Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, CONFERENCES: American Antitrust Institute to hold private antitrust enforcement conference and awards dinner on December 3, (Oct 21, 2013)
Organizations Mentioned:American Antitrust Institute | Duke University | Southwestern Law School | University of California | University of Michigan | University of San Francisco
The American Antitrust Institute will hold its 7th Annual Private Antitrust Enforcement Conference on December 3, 2013, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The one-day conference will be followed by a gala dinner at the JW Marriott hotel, at which the AAI will present its 2013 Antitrust Enforcement Awards.
Bert Foer, President of the AAI, will welcome attendees to the conference. The conference will proceed with a panel discussion on “Recent Supreme Court Decisions and Their Progeny: Implications for Private Antitrust Litigation,” with moderator Eric Fastiff and panelists Professor Warren S. Grimes of Southwestern Law School, H. Laddie Montague Jr., Steve Shadowen, and Karen N. Walker. Following a networking break, a luncheon will be held featuring a Keynote Address on “Powerful Buyers and Merger Enforcement” by Professor John B. Kirkwood of Seattle University School of Law.
After the luncheon, Professor Joshua P. Davis of the University of San Francisco School of Law and Shannon Wheatman will deliver an update on progress on the AAI’s Jury Instructions Project, including a comparison between the AAI and ABA instructions. A panel discussion on Multi-District Litigation will follow, with moderator Dan Gustafson and panelists Craig C. Corbitt, Professor Francis E. McGovern of Duke University School of Law and University of California Berkeley School of Law, and former District Judge Vaughn R. Walker of the Northern District of California. After this panel discussion, a debate, entitled “The Attack on Private Enforcement,” will be held between Professor Robert H. Lande of the University of Baltimore School of Law and Professor Joshua P. Davis of the University of San Francisco School of Law, authors of an AAI empirical study, and Professor Daniel Crane of the University of Michigan Law School, a critic of the study. Professor Beth Farmer of Penn State University Dickinson School of Law will moderate.
Following the closing of the conference, a cocktail reception and awards dinner will be held. The 2013 Antitrust Enforcement Awards will feature two categories in its inaugural year: (1) Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement in Private Law Practice and (2) Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement in Economics.
Prospective attendees may register for the conference and dinner here. The event contact is Sarah Frey, who may be reached at (410) 897-7028 or at sfrey@antitrustinstitute.org.
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