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Managing Litigation and
Business
Risk in Multi-jurisdiction Antitrust
Matters
A practical conference for in-house counsel
to multi-national businesses
Hogan & Hartson LLP
and
Competition Policy Associates
Waldorf=Astoria Hotel
New York
October 23, 2007
Multi-jurisdiction Investigations and Civil Claims
| 8:30 |
Registration/coffee |
| 9:00 |
Chair’s opening remarks
David Leitch, Senior Vice President & General Counsel,
Ford Motor Company |
| 9:15 – 9:45 |
Presentations
Amnesty and plea bargaining in the US
Sandy Litvack
Immunity and leniency in Europe
John Pheasant |
| 9:45 – 10:25 |
Panel discussion
Moderator: Phil Larson
Handling parallel antitrust authority proceedings in the US, Europe and other jurisdictions
The speakers will be joined by Loretta Lynch,
Eric Stock, and
Howard Weber |
| 10:25 – 10:45 |
Coffee break |
| 10:45 – 11:00 |
Presentation
Economic analysis in antitrust authority proceedings and civil litigation
Janusz A. Ordover |
| 11:00 – 11:40 |
Panel discussion
Moderator: Mary Anne Mason
Evaluating civil litigation risk in the US and abroad. What are the implications of European Commission proposals for private antitrust litigation?
The speakers will be joined by Michel Debroux, Steve Edwards, and Harlan Loeb |
| 11:40 – 1:00 |
Concurrent workshops
1. Making/responding to antitrust complaints: procedure and process in the US, Europe and other jurisdictions
Workshop facilitator
Bruno Ciuffetelli
Workshop presenters
Michel Debroux, Robert Leibenluft, and
Howard Weber
2. Economic evidence in antitrust proceedings: presenting a persuasive case through economic techniques and expert witnesses
Workshop facilitator
Margaret Guerin-Calvert
Workshop presenters
Kornelius Kleinlein, Tripp Monts, and Daniel Rubinfeld |
| 1:00 – 2:20 |
Buffet lunch
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Key note address
The Honorable J. Thomas Rosch, Federal
Trade Commission
US views on convergence in global
antitrust enforcement |
Merger Control
| 2:20
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Chair’s opening remarks
Stephen Juge, Deputy General Counsel, Gemalto |
| 2:35 – 3:20
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Presentations
US developments
Janet McDavid
European developments
Catriona Hatton
Economic analysis in multi-jurisdiction transactions
Robert Willig |
| 3:20 – 4:00 |
Panel discussion
Moderator: Joe Krauss
Current issues in US/EU convergence/divergence: gun jumping; non-horizontal guidelines; buyer power and efficiencies defences
The speakers will be joined by Sharis Pozen, Corey Roush, and Christoph Wünschmann |
| 4:00 – 4:20
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Break |
| 4:20 – 5:30
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Concurrent workshops
1. Managing multi-jurisdiction merger filings: timing; jurisdictional carve-outs; challenges in ‘market share’ jurisdictions; developments in new competition regimes
Workshop facilitator
Lynda Marshall
Workshop presenters
Jean-Michele Coumes, Michele Harrington,
and Jun Wei
2. Negotiating remedies: timing & strategy in multi-jurisdiction transactions; economic issues; structural v. behavioral approaches; implementation and enforceability
Workshop facilitator
Dave Saylor
Workshop presenters
Catriona Hatton, Michael Katz, Tom Leary, and
Erica Mintzer |
| 5:30 – 7:00 |
Cocktail reception at Hogan & Hartson |
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