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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.
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
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
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
Luncheon
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
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
Closing
Bert Foer, President, American Antitrust Institute
Cocktail Reception
Antitrust Enforcement Awards Dinner
Keynote Address:
FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny