Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, CONFERENCES: Fordham to hold 41st annual antitrust law and policy conference, (Jul 3, 2014)
Organizations Mentioned:U.S. Department of Justice
The 41st Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy will be held on September 11 and 12, 2014, in New York City at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center. The two-day event is hosted by the Fordham Competition Law Institute (FCLI) and will cover a number of issues regarding antitrust policy and enforcement in the U.S. and Europe.
The conference will begin Thursday, September 11, with opening remarks by FCLI director Barry E. Hawk, and will be followed by a presentation on Mergers and the Regulatory Environment by EU Commission Director General Alexander Italianer and FTC Chair Edith Ramirez. A panel discussion will then take place with A. Paul Victor, Gerwin van Gerven, and Yvonne Quinn. The remainder of the first day will include the following programs and speakers: Foreign Investment Controls and Competition Law (Calvin A. Goldman); a panel discussion (Ilene K. Gotts, Alexander Chisholm, John Davies, and Stephen Hanson); and Financial Services and Antitrust (James Keyte, Arthur Burke, John M. Connor, Miguel de la Mano, Janusz Ordover, Mark W. Ryan, and David Vann).
EU Commissioner for Competition Joaquin Almunia and William J. Baer, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, will open the second day of the conference, followed by a panel discussion with Marcos Araujo, Ian S. Forrester, and Christine A. Varney. The remainder of the conference will include the following programs and speakers: Worst Decision of Year in U.S. (Einar Elhauge); Worst Decision in EU (Frederic Jenny); panel discussion (Mark Patterson, Michael D. Blechman, and Giorgio Monti); Forty Years Later (1974 to 2014) U.S. Antitrust and Foreign Commerce (Steven Axinn); EU Competition Law (John Temple Lang); and a panel discussion (Martijn Snoep, Jean-Francois Bellis, and William Kovacic).
For additional information, contact FCLI, 140 West 62nd Street, New York, New York 10023; telephone 212-636-6945; email FCLI@law.fordham.edu; or visit www.fordhamantitrust.com.
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