The End of the Microsoft Antitrust Case?

November 15th - 16th, 2007

Most of the historic Microsoft Antitrust Consent Decree expires on November 12, 2007. This is an appropriate occasion for a retrospective on the government's case against Microsoft in light of rapidly evolving markets, refinements in economic theories of technology, and the increasing challenges of operating a global business under multiple antitrust regimes.

Keynote Lunch Address
The Honorable William E. Kovacic, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
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The Markets-What We Now Know
Presenter:
Five Years Later: The Impact of the Evolution of the IT Ecosystem
Marco Iansiti, Harvard Business School

Discussants:
Stan Liebowitz, University of Texas at Dallas
Michael Katz, Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley
George Bittlingmayer, University of Kansas
William Rogerson, Economics, Northwestern University

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The Practices-Software Integration
Presenter:
The Elusive Antitrust Standard on Bundling in Europe and in the United States at the Aftermath of the Microsoft Cases
Nicholas Economides, Professor of Economics, Stern School of Business, New York University

Discussants:
Daniel Spulber, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
David A. Heiner, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation
Thomas N. Hubbard, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
J. Gregory Sidak, Georgetown University School of Law

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Keynote Dinner Address
Carl Shapiro, Transamerica Professor of Business Strategy, University of California at Berkeley
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The Practices-Contracts
Presenters:
Mandatory Contracting Remedies in the Microsoft Cases
William H. Page, Marshall M. Criser Eminent Scholar, Levin College of Law, University of Florida

Microsoft: Understanding the Aftermath
John E. Lopatka, A. Robert Noll Distinguished Professor of Law, Dickinson School of Law, Penn State University

Discussants:
Joshua D. Wright, Federal Trade Commission, George Mason University School of Law
Michael D. Whinston, Center for the Study of Industrial Organization, Northwestern University
Scott Stern, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

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The Consent Decree
Presenter:
Section 2 Remedies and U.S. v. Microsoft : What Is To Be Learned?
Renata B. Hesse, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Washington

Discussants:
James B. Speta, Northwestern University School of Law
William H. Page, Levin College of Law, University of Florida
Randal C. Picker, University of Chicago Law School
David A. Heiner, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation

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The European Court of First Instance and Beyond
Presenter:
The Microsoft Judgment and its Implications for the Competition Policy towards Dominant Firms in Europe
David Evans, Vice Chairman, LECG Europe

Discussants:
F. Scott Kieff, Washington University School of Law, St. Louis
Keith Hylton, Boston University School of Law
Pierre Larouche, Tilberg Law and Economics Centre, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

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Antitrust Challenges to Multinational Businesses
Presenter:
Abbott (Tad) B. Lipsky, Lathan & Watkins, LLP, Washington

Discussants:
R. Mark McCareins, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago
Ronald A. Stern, Vice President and Senior Competition Counsel, General Electric Company

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