Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, CONFERENCES: Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium set for September in D.C., (Aug 5, 2015)
Organizations Mentioned:Baker & Botts, LLP | Covington & Burling, LLP | Federal Trade Commission | Hogan Lovells, LLP | Skadden Arps | U.S. Department of Justice
Georgetown Law’s 9th Annual Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium, sponsored by Baker Botts LLP, Covington & Burling LLP, Hogan Lovells, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Bates White and NERA Economic Consulting, will be held on September 29, 2015 at the Washington, D.C. campus.
Executive Vice President and Dean of Georgetown Law William M. Treanor will open the symposium with a welcome and introduction. Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission, will give the keynote address.
The symposium will include five panel discussion: Global Enforcers Roundtable (moderated by Bruno Lasserre, Vinícius Marques de Carvalho, Andreas Mundt, Alejandra Palacios Prieto, and John Taladay); Collaboration, Conversations and Cartels (moderated by Leslie M. Marx, Sharis A. Pozen, Brent C. Snyder, Ingrid Vandenborre, and Phillip H. Warren); Hot Topics in U.S. Enforcement and Policy (moderated by Renata Hesse, Herbert Hovenkamp, A. Douglas Melamed, Leigh L. Oliver, and Steven C. Salop); Hot Topics in International Enforcement and Policy (Frédéric Jenny, Cecilio Madero Villarejo, Frank P. Maier-Rigaud, Johan Ysewyn, and Adrian Emch); and Merger Enforcement and Policy (moderated by Deborah Feinstein, Thomas Fina, David I. Gelfand, and John H. Lyons).
Margrethe Vestager, Commissioner for Competition of the European Commission, will discuss Perspective from the European Commission. William Baer, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, will address the symposium during lunch.
Accreditation has been or will be requested for this program from states with mandatory Continuing Legal Education requirements.
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