Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, ANTITRUST NEWS: Cuneo to receive Alfred E. Kahn Award at AAI annual conference, (Apr 12, 2016)
Organizations Mentioned:American Antitrust Institute
By Edward L. Puzzo, J.D.
Jonathan W. Cuneo will receive the Alfred E. Kahn Award for Antitrust Achievement at the 17th Annual Conference of the American Antitrust Institute. The conference will be held on Thursday, June 16, in Washington, D.C.
Cuneo began his career in antitrust and consumer protection 40 years ago at the FTC, before joining with Warren Grimes as antitrust counsel to the House Judiciary Committee Chairman Peter Rodino. One of the founders of the American Antitrust Institute (AAI) in 1998, Cuneo helped formulate the governance and early direction of the organization, raised funds, and attracted new Advisory Board members from the plaintiff’s antitrust bar.
The annual conference—“Living with Market Concentration? New Perspectives on Merger Policy”—will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on June 16 at the National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
The program will feature the following topics and speakers: (1) Welcome and Overview of the Merger Wave and Enforcement Trends—Diana Moss, President of the American Antitrust Institute; (2) The Growth Challenge of Merger Remedies—John Kwoka, Leah Brannon, and Daniel Ducore, Assistant Director for Compliance, FTC Bureau of Competition; (3) Bargaining Power and Other Novel Theories of Competitive Harm—Chris Sagers, FTC Bureau of Competition Director Deborah L. Feinstein, Joshua S. Gans, Robin Lee, and William Rogerson; (4) A Fresh Look at the Role of Economics in Antitrust Analysis—Roger Noll, Wayne Dale Collins, and Bonny E. Sweeney; (5) Defining Antitrust Markets Around Customers and Channels—Randy Stutz, FTC Chief Trial Counsel Tara Reinhart, and Frederick R. Warren-Boulton; (6) Broadening the Lens on Merger Review—Thomas Horton, Robert H. Lande, Damon Silvers, and Lynn Stout; (7) New Developments in Private Merger Litigation—Robert Kaplan, Allen Grunes, Paul Novak, and Marc Schildkraut; and (8) Mergers with International Dimensions: Coordination, Due Process, and Other Issues—Beth Farmer, Stephen Calkins, FTC Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen, and Su Sun.
Further information and online registration are available here.
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