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8th Annual Private Enforcement Conference and Awards Dinner

Name: 8th Annual Private Enforcement Conference and Awards Dinner
Start: 2014-12-02T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2014-12-02T23:59:59+00:00
Location: National Press Club

December 02, 2014
National Press Club

On Tuesday, December 2, 2014, the American Antitrust Institute hosted its 8th Annual Private Antitrust Enforcement Conference at the National Press Club in Washington D.C.

8:30 am

Young Lawyers Breakfast: the Future of Private Antitrust Enforcement: A Brainstorming Session with Lessons from History - Sponsored by Econ One Research

Moderator:
Joshua P. Davis, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Director of the Center for Law and Ethics, University of San Francisco School of Law

Panelists:
Joe Goldberg, Senior Shareholder, Freedman Boyd Hollander Goldberg Urias & Ward P.A.

Robert Kaplan, Partner, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP
Jeffrey J. Leitzinger, Ph.D., Managing Director, Econ One Research Roberta D. Liebenberg, Senior Partner, Fine, Kaplan and Black
H. Laddie Montague, Jr., President, Berger & Montague, P.C. David A. Young, Associate, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC

Welcome

Bert Foer, President, American Antitrust Institute

10:15 am

Proving and Defending Section 1 Claims with Little Direct Evidence of Conspiracy

oderator:
Dan Small, Partner, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC

Panelists:
Steven E. Bizar, Executive Shareholder, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC.

Russell Lamb, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Litigation, Nathan Associates, Inc.

Robert C. Marshall, Ph.D., Partner, Bates White Economic Consulting Brendan P. Glackin, Partner, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP

11:15 am

Best Practices in Supporting and Opposing Certification Classes in Antitrust Cases in the Age of Comcast

Moderator:
Joshua P. Davis, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Director, Center for Law and Ethics, University of San Francisco School of Law

Panelists:
Eric L. Cramer, Managing Shareholder, Berger & Montague, P.C.

Jeffrey J. Leitzinger, Ph.D., Managing Director, Econ One Research

ames Keyte, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Stephen Neuwirth, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

12:45 pm

Luncheon

2:00 pm

Antitrust Issues Arising out of Multiple Recent Class Actions by Merchants and Consumers Against Payment Card Networks

Moderator:
Eric L. Cramer, Managing Shareholder, Berger & Montague, P.C. William J. Blechman, Partner, Kenny Nachwalter, P.A.

Panelists:
David S. Evans, Ph.D., Chairman Global Economics Group

Alan Frankel, Ph.D., Coherent Economics

Kenneth A. Gallo, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

K. Craig Wildfang, Partner, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP

3:30 pm

Antitrust Implications of the Financial Crisis: Financial Instruments, Derivatives, and Commodities.

Moderator:
Leah Nylen, Chief Correspondent, North American Antitrust, Mlex Market Insight

Panelists:
Christopher M. Burke, Partner Scott & Scott LLP

Linda Nussbaum, Director, Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A.

Jeffrey T. Scott, Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

4:45 pm

Closing

Bert Foer, President, American Antitrust Institute

5:00 pm

Cocktail Reception

6:30 pm

Antitrust Enforcement Awards Dinner

Keynote Address:
FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny

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