Fourth Annual Chicago Forum on International Antitrust Issues

978 Pages·2013·22.82 MB·English

by  Mary Kate Radelet

TABLE OF C ONTENTS
Fourth Annual Chicago Forum on International Antitrust Issues
TABLE OF CONTENTS

FRONT COVER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
AGENDA
WITH THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS
PLANNING COMMITTEE
SPEAKER BIOS
KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY MAUREEN K. OHLHAUSEN: UPDATE ON INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND
CONVERGENCE
• Memorandum of Understanding on Antitrust Cooperation between the United States
Department of Justice and the United States Federal Trade Commission and the Ministry
of Corporate Affairs (Government of India) and the Competition Commission of India

• The Never-ending yet Vital Pursuit of Greater Cooperation, Convergence, and
Transparency—Remarks of Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Commissioner, Federal Trade
Commission at the First Annual Symposium. China Institute of International Antitrust
and Investment, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China (March 22,
2013)

• Memorandum of Understanding on Antitrust and Antimonopoly Cooperation between
the United States Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission, on the One
Hand, and the People’s Republic of China National Development and Reform
Commission, Ministry of Commerce, and State Administration for Industry and
Commerce, on the Other Hand

• Taking Notes: Observations On the First Five Years of the Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law,
Remarks of Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission at the
Competition Committee Meeting, U.S. Council for International Business, Washington,
DC (May 9, 2013).
YEAR IN REVIEW—US, EU, and Brazil
• “2013: What to expect on the European competition policy front,” by Tom Jenkins and Bill
Batchelor (Baker & McKenzie, European & Competition Law Practice, Brussels)

• “FA Premier League: The Broader Implications for Copyright Licensing,” by Tom Jenkins and Bill
Batchelor (Baker & McKenzie, European & Competition Law Practice, Brussels)

• “CJEU AstraZeneca Judgment: Groping Towards a Test for Patent Office Dealings,” by Bill
Batchelor and Melissa Healy in European Competition Law Review

• History of Competition Policy in Brazil: 1930–2010

• Competition Policy in Brazil (Presentation—Francisco Todorov)
VENTURING OUTSIDE THE US—ANTITRUST ISSUES IN COMPETITOR COLLABORATIONS, JOINT VENTURES,
STRATEGIC ALLIANCES, TEAMING AGREEMENTS
• EC Guidelines on the applicability of Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union to horizontal co-operation agreements

• EC Guidelines on Vertical Restraints

• FTC/DOJ Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors
ANTITRUST LITIGATION, ARBITRATION AND USE OF ECONOMISTS OUTSIDE THE US
• 2012 Global Guide to Competition Litigation—England and Wales (Baker & McKenzie)

• “Arbitrating Competition Law Disputes: A Matter of Policy?” by Francesca Richmond in the
Kluwer Arbitration Blog

• Global Guide to Competition Litigation

• Draft Guidance Paper: Quantifying Harm in Actions for Damages Based on Breaches of Article
101 or 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

• The Use of Experts in International Litigation (Presentation—Kristin Terris)

• Antitrust Litigation Outside of the U.S (Presentation—Francesca Richmond)
LESSONS LEARNED FROM COMPLIANCE TO GLOBAL CARTEL INVESTIGATIONS (ETHICS CREDIT)
• 2012 Guidelines Manual, Chapter Eight: Sentencing of Organizations

• United States of America v. AU Optronics Corporation

• Statement of Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer on Changes to Antitrust Division’s Carve-Out
Practice Regarding Corporate Plea Agreements

• Sentencing Memo: United States of America v. AU Optronics Corporation

• Guiding Principles of Enforcement

• Compliance Matters: What companies can do better to respect EU competition rules

• Framework-Document of 10 February 2012 on Antitrust Compliance Programmes

• “Competition Law Compliance Programs and Government Support or Indifference” by Theodore
Banks and Nathalie Jalabert-Doury

• “Enforcers’ Consideration of Compliance Programs in Europe: Are 2011 Initiatives Raising Their
Profile or Reducing It to the Lowest Common Denominator?” by Nathalie Jalabert-Doury & Gillian
Sproul

• Lessons Learned From Compliance to Global Cartels Translating Theory Into Practice
(Presentation—Karine Faden)
UPDATE ON ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT IN INDIA
• Update on Antitrust Enforcement in India (Presentation—Nicholas J. Franczyk)
ANTITRUST PERSPECTIVE ON INNOVATION, NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, STANDARD SETTING AND LICENSING
• Antitrust, Innovation, and Standard-Setting (Presentation—John D. Harkrider)
ANTITRUST ISSUES IN DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA
• Antitrust Issues in Doing Business in China (Presentation—H. Stephen Harris, Jr.)
EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF MERGER POLICY
• “Assessing the Quality of Competition Policy: The Case of Horizontal Merger Enforcement” by
William E. Kovacic
BASIC ECONOMIC CONCEPTS ARISING IN ANTITRUST MATTERS
• “Market Definition and Unilateral Competitive Effects in Online Retail Markets,” by Michael R.
Baye

• “Unilateral Competitive Effects of Mergers Between Firms with High Profit Margins,” by
Elizabeth M. Bailey, Gregory K. Leonard, and Lawrence Wu

• “Horizontal Mergers of Online Firms: Structural Estimation and Competitive Effects,” by
Yonghong An, Michael R. Baye, Yingyao Hu and John Morgan

• “Hypotheticals and Counterfactuals: the Economics of Competition Policy,” by Mark Williams and
A. Jorge Padilla

• Horizontal Merger Guidelines
TYING, BUNDLING, EXCLUSIVITY, MFNS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTION ISSUES
• Tying, Bundling , Exclusive Dealing, & Loyalty Discounts: Basics of the Analysis Under US Antitrust
Law (Presentation—Mark McLaughlin)
IDENTIFYING AND RESOLVING CONFLICTS OUTSIDE THE US
• Identifying and Resolving Conflicts Outside the US (Presentation—Jason H. Staples and Charles F.
Regan, Jr.)
Fourth Annual Chicago Forum on International Antitrust Issues
Thursday, June 13-Friday, June 14, 2013
Northwestern University School of Law
Wieboldt Hall #147
340 E. Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60611
Thursday, June 13th
Morning Session Chair: Roxane C. Busey, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Chicago, IL
8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast (WB 150)
8:40-8:45 Welcome and Introduction (WB 147)
Dean Daniel B. Rodriguez, Dean and Harold Washington Professor, Northwestern University
School of Law
Max Schanzenbach, Professor of Law and Director of Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and
Economic Growth at Northwestern University School of Law
Matthew L. Spitzer, Incoming Director, Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic
Growth at Northwestern University School of Law
8:45-9:15 Keynote Address: Update on International Cooperation and Convergence
Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission

9:15-10:15 Year in Review—US, EU, and Brazil
Roxane C. Busey, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Chicago, IL (moderator)
Bill Batchelor, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Brussels, Belgium
Britt M. Miller, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL
Francisco Todorov, Partner, Trench, Rossi e Watanabe Advogados, Brasilia, Brazil

10:15-10:30 Networking Break (WB 150)
10:30-11:15 Venturing Outside the US—Antitrust Issues in Competitor Collaborations, Joint Ventures,
Strategic Alliances, Teaming Agreements
Nick Koberstein, Division Counsel, Corporate Transactions, Abbott Laboratories (moderator)
Jean-Yves Art, Associate General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation, Brussels, Belgium
Mildred L. Calhoun, formerly of BP America, Chicago, IL
Anne Gron, Vice President, NERA Economic Consulting

11:15-12:15 Antitrust Litigation, Arbitration and Use of Economists Outside the US
Robert McLeod, Editor in Chief, MLEX Market Intelligence (moderator)
Patrick Ahern, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Chicago, IL
Francesca Richmond, Associate, Baker & McKenzie LLP, London, United Kingdom
Kristin Terris, Vice President, NERA Economic Consulting

12:15-12:45 Lunch (WB 540)
12:45-1:15 Lunch Address
Bruno Lasserre, President, Autorité de la Concurrence, Paris, France

Afternoon Session Chair: Thomas Campbell, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Chicago
1:30-2:30 Lessons Learned From Compliance to Global Cartel Investigations (ethics credit)
Thomas Campbell, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Chicago, IL (moderator)
Karine R. Faden, Managing Counsel, Regulatory, Antitrust & Competition, United Airlines
Neville S. Hedley, Director, Internal Investigations, Abbott Laboratories
Nathalie Jalabert Doury, Partner, Mayer Brown International, Paris, France

2:30-3:15 Update on Antitrust Enforcement in India
H. Stephen Harris, Jr., Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Washington D.C. (moderator)
Nicholas R. Franczyk, Counsel for International Technical Assistance, Federal Trade
Commission
Samir R. Gandhi, AZB & Partners, New Delhi, India

3:15-3:30 Networking Break (WB 150)
3:30-4:30 Antitrust Perspective on Innovation, New Product Development, Standard Setting and Licensing
Alice W. Detwiler, Senior Attorney, Microsoft Corporation (moderator)
John D. Harkrider, Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
Roy Hoffinger, Vice President, Legal Counsel, Qualcomm Inc.
Jay Jurata, Partner, Antitrust & Competition, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

4:30-5:15 Antitrust Issues in Doing Business in China
Russell W. Damtoft, Associate Director, Office of International Affairs, Federal Trade
Commission (moderator)
H. Stephen Harris, Jr., Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Washington, DC

5:15 Cocktail Reception (WB 540)
Friday, June 14th

Morning Session Chair: Chris Kelly, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL
8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast (WB 150)
8:45-9:15 Evaluating the Effects of Merger Policy
William E. Kovacic, Global Competition Professor of Law and Policy, George Washington
University Law School and former Chairman, Federal Trade Commission

9:15-10:15 Basic Economic Concepts Arising in Antitrust Matters
Anne Gron, Vice President, NERA Economic Consulting (moderator)
Michael R. Baye, Bert Elwert Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, Department
of Business Economics, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
Thomas S. Respess, Principal Economist, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Washington, D.C.

10:15-10:30 Networking Break (WB 150)
10:30-11:30 Tying, Bundling, Exclusivity, MFNs and Other Distribution Issues
Jean-Yves Art, Associate General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation, Brussels, Belgium
Paul Frontczak, Jr., Senior Antitrust Counsel, Shell Oil Company
Nelson Jung, Director, Competition Enforcement, Office of Fair Trading, London, United
Kingdom

11:30-12:30 Identifying and Resolving Conflicts Outside the US (professional responsibility(ethics) credit)
Charles F. Regan, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL
Jason H. Staples, Senior Counsel, International Legal Operations, Abbott Laboratories

12:30 pm Adjourn
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