economies Falter?
- Multijurisdictional Merger Remedies: Strategies for Getting the Deal Done in the US and Abroad
- Brazil's New Antitrust Regime: Challenges Ahead?
- Increased Inter-Agency Collaborative Enforcement of Cartels - What That Means for Investigations, Disclosures and Penalties
- How Many Economists Does It Take To Try an Antitrust Case In or Outside the US?
- Differences in Addressing Competitor Complaints at US and Non US Agencies
- Spotlight on China
- Antitrust Enforcement in India
- Antitrust Issues in the Strategic Acquisition and Use of Patents
- Abuse of Dominance - Facing the Music
- Distribution Outside the US - Why so Different?
- Compliance Workshop: Damage Control
Government Speakers:
Russell W. Damtoft, Associate Director, Office of International Affairs, Federal Trade Commission; Scott Hammond, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Enforcement, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; Ali Nikpay, Senior Director, Cartels and Criminal Enforcement, Office of Fair Trading (United Kingdom); Alison Oldale, Deputy Director, Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Economics; John Pecman, Senior Deputy Commissioner of Competition, Criminal Matters, Canadian Competition Bureau; Edith Ramirez, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission; Hon. Diane P. Wood, 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Other Speakers:
Jean-Yves Art, Microsoft; Michael R. Baye, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University; David Blackburn, NERA Economic Consulting; Roxane C. Busey, Baker & McKenzie LLP; Gavin Bushell, Baker & McKenzie LLP (Brussels); Thomas Campbell, Baker & McKenzie LLP; Fiona Carlin, Baker & McKenzie LLP (Brussels); Tulio Coehlo, Baker & McKenzie LLP (Brazil); Vincent J. Connelly, Mayer Brown; Alice W. Detwiler, Microsoft; Anne Gron, NERA Economic Consulting; H. Stephen Harris, Jr., Baker & McKenzie LLP; James J. Hegarty, Pfizer Inc.; Graeme Hunter, NERA Economic Consulting; E. Shane Ince, ING Corporate Finance (Brussels); Howard Kass, US Airways, Inc.; Nick Koberstein, Abbott Laboratories; William E. Kovacic, George Washington University Law School; Andrew Marovitz, Mayer Brown; Mark McLaughlin, Mayer Brown; Britt M. Miller, Mayer Brown; Perry C. Siatis, Abbott Laboratories; Greg Sivinski, Microsoft; Daniel F. Spulber, Northwestern University; Jaishree Vyavaharkar, Baker & McKenzie LLP (London); Spencer Weber Waller, Loyola University of Chicago School of Law; Christopher Zammit, Chrysler
Forum Presentations
Forthcoming
Registration
Tuition: $400
Standard Registration $200 (Government/Academic/Judicial Registration)
Credits: Earn up to 10.5 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 .
Sponsors
Northwestern University School of Law thanks the following for serving as sponsors:
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