Program Description: The institute is a two-day program that will address the economics and applications of antitrust law. The program will begin will the foundational aspects of economics and antitrust policy, including a review of supply and demand and a broad overview of competition and monopoly. The final day of the program will include the 17th Annual George Mason Law Reveiw Symposium on Antitrust Law entitled, “The FTC: 100 Years of Antitrust Policy,” which will examine the important role the Federal Trade Commission had played in shaping US antitrust policy since its inception in 1914. Symposium panels will examine mergers, the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property, the proper scope of Section 5 of the FTC Act, and the FTC’s use of enforcement and advocacy to contend with state-imposed restraints on competition. All current FTC commissioners are scheduled to participate; the lunch program will include a moderated panel of former FTC chairmen.
Agenda
Opening Keynote Address
The Honorable Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman, Federal Trade Commission
Panel One: Intellectual Property and Antitrust
The Honorable Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
John “Jay” Jurata, Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Suttcliffe LLP
C. Scott Hemphill, Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
Moderator: James C. Cooper, Director, Research and Policy, Law & Economics Center and Lecturer in Law, George Mason University School of Law
Panel Two: Mergers
William Blumenthal, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
Chetan Sanghvi, Senior Vice President, NERA Economic Consulting
George S. Cary, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Moderator: The Honorable Douglas H. Ginsburg, Senior Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law
Luncheon Panel
Keynote Panelists:
Jon D. Leibowitz, Partner, David Polk & Wardwell LLP
Timothy J. Muris, Of Counsel, Kirkland & Ellis LLP; George Mason University Foundation Professor, George Mason University School of Law
James C. Miller III, Senior Advisor, Husch Blackwell LLP
Moderator: William C. MacLeod, Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Panel Three: State and Professional Restriants
The Honorable Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Todd J. Zywicki, George Mason University School of Law
Thomas G. Krattenmaker, Formerly Professor, Georgetown University Law Center and Formerly Dean, William & Mary Law School
Harry First, Charles L. Denison Professor of Law, Director of the Competition, Innovation, and Information Law Program, New York Univeristy School of Law
Moderator: James C. Cooper, Director, Research and Policy, Law & Economics Center and Lecturer in Law, George Mason University School of Law
Panel Four: Section 5 Policy
The Honorable Joshua D. Wright, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Sharis A. Pozen, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Justin “Guz” Hurwitz, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Nebrasksa College of Law
Carl W. Hittinger, Partner, DLA Piper and Co-Chair, US Antitrust and Trade Regulation Group
Moderator: Bruce McCulloch, Partner, Freshfields Bruchkaus Ceringer
For More Information, Contact: Mason Attorneys General Education Program
703.993.9964
AGEP@gmu.edu