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Overview
Why You Should Attend
This year’s program will examine recent developments in several key areas of antitrust reflected in recent decisions as well as vigorous enforcement in the U.S. and around the world. Nationally known practitioners and senior government enforcement officials will report on and explore developments in competitor relationships, including cartels and other per se antitrust violations, as well as the antitrust implications of joint ventures and other competitor collaborations; the legality of various vertical restraints on customers and suppliers; current merger analysis and enforcement; standards for compliance with U.S. price discrimination laws; and the strategies and priorities of the antitrust enforcers.
What You Will Learn
After completing this program, participants will be able to:
• Understand recent decisions addressing:
o Standards for per se and rule of reason analysis
o Conspiracy law and competitor relationships
o Joint ventures and other business collaborations
o Resale price maintenance, tying and bundling arrangements, monopolization, and attempted monopolization
o Mergers, acquisitions and similar combinations
o Trade associations, standard-setting and industry cooperation
o Intersection of Intellectual Property and Antitrust law
• Learn about current federal, state and non-U.S. enforcement priorities
• Review Robinson-Patman law on price and non-price discrimination
• Hear about antitrust enforcement priorities from state and federal regulators
Who Should Attend
This program is intended for in-house corporate counsel, attorneys in government and private practice, and other allied professionals with responsibility for, or interest in, antitrust matters.
Program Level: Overview
Prerequisites: An understanding of fundamental antitrust law and applicable regulations.
Advanced Preparation: None
Lecture Topics [Total time 00:10:15]
Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program.
- Opening Remarks* [00:01:57]
Jennifer B. Patterson, Samantha F. Hynes - Relationships Among Competitors: Lawful Collaborations, Unreasonable Restraints and Cartels [01:05:47]
Jennifer B. Patterson - Current Issues in Monopolization [01:02:24]
Daniel G. Swanson - Antitrust Class Action Developments [00:58:32]
Rosa M. Morales, Karin Garvey - Antitrust Considerations in Acquisitions and Mergers [00:58:56]
Samantha F. Hynes - Current Legal Problems at the Interface of IP Law and Competition Law [01:00:04]
Robert P. Taylor - Evolving Law on Vertical Restraints, “Exclusionary Contracts” and Resale Price Maintenance [01:00:13]
Craig G. Falls - Enforcement Issues and Opportunities for Antitrust Practitioners [01:15:48]
Heather S. Nyong’o, Shaoul Sussman, David M. Teslicko, Jr., Amy McFarlane - The Robinson-Patman Act: the Potential Revival of a Once-Forgotten and Controversial Law [00:53:39]
Yehudah L. Buchweitz - The Intersection Between Antitrust, Ethics, and Compliance [01:00:38]
Theodore L. Banks
The purchase price of this Web Program includes the following articles from the Course Handbook available online:
- Complete Course Handbook
- Jennifer B. Patterson, Saul P. Morgenstern, Hasan S. Siddiqui and Caleb Song, Cartels and Other Horizontal Relationships (February 27, 2023)
Jennifer B. Patterson - Daniel G. Swanson and Cynthia E. Richman, Sherman Act Section 2: Monopolization, Attempted Monopolization, and Conspiracy to Monopolize (2023)
Daniel G. Swanson - Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, FTC Redefines “Unfair Methods of Competition” under Section 5 of the FTC Act (November 18, 2022)
Samantha F. Hynes - Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, FTC and DOJ Announce Joint Review of Merger Guidelines (January 19, 2022)
Samantha F. Hynes - Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, DOJ Focus on Officer and Director Interlocks (May 10, 2019)
Samantha F. Hynes - Intellectual Property v. Antitrust Law (2023)
Robert P. Taylor - Analyzing Vertical Restraints in the Rapidly Evolving Antitrust Landscape (2023)
Craig G. Falls - Model Timing Agreement, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (September 2020)
Jennifer B. Patterson,Samantha F. Hynes - Federal Trade Commission, Guidance from the Bureau of Competition on Requesting and Obtaining an Advisory Opinion
Jennifer B. Patterson,Samantha F. Hynes - Robinson-Patman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 13 (1936)
Jennifer B. Patterson,Samantha F. Hynes - Federal Trade Commission, Guides for Advertising Allowances and Other Merchandising Payments and Services, 79 Fed. Reg. 58245-01 (September 29, 2014)
Jennifer B. Patterson,Samantha F. Hynes - Ethical Considerations in Antitrust: Professional and Substantive—Selected Background Information on Legal Ethics and Antitrust
Theodore L. Banks
Presentation Material
- Relationships Among Competitors: Lawful Collaborations, Unreasonable Restraints and Cartels
Jennifer B. Patterson - Current Issues in Monopolization
Daniel G. Swanson - Antitrust Class Action Developments
Karin E. Garvey, Rosa M. Morales - Case Document
Karin E. Garvey, Rosa M. Morales - DECISION AND ORDER APPOINTING INTERIM CLASS COUNSEL
Karin E. Garvey, Rosa M. Morales - ORDER APPOINTING INTERIM CO-LEAD CLASS COUNSEL AND PLAINTIFFS’ STEERING COMMITTEE
Karin E. Garvey, Rosa M. Morales - UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Karin E. Garvey, Rosa M. Morales - Antitrust Considerations in Acquisitions and Mergers
Samantha F. Hynes - Current Legal Problems at the Interface of IP Law and Competition Law
Robert P. Taylor - Evolving Law on Vertical Restraints, “Exclusionary Contracts” and Resale Price Maintenance
Craig G. Falls - Enforcement Issues and Opportunities for Antitrust Practitioners
Amy McFarlane, Heather S. Nyong’o, Shaoul Sussman, David M. Teslicko, Jr. - The Robinson-Patman Act Handout
Yehudah L. Buchweitz - The Robinson-Patman Act: the Potential Revival of a Once-Forgotten and Controversial Law
Yehudah L. Buchweitz - The Intersection Between Antitrust, Ethics, and Compliance
Theodore L. Banks
This year’s program will examine recent developments in several key areas of antitrust reflected in recent decisions as well as vigorous enforcement in the U.S. and around the world. Nationally known practitioners and senior government enforcement officials will report on and explore developments in competitor relationships, including cartels and other per se antitrust violations, as well as the antitrust implications of joint ventures and other competitor collaborations; the legality of various vertical restraints on customers and suppliers; current merger analysis and enforcement; standards for compliance with U.S. price discrimination laws; and the strategies and priorities of the antitrust enforcers.
What You Will Learn
After completing this program, participants will be able to:
• Understand recent decisions addressing:
o Standards for per se and rule of reason analysis
o Conspiracy law and competitor relationships
o Joint ventures and other business collaborations
o Resale price maintenance, tying and bundling arrangements, monopolization, and attempted monopolization
o Mergers, acquisitions and similar combinations
o Trade associations, standard-setting and industry cooperation
o Intersection of Intellectual Property and Antitrust law
• Learn about current federal, state and non-U.S. enforcement priorities
• Review Robinson-Patman law on price and non-price discrimination
• Hear about antitrust enforcement priorities from state and federal regulators
Program Level: Overview
Prerequisites: An understanding of fundamental antitrust law and applicable regulations.
Advanced Preparation: None