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The American Antitrust Institute celebrated its 10th year during its annual national conference on June 18th and 19th at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. This year, the conference focused on the presentation of draft recommendations from the AAI’s Transition Report on Competition Policy for the next Administration. The completed report will articulate the public policy agenda of AAI while providing the next Administration with specific suggestions for legislation and enforcement priorities.
Welcome Luncheon
Welcome
Albert A. Foer, President, American Antitrust Institute
Presentation of Civil Servant Award to Bernard Hollander of the Department of Justice
John M. Nannes, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom LLP
Keynote Address: Behavioral Economics
Donald C. Langevoort, Co-Director, Joint Degree in Law and Business Administration; Thomas Aquinas Reynolds Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Panel Discussion on Behavioral Economics and Antitrust
Phil Evans, Head of Consumer Policy, FIPRA
Albert A. Foer, President, American Antitrust Institute
Donald C. Langevoort, Co-Director, Joint Degree in Law and Business Administration; Thomas Aquinas Reynolds Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Maurice E. Stucke, Associate Professor, University of Tennessee College of Law
Whither the Antitrust Division?
Panel discussion led by:
John M. Connor, Professor of Industrial Economics, Purdue University
Panelists:
William J. Baer, Partner, Arnold & Porter
Deborah Garza, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Regulatory Matters; Chair, Antitrust Modernization Commission
Scott Hammond, U.S. Department of Justice
Robert H. Lande, Venable Professor of Law, University of Baltimore; Director, American Antitrust Institute
A More Expansive View of the FTC
Panel discussion led by:
Veronica G. Kayne, Partner, Haynes and Boone LLP
Panelists:
Eleanor Fox, Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation, New York University School of Law
Thomas B. Leary, Of Counsel, Hogan & Hartson; former Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Robert Skitol, Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath; Director, American Antitrust Institute
Merger Policy Panel
Panel discussion led by:
Jonathan B. Baker, Professor, Washington College of Law, American University
Panelists:
Cecile Kohrs Lindell, The Deal
William Kolasky, Partner, WilmerHale; former Deputy Assistant Attorney General
Closing Remarks
Welcome
Albert A. Foer, President, American Antitrust Institute
The Future of Private Enforcement
Panel discussion led by:
Richard Brunell, AAI Director of Legal Advocacy; Adjunct Professor of Law, Boston College Law School
Panelists:
Jonathan Jacobson, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
K. Craig Wildfang, Partner, Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi LLP
Verticality Regains Relevance
Panel discussion led by:
Gary L. French, Senior Vice President, Nathan Associates Inc.
Panelists:
Gregory T. Gundlach, AAI Senior Fellow; Interim Chairperson, Department of Marketing & Logistics and Visiting Eminent Scholar, Coggin College of Business, University of North Florida A.
Douglas Melamed, Partner, WilmerHale’s Regulatory and Government Affairs Department
Richard Brunell, AAI Director of Legal Advocacy; Adjunct Professor of Law, Boston College Law School
Breakout Sessions
Energy
Panel discussion led by:
Diana L. Moss, Director and Vice President, American Antitrust Institute
Panelists:
John C. Hilke, Ph.D., Economic Consultant, former FTC Bureau of Economics Electricity Project Coordinator
W. David Montgomery, Vice President, CRA International
Roger Noll, Professor of Economics Emeritus, Stanford University
John Kwoka, Jr., Finnegan Professor of Economics, Northeastern University
Agriculture
Panel discussion led by:
Peter C. Carstensen, Young-Bascom Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School
Panelists:
Roger W. Fones, Partner, Morrison & Foerster
C. Robert Taylor, Alfa Eminent Scholar and Professor, Auburn University College of Agriculture
Jonathan Cuneo, Partner, Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca
Healthcare/Pharmaceuticals
Panel discussion led by:
Thomas Greaney, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Health Law Studies at Saint Louis University School of Law
David Balto, Attorney
Panelists:
Ellen S. Cooper Assistant Attorney General and Chief of Antitrust Division, Office of the Attorney General of Maryland
Robert F. Leibenluft, Partner, Hogan & Hartson; former Assistant Director for Health Care, FTC’s Bureau of Competition
Robert Skitol, Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath; Director, American Antitrust Institute
Media
Panel discussion led by:
Maurice E. Stucke, Associate Professor, University of Tennessee College of Law
Panelists:
Tasneem Chipty, Vice President, CRA International
Allen Grunes, Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Robert H. Lande, Venable Professor of Law, University of Baltimore; Director, American Antitrust Institute
Jonathan Sallet, Partner, The Glover Park Group
Jaret Seiberg, Policy Research, Stanford Group; former Antitrust Reporter, The Deal
Luncheon
Happy 10th Anniversary to the AAI
Albert A. Foer, President, American Antitrust Institute
Presentation of the Fifth Annual Jerry S. Cohen Award
Presentation of the AAI Antitrust Achievement Award to John Shenefield
Robert Pitofsky, Of Counsel, Arnold & Porter; former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission
Donald Klawiter, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP; former ABA Antitrust Section Chair
Breakout Sessions
Re-energizing Sec. 2 of the Sherman Act
Panel discussion led by:
Bonny Sweeney, Partner, Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP
Panelists:
Michael D. Hausfeld, Partner, Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll
Milton Marquis, Partner, Dickstein Shapiro LLP
Christine A. Varney, Partner, Hogan & Hartson; former Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Richard Brunell, AAI Director of Legal Advocacy; Adjunct Professor of Law, Boston College Law School
Buyer Power Comes of Age
Panel discussion led by:
John B. Kirkwood, Associate Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law
Panelists:
Einer R. Elhauge, Petrie Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Gregory J. Werden, Senior Economic Counsel, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice
The Politics of Antitrust
Panel discussion led by:
Jonathan Cuneo, Partner, Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca
Panelists:
Edward Black, President, Computer & Communication Industry Association
Joan Claybrook, President, Public Citizen
Einer R. Elhauge, Petrie Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch, Federal Trade Commission