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17th AAI Annual Private Antitrust Enforcement Conference

Name: 17th AAI Annual Private Antitrust Enforcement Conference
Start: 2023-11-02T09:30:00-04:00
End: 2023-11-02T16:45:00-04:00
Location: National Press Club

November 02, 2023
9:30 AM- 4:45 PM

National Press Club

AAI will host its 17th annual Private Antitrust Enforcement Conference on Thursday, November 2, 2023 at the National Press Club. The conference will feature a series of panel discussions on timely and topics. Discussions will feature experts and thought-leaders from across the antitrust community, including enforcement, advocacy, and academia.

The conference luncheon will feature the induction of Pamela Gilbert into the Private Antitrust Hall of Fame.

The conference will be followed by AAI Awards Night at Hamilton Live located across the street at 600 14th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20005.

REGISTRATION PRICING FOR 2023 CONFERENCE AND AWARDS:

Conference and Awards $600
Conference Only $300
Awards Only $300
Government/Academic Conference Only $200
Media Conference Only $0
Advisory Board/Guest/Sponsor Conference and Awards $0

CLE CREDITS:

This conference is approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for up to 5.5 CLE credit hours. When you attend the conference, you will be provided a Certificate of Attendance. If you are a Pennsylvania attorney, AAI will submit and pay for the credits on your behalf. Please read about AAI’s CLE procedures here.

REFUND POLICY:

Refunds for registration, minus a $50.00 processing fee, will be granted for all requests received 10 calendar days prior to the event. Refund requests must be sent in writing to aai@antitrustinstitute.org. Refund requests made within 10 days of the event will not be honored.

The following firms are attending:

A.B. Data
American Economic Liberties Project
Angeion Group
applEcon
Bartlit Beck LLP
Bates White Economic Consulting
Berger Montague
Berman Tabacco
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
BoiesBattin
Burford Capital
Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP
California Office of the Attorney General
CDT
Christensen Associates
Cirque Analytics
Cohen & Gresser LLP
Cohen Milstein
Columbia Law School
Constantine Cannon LLP
Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP
Cuneo, Gilbert & LaDuca LLP
CUTS Washington DC
DE Shaw & Co
DiCello Levitt LLP
Digital Dropouts
don resnikoff law
EconONE
Edelson Lechtzin LLP
Edelson PC
EisnerAmper
Epiq
Fairmark Partners, LLP
Fine, Kaplan and Black, R.P.C.
Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC
Freedman Boyd Hollander & Goldberg P.A.
Garwin Gersein & Fisher LLP
Girard Sharp
GMU Antonin Scalia Law School
Grabar Law Office
Gustafson Gluek PLLC
Hausfeld LLP
Huntington Bank
Joseph Saveri Law Firm
KCC
Kirby McInerney LLP
Korein Tillery
Kroll Settlement Administration
Law Office of Daniel J. Sponseller
Levin Sedran & Berman
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P.
Lowey Dannenberg, P.C.
McClave + Associates
MLex
MoloLamken LLP
NIST
OSKR
Preti Flaherty LLP
Pritzker Levine LLP
Radice Law Firm
RG/2 Claims Administration LLC
Robins Kaplan LLP
Round Table Group
Rust Consulting
Scott + Scott
Sheppard Mullin
Simpluris
Spector Roseman & Kodroff
Taus, Cebulash & Landau, LLP
The Capitol Forum
U.S. DOJ
University of Baltimore School of Law
University of North Florida
Watts Guerra LLP
Weinstein Kitchenoff & Asher LLC
Western Alliance Bank
Wexler Boley & Elgersma LLP
Wolf Haldenstein
Zelle LLP
Zimmerman Reed

8:15 am

Young Lawyers Breakfast

Moderator:
Joshua P. Davis, Shareholder, Berger Montague

Panelists:
Hope Brinn, Associate, Berger Montague
Zachary Krowitz, Associate, Cohen Milstein
Christopher K.L. Young, Partner, Joseph Saveri Law Firm

9:00 am

Continental Breakfast

9:30 am

Welcome and Overview

Eric Cramer, Chairman, Berger Montague
Joshua P. Davis, Shareholder, Berger Montague

9:45 am

A New Era of Cartelization? Algorithmic Antitrust and the Role of Artificial Intelligence

AI is playing a growing role in all areas of society, including gaming and protecting the markets. Private parties have brought class actions against companies like Realpage, and others, for allegedly orchestrating cartels through digital mechanisms. Antitrust enforcers are looking to AI to monitor and establish antitrust violations. This panel will discuss the future of AI and antitrust.

Moderator:
Joshua P. Davis, Shareholder, Berger Montague

Panelists:
Swathi Bojedla, Partner, Hausfeld
Jay L. Himes, Former Special Litigation Counsel & Antitrust Bureau Chief, New York State Office of the Attorney General
Ann O’Brien, Partner, Sheppard Mullin
Dena Sharp, Partner, Girard Sharp

10:45 am

Break

11:00 am

Monopolizing Hospital Markets

In the wake of the Sutter case settlement, multiple antitrust class actions have been brought by insureds and insurance plans against hospitals. Allegations of exclusionary practices, such as anti-steering, anti-tiering, and tying are front and center as means to monopolize markets and inflate prices. This panel will explore the future private antitrust cases in the healthcare space.

Moderator:
Jamie Crooks, Co-Founder, Fairmark Partners, LLP

Panelists:
Matthew L. Cantor, Partner, Constantine Cannon LLP.
Leslie E. Schafer, Ph.D., Managing Director, Econ One Research, Inc.
Emilio Varanini, Supervising Deputy Attorney General at Healthcare Rights and Access Section, Public Rights Division, California Office of the Attorney General

12:00 pm

Networking Break

12:30 pm

Luncheon and Hall of Fame Presentation

AAI Updates
Kathleen W. Bradish, Acting President, American Antitrust Institute

Jerry S. Cohen Award for Student Writing
Daniel H. Silverman, Partner, Cohen Milstein

Acceptance by Eileen Li

Private Antitrust Enforcement Hall of Fame Induction of Pamela Gilbert
Lin Y. Chan, Partner, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP

Jon Leibowitz, Former Federal Trade Commission Chairman

Acceptance by Pamela Gilbert, Partner, Cuneo, Gilbert & LaDuca

2:00 pm

Merger Guidelines and Private Enforcement: A Chat with Doha Mekki

Eric Cramer, Chairman, Berger Montague

Doha Mekki, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division

2:30 pm

Panel Discussion of Draft DOJ/FTC Merger Guidelines: Useful for Private Enforcement?

On July 19, 2023, the FTC and DOJ published Draft Merger Guidelines that, if adopted, would replace both the 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines and the DOJ’s 2020 Vertical Merger Guidelines (which were rescinded by the FTC in 2021). The Draft Guidelines reflect these agencies’ current view toward a more aggressive approach to merger enforcement. The panelist will review the guidelines and discuss what they portend for private antitrust enforcement?

Moderator:
Robert H. Lande, Emeritus Professor, University of Baltimore School of Law

Panelists:
Dean M. Harvey, Partner, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
Amanda G. Lewis, Attorney, Cuneo, Gilbert & LaDuca LLP
Chip Nierlich, Acting Deputy Director Of Civil Enforcement, U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division

3:30 pm

Big Tech: Antitrust Lessons from the Battlefield

Multiple antitrust class actions are pending against Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and more. Panelists will review the status and trajectories of these cases and what private enforcers learning from their federal and state counterparts in bringing and litigating big tech cases.

Moderator:
Heidi M. Silton, Partner, Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P.

Panelists:
Brendan Glackin, Partner, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP
Carol O’Keefe, Partner, Korein Tillery
Karma M. Giulianelli, Partner, Bartlit Beck LLP

4:45 pm

Adjourn

5:00 pm

Cocktail Reception at Hamilton Live

Cocktail Hour is sponsored by Rust Consulting/Kinsella Media

6:00 pm

AAI Awards Night at Hamilton Live

Swathi Bojedla

Partner

Hausfeld

Leadership and Staff

Kathleen W. Bradish

Vice President and Director of Legal Advocacy

American Antitrust Institute

Hope Brinn

Associate

Berger Montague

Matthew L. Cantor

Partner

Constantine Cannon LLP

Senior Fellows | Advisory Board

Eric L. Cramer

Chairman

Berger Montague PC

Jamie Crooks

Co-Founder

Fairmark Partners, LLP

Board of Directors | Senior Fellows

Joshua P. Davis

Research Professor in Residence, UC Law San Francisco

Shareholder, Berger Montague

Karma M. Giulianelli

Partner

Bartlit Beck LLP

Advisory Board

Brendan Glackin

Partner

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP

Advisory Board

Dean M. Harvey

Partner

Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP

Advisory Board

Jay L. Himes

Special Litigation Counsel & Antitrust Bureau Chief

New York State Office of the Attorney General

Zachary Krowitz

Associate

Cohen Milstein

Board of Directors

Robert H. Lande

Emeritus Professor

University of Baltimore School of Law

Amanda G. Lewis

Attorney

Cuneo, Gilbert & LaDuca LLP

Doha Mekki

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General

U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division

Chip Nierlich

Acting Deputy Director Of Civil Enforcement

U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division

Ann O’Brien

Partner

Sheppard Mullin

Carol O’Keefe

Partner

Korein Tillery

Leslie E. Schafer, Ph.D.

Managing Director

Econ One Research, Inc.

Dena Sharp

Partner

Girard Sharp

Advisory Board

Heidi M. Silton

Partner

Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P.

Emilio Varanini

Supervising Deputy Attorney General at Healthcare Rights and Access Section, Public Rights Division

California Office of the Attorney General

Christopher K.L. Young

Partner

Joseph Saveri Law Firm

Panel 1 – A New Era of Cartelization? Algorithmic Antitrust and the Role of Artificial Intelligence

Davis Josh Paul and Reddy, Anupama, AI and Interdependent Pricing: Combination Without Conspiracy? (August 1, 2020). Competition: The Journal of the Antitrust, UCL and Privacy Section, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2020-04, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3682772

Coglianese, Cary and Lai, Alicia, Antitrust by Algorithm (2022). Stanford Computational Antitrust, Vol. 2, p. 1, 2022, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 21-33, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3985553

FTC Staff, Generative AI Raises Competition Concerns (June 29, 2023), https://www.ftc.gov/policy/advocacy-research/tech-at-ftc/2023/06/generative-ai-raises-competition-concerns

Jay L. Himes & Tianran Song, “Welcome to the Hotel California”: The Beast of Algorithmic Pricing, CPI Antitrust Chronicle (February 2019), https://www.competitionpolicyinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/CPI-Himes-Song.pdf.

Panel 2 – Monopolizing Hospital Markets

Richman, Barak D., Antitrust and Nonprofit Hospital Mergers: A Return to Basics. University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 156, 2007, Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 156, Duke Science, Technology & Innovation Paper No. 15, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=975152

Sara Sirota, The Harms of Hospital Mergers and How to Stop Them, American Economic Liberties Project (April 2023), http://www.economicliberties.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Hospital_QuickTake-0421-002.pdf.

FTC Staff, FTC Sues to Stop the Potentially Illegal Integration of New Orleans Area Hospitals Over Failure to Follow Federal Reporting Law (April 20, 2023), https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/04/ftc-sues-stop-potentially-illegal-integration-new-orleans-area-hospitals-over-failure-follow-federal-reporting-law

Bryan Koenig, FTC Continues Row With La. AG, Hospitals Over Merger Notice, Law360 (August 24, 2023, 5:56 PM), https://www-law360-com.mutex.gmu.edu/articles/1714500/ftc-continues-row-with-la-ag-hospitals-over-merger-notice.

Panel 3 – The Draft DOJ/FTC Merger Guidelines: Useful for Private Enforcement?

Lina Khan, Statement of the Chair Lina M. Khan Regarding FTC-DOJ Proposed Merger Guidelines (July 19, 2023), https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/p234000_chair_statement_re_draft_merger_guidelines.pdf.

Eric A. Posner, Eric Posner: The Consumer Welfare in Merger Enforcement, ProMarket (Sept. 7, 2023), https://www.promarket.org/2023/09/07/eric-posner-the-role-of-consumer-welfare-in-merger-enforcement/.

Steven Salop & Jennifer Sturiale, Steven Salop and Jennifer Sturiale: Vertical Merger Enforcement in the Draft Merger Guidelines, ProMarket (July 28, 2023), https://www.promarket.org/2023/07/28/steven-salop-and-jennifer-sturiale-vertical-merger-enforcement-in-the-draft-merger-guidelines/

Panel 4 – Big Tech: Antitrust Lessons from the Battlefield

Wu, Tim, Tech Dominance and the Policeman at the Elbow (February 26, 2019). Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 14-623, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3342598 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3342598

Salop, Steven C. and Sturiale, Jennifer E., Fixing ‘Litigating the Fix’ (May 16, 2023). Forthcoming, Antitrust Law Journal, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4255883 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4255883

Steven Salop, An Excessive Evidentiary Burden Sunk the FTC’s Case Against the Meta/Within Merger, ProMarket (Feb. 22, 2023), https://www.promarket.org/2023/02/22/an-excessive-evidentiary-burden-sunk-the-ftcs-case-against-the-meta-within-merger/.

Davis, Josh Paul and Reddy, Anupama, AI and Interdependent Pricing: Combination Without Conspiracy?

Coglianese, Cary and Lai, Alicia, Antitrust by Algorithm

Richman, Barak D., Antitrust and Nonprofit Hospital Mergers: A Return to Basics

Wu, Tim, Tech Dominance and the Policeman at the Elbow

Salop, Steven C. and Sturiale, Jennifer E., Fixing 'Litigating the Fix'

FTC Staff, Generative AI Raises Competition Concerns

Himes, Jay L. & Tianran Song, “Welcome to the Hotel California”: The Beast of Algorithmic Pricing

Sirota, Sara, The Harms of Hospital Mergers and How to Stop Them

FTC Staff, FTC Sues to Stop the Potentially Illegal Integration of New Orleans Area Hospitals Over Failure to Follow Federal Reporting Law

Lina Khan, Statement of the Chair Lina M. Khan Regarding FTC-DOJ Proposed Merger Guidelines

Eric A. Posner, Eric Posner: The Consumer Welfare in Merger Enforcement

Steven Salop & Jennifer Sturiale, Steven Salop and Jennifer Sturiale: Vertical Merger Enforcement in the Draft Merger Guidelines

Steven Salop, An Excessive Evidentiary Burden Sunk the FTC’s Case Against the Meta/Within Merger

17th AAI Annual Private Antitrust Enforcement Conference

November 02, 2023 9:30 AM- 4:45 PM National Press Club

REGISTRATION PRICING FOR 2023 CONFERENCE AND AWARDS:

CLE CREDITS:

REFUND POLICY:

Young Lawyers Breakfast

Continental Breakfast

Welcome and Overview

A New Era of Cartelization? Algorithmic Antitrust and the Role of Artificial Intelligence

Break

Monopolizing Hospital Markets

Networking Break

Luncheon and Hall of Fame Presentation

Merger Guidelines and Private Enforcement: A Chat with Doha Mekki

Panel Discussion of Draft DOJ/FTC Merger Guidelines: Useful for Private Enforcement?

Big Tech: Antitrust Lessons from the Battlefield

Adjourn

Cocktail Reception at Hamilton Live

AAI Awards Night at Hamilton Live

Panel 1 – A New Era of Cartelization? Algorithmic Antitrust and the Role of Artificial Intelligence

Panel 2 – Monopolizing Hospital Markets

Panel 3 – The Draft DOJ/FTC Merger Guidelines: Useful for Private Enforcement?

Panel 4 – Big Tech: Antitrust Lessons from the Battlefield

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November 02, 2023
9:30 AM- 4:45 PM

National Press Club