10th Annual Private Enforcement Conference

Name: 10th Annual Private Enforcement Conference
Start: 2016-11-09T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2016-11-09T23:59:59+00:00

November 09, 2016

On Wednesday, November 9, 2016, the American Antitrust Institute hosted its 10th Annual Private Antitrust Enforcement Conference at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. Following the conference, the AAI hosted its 4th Annual Antitrust Enforcement Awards Dinner at the JW Marriott Hotel.

8:30 am

Junior Lawyers Breakfast: Future of Private Antitrust Enforcement

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

Panelists:
Pamela Gilbert, Partner, Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca

Andrew C. Curley, Shareholder, Berger & Montague, P.C.

Michelle J. Looby, Member, Gustafson Gluek PLLC

10:00 am

Private Enforcement and National Competition Policy Priorities

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

Panelists:
Hal Singer, Ph.D., Principal, Economists Incorporated

Brent Landau, Partner, Hausfeld LLP

Michael S. McFalls, Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP

11:15 am

Let There Be Light: Developments in the Extraterritorial Application of the U.S. Antitrust Laws

Moderator:
Eric Citron, Partner, Goldstein Russell, P.C.

Panelists:
Kristen C. Limarzi, Chief of Appellate Section, U.S. Department of Justice

Belinda Lee, Partner, Latham & Watkins

Adam J. Zapala, Principal, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP

12:45 pm

Luncheon & Keynote Address: “Taking the Error Out of ‘Error Cost’ Analysis: What's Wrong with Antitrust's Right”

Introduction:
Andrew I. Gavil, Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law

Keynote:
Jonathan B. Baker, Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law; 2016 Jerry S. Cohen Award for Antitrust Scholarship Winner

2:15 pm

The Challenge of Circumstantial Proof of Cartel Behavior and of Presenting Economic Issues and Concepts to Judges and Juries

Moderator:
Marc Seltzer, Partner, Susman Godfrey L.L.P.

Panelists:
William A. Isaacson, Partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP

Janet S. Netz, Ph.D., Expert, applEcon

3:45 pm

Ethical Issues Arising in the Certification and Settlement of Class Actions: Is What’s Good for the Goose, Good for the Gander?

Moderator:
Ellen Meriwether, Partner, Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP

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

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

Barbara Hart, CEO, Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart, P.C.

4:50 pm