Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, CONFERENCES: ABA to Hold 2013 Merger Practice Workshop on September 12, (Jul 29, 2013)

The American Bar Association will hold its 2013 Merger Practice Workshop on September 12, 2013, at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

The conference will commence with welcome remarks from Christopher B. Hockett, Chair of the ABA’s Section of Antitrust Law, and conference co-chairs Leah Brannon and Arthur J. Burke. Demonstration will follow. The first demonstration will consider counseling prior to deal signing, featuring Jeremy J. Calsyn, Avery W. Gardiner, Amanda P. Reeves, Logan M. Breed, Joseph J. Matelis, and Dana R. Wagner. After a break, a second demonstration will cover initial discussions with competition authorities, with Breed, Calsyn, Matelis, Reeves, Gardiner, Michael H. Knight, Josh H. Soven, Elisa K. Kearney, Hartmut Schneider, Derek Ludwin, Jerome A. Swindell, Attorney-Advisor Abgail Slater of the Office of FTC Commissioner Julie Brill, and Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, Mergers III Division. The conference will then proceed with a third demonstration on second stage review, featuring Knight, Soven, Slater, Stewart-Teitelbaum, Breed, Calsyn, Kearney, Gardiner, Matelis, Reeves, Schneider, and Wagner.

Following a lunch, the workshop will reconvene with a panel discussion of the morning sessions. Panelists will include Leah Brannon; Ilene Knable Gotts; Cathy Moscatelli, Assistant Director of the FTC Bureau of Competition, Mergers II Division; and Leslie Overton Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice Antitrust Division. After the panel discussion, a fourth demonstration will consider substantive dialogue with the authorities, featuring Breed, Calsyn, Knight, Matelis, Reeves, Slater, Soven, Stewart-Teitelbaum, Ludwin, Swindell, Gardiner, and Wagner. Demonstration five, entitled “Litigation and Remedies,” will follow, with Breed, Matelis, Wagner, Calsyn, Kearney, Gardiner, Reeves, Schneider, Knight, Slater, Soven, and Stewart-Teitelbaum. The conference will conclude with a panel discussion of the afternoon session. Panelists will include Arthur J. Burke; Phillip L. Broyles, Assistant Director of the FTC Bureau of Competition, Mergers III Division; and Renata Hesse of the Department of Justice.

The program will be held in the Jack Morton Auditorium of George Washington University’s Media & Public Affairs Building.

Attendees may register online here. More information can be found on the ABA website, or by contacting the American Bar Association through e-mail at at-registrar@americanbar.org.

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