Third Annual Chicago Forum on International Antitrust Issues

Third Annual Chicago Forum on
International Antitrust Issues
Presented by: Northwestern Law Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth
Thursday, June 7, 2012–Friday, June 8, 2012
Northwestern University School of Law
In an ever changing legal landscape, this program again promises to provide a timely and
practical update on antitrust developments around the world. Our speakers are leading
private and in-house lawyers, economists and antitrust enforcers from the US, Canada, EU,
Brazil and India. Among them are FTC Commissioner Edith Ramirez, the Honorable Diane
Wood from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and Professor William Kovacic, now at
George Washington University Law School and formerly an FTC Commissioner. We hope
you’ll join us for this exciting program.
yy US/EU Year in Review: What
Happens to Antitrust Enforcement
When Economies Falter?
Means for Investigations, Disclosures yy
and Penalties
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yy How Many Economists Does It Take
yy Multijurisdictional Merger
To Try an Antitrust Case In or Outside yy
Remedies: Strategies for Getting the
the US?
Deal Done in the US and Abroad
yy Differences in Addressing
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yy Brazil’s New Antitrust Regime:
Competitor Complaints at US and
Challenges Ahead?
Non-US Agencies
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yy Increased Inter-Agency Collaborative yy Spotlight on China
Enforcement of Cartels: What That
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
Earn up to 12.25 CLE credits, including 2 professional (ethics)
www.law.northwestern.edu/searlecenter/conference/international/
Third Annual Chicago Forum on
International Antitrust Issues
Presented by: Northwestern Law Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth
Thursday, June 7, 2012–Friday, June 8, 2012
Northwestern University School of Law
Wieboldt Hall #147 • 340 E. Superior St. • Chicago, IL 60611
Thursday, June 7
Morning Session Chair: Roxane C. Busey, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Chicago, IL
8 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast (Wieboldt 112)
8:45–9 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction (Wieboldt 147)
Max Schanzenbach, Professor of Law and Director of Searle Center on Law, Regulation,
and Economic Growth at Northwestern University School of Law
9–9:30 a.m.
Keynote Address
Edith Ramirez, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
9:30–10:30 a.m.
US/ EU Year in Review:
What Happens to Antitrust Enforcement When Economies Falter?
Britt M. Miller, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL
Fiona Carlin, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Brussels, Belgium
Roxane C. Busey, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Chicago, IL (moderator)
10:30–10:45 a.m.
Networking Break
10:45–11:45 a.m.
Multijurisdictional Merger Remedies:
Strategies for Getting the Deal Done in the US and Abroad
Nick Koberstein, Division Counsel, Corporate Transactions,
Abbott Laboratories (moderator)
E. Shane Ince, Managing Director, ING Corporate Finance, Brussels, Belgium
Gavin B. Bushell, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Brussels, Belgium
Graeme Hunter, Vice President, NERA Economic Consulting, New York, NY
11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Brazil’s New Antitrust Regime: Challenges Ahead?
Tulio Coelho, Partner, Trench, Rossi e Watanabe Advogados, Brasilia, Brazil
Russell W. Damtoft, Associate Director, Office of International Affairs,
Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC (moderator)
12:30–1:15 p.m. Lunch (Wieboldt 540)
1:15–1:45 p.m.
Lunch Address:
Developments in U.S. Antitrust Law as Applied to Foreign Commerce
Hon. Diane P. Wood, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Afternoon Session Chair: Thomas Campbell, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Chicago, IL
1:45–2:45 p.m.
Increased Inter-Agency Collaborative Enforcement of Cartels: What
That Means for Investigations, Disclosures and Penalties (ethical credit)
Scott Hammond, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Enforcement, Antitrust
Division, Department of Justice, Washington D.C.
John Pecman, Senior Deputy Commissioner of Competition, Criminal Matters, Canadian
Competition Bureau
Ali Nikpay, Senior Director, Cartels and Criminal Enforcement, Office of Fair Trading,
London, United Kingdom
Andrew S. Marovitz, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL
Thomas Campbell, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Chicago, IL (moderator)
2:45–3:30 p.m.
How Many Economists Does It Take To Try an Antitrust Case
In or Outside the US?
Anne Gron, Vice President, NERA Economic Consulting, Chicago, IL (moderator)
Elizabeth M. Bailey, Executive Director, Energy Institute at the Haas School of Business,
University of California, Berkeley
Alison Oldale, Deputy Director, Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Economics
Daniel F. Spulber, Elinor Hobbs Distinguished Professor of International Business,
Professor of Management Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Professor of Law,
Northwestern University School of Law (Courtesy) and Research Director, Searle Center
on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth
3:30–3:45 p.m.
Networking Break
3:45–4:30 p.m.
Differences in Addressing Competitor Complaints at
US and Non US Agencies
Jean-Yves Art, Associate General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation, Brussels, Belgium
Mildred L. Calhoun, Formerly of BP America, Chicago, IL (moderator)
Samir R. Gandhi, Economic Laws Practice, New Delhi, India
4:30–5:15 p.m.
Spotlight on China
H. Stephen Harris, Jr., Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Washington, DC (moderator)
Russell W. Damtoft, Associate Director, Office of International Affairs,
Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC
5:15 p.m.
Cocktail Reception (Wieboldt 540)
Friday, June 8
Session Chair: Mark McLaughlin, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL
8:45–9:15 a.m.
Looking in from the Outside
William E. Kovacic, Global Competition Professor of Law and Policy, George Washington
University Law School and former Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
9:15–10 a.m
Antitrust Enforcement in India
Russell W. Damtoft, Associate Director, Office of International Affairs,
Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC (moderator)
Samir R. Gandhi, Economic Laws Practice, New Delhi, India
Jaishree J. Vyavaharkar, Baker & McKenzie LLP, London, United Kingdom
10–10:15 a.m.
Networking Break
10:15–11:15 a.m.
Antitrust Issues in the Strategic Acquisition and Use of Patents
Alice W. Detwiler, Senior Attorney, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (moderator)
Greg A. Sivinski, Senior Attorney, Antitrust Group, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond WA
David Blackburn, Senior Consultant, NERA Economic Consulting, Washington, DC
Perry C. Siatis, Divisional Vice President, Intellectual Property Legal Strategy,
Abbott Laboratories
11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Abuse of Dominance: Facing the Music
Jean-Yves Art, Associate General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation, Brussels, Belgium
Howard Kass, Vice President, Legal and Government Affairs, US Airways, Washington, DC
Spencer Weber Waller, Professor and Director, Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies,
Loyola University of Chicago School of Law (moderator)
12:15–12:45 p.m.
Networking Break and Box Lunch (Wieboldt 540)
12:45–1:45 p.m.
Distribution Outside the US: Why so Different?
Mark McLaughlin, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL (moderator)
Fiona Carlin, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Brussels, Belgium
Michael R. Baye, Bert Elwert Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy,
Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
1:45–2:45 p.m.
Compliance Workshop: Damage Control (ethical credit)
Internal investigations: Dealing with the Rogue Employee
Christopher Zammit, Senior Staff Counsel-Distribution and Trade Regulation,
Chrysler Group LLC, Detroit, MI
James J. Hegarty, Senior Corporate Counsel, Pfizer Inc. , Chicago, IL
Vincent J. Connelly, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL (moderator)
2:45 pm
Adjourn
Planning Committee
Chair
Roxane C. Busey
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Chicago
Members
Thomas Campbell
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Chicago
Russell W. Damtoft
Associate Director
Office of International
Affairs
Federal Trade Commission
Washington, D.C.
Alice W. Detwiler
Senior Attorney
Microsoft Corporation
Redmond, Washington
Anne Gron
Vice President
NERA Economic
Consulting
Chicago
Mark McLaughlin
Mayer Brown LLP
Chicago
Nick Koberstein
Division Counsel,
Corporate Transactions
Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Park, IL
Registration Information Tuition
Regular tuition is $400 per person.
Government, academic, and judicial attendees
may register for $200 per person. This rate
applies to full-time, active professionals
in these fields. One set of materials on CDROM is included with registration.
Register online
http://www.law.northwestern.edu/
searlecenter/conference/international/
index.html
Click on “Registration”
Questions:
312-503-1811 or
[email protected]
Information
About the Event
The Third Annual Chicago Forum on
International Antitrust Issues is the
only Midwest conference of its kind.
It is designed to examine the latest
developments in competition regulation
around the globe providing practitioners
and regulators with up-to-date and
practical information.
Registration and Tuition
Regular tuition is $400 per person.
Government, academic, and judicial
attendees may register for $200 per
person. This rate applies to full-time,
active professionals in these fields.
Tuition includes all sessions, continental
breakfasts, lunch, coffee breaks,
receptions, and program materials
distributed at the event. Registrations
must be made in advance. On-site
registration is only available as space
permits and requires an additional $50
fee and must be paid by a check made
out to Northwestern University School
of Law. Registration is for the full two
days of the program for one individual.
Shared registration is not available.
Course Materials
For registered participants, course materials
will be available for download prior to
the event. Registrants will also receive a
set of course materials on CD-ROM upon
check-in. Registrants and non-registrants
may purchase additional copies of the CDROM for $50. You may bring your laptop to
the program – power outlets and wireless
logins will be available.
Cancellation Policy
Full tuition refunds will be made for all
written cancellations received by May
24, 2012. A $200 administrative fee will
be deducted from refunds on written
cancellations received after May 24, 2012.
No refunds will be given for cancellations
made after May 31, 2012.
Continuing Legal Education Credit
The Chicago Forum on International
Antitrust Issues has been approved in
Illinois for 12.25 total credit hours including
2.0 professionalism (ethics) credits (ethics
approval pending). Questions regarding
accreditation may be directed to Sarah
Swain at [email protected]
or (312) 861-7609.
Location
The event will be held at Northwestern
Law in Wieboldt Hall 340 East Superior
Street, on the Chicago campus of
Northwestern University and not on the
Evanston campus.
Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and
Economic Growth
Founded in 2006, the mission of the
Searle Center is to study the impact of
laws and regulations on economic growth
and to communicate the results of that
research to academic, public policy, and
judicial leaders.
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updates please visit
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searlecenter/conference/
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Third Annual Chicago Forum on
International Antitrust Issues
Thursday, June 7, 2012–Friday, June 8, 2012
Northwestern University School of Law
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