Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies: Events and Programs
Throughout the year, the Institute hosts a number of symposia, lectures and brown bag discussions on selected topics related to antitrust. Individual members in the legal community are invited to speak, and other programs are presented for students and faculty in conjunction with the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Each April the Institute sponsors its annual Loyola Antitrust Colloquium.
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Antitrust Marathon IV: With Authority - October 26-27, 2009
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ABA Conference: A Comparative Analysis of Antitrust Law Regimes - Friday, September 11, 2009
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Loyola-Haifa Comparative Monopolization
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Loyola Antitrust Colloquium - May 1, 2009
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Antitrust Marathon III - April 17, 2009
Antitrust Marathon IV: With Authority
October 26-27, 2009
The Writers' Museum, Dublin
Organised by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies, Loyola University Chicago School of Law with the assistance of the Irish Competition Authority.
October 26th:
26.2 miles, gently around Dublin
Participants Dinner at 6 p.m.
A&L Goodbody
International Financial Services Center
North Wall Quay
Dublin 1 (map: http://www.algoodbody.ie/en_maps/dublin.aspx)
October 27: Antitrust Marathon IV
The Writers' Museum
18 Parnell Square
Dublin 1
10:00 - 10:30: Coffee and welcome by chairs Philip Marsden and Spencer Weber Waller
10:30 - 11:30
Chair: Spencer Waller
Paper author: Professor Max Huffman, Indiana University-Indianapolis School of Law
Discussants: Cavendish Elithorn, Office of Fair Trading; Melanie Aitken, Canadian Competition Bureau; Paul Gorecki, ESRI
- How do we ensure that consumer protection issues are adequately resourced and attended to by competition authorities?
- How do we ensure that competition policy and consumer protection issues and cases are resolved with as little conflict as possible with the other area?
- How can competition authorities help strengthen consumer NGOs, and consumer redress generally?
11:30 - 11:45: Coffee Break
11:45 - 1:30
2. Conflicts of Process vs. Conflicts of Values
Chair: Philip Marsden
Paper author: Giorgio Monti, London School of Economics
Discussant: Barry Rodger, University of Strathclyde; Isolde Goggin, Ofcom Advisory Committee Northern Ireland, and Imelda Maher, UCD
- Concurrency and conflicts of process: how best to manage jurisdiction, case resolution, among "competing" agencies.
- What is the rationale for concurrent jurisdiction be given to sectoral regulators and a competition agency? If a regulator is given competition enforcement powers, is this a recognition that the regulator is expected to balance regulatory goals and competition enforcement goals? If there is a difference of view between two agencies with concurrent jurisdiction on enforcement of competition laws, how should that be resolved?
Paper author: Edward J. Janger, Brooklyn Law School
Discussants: William Beausang, Dept of Finance (tbc); Professor Philippa Watson, City Law School and Essex Court Chambers
- Spotlight on finance services: when other policy areas override competition concerns, how best is this accomplished with a minimum of damage to the credibility of the competition regime?
- When OGD's request that businesses implement change (for environmental, social, stimulating "innovation", procurement, other policy rationales), how best do competition authorities engage in this process to ensure that this doesn't induce anti-competitive conduct?
- When competition laws and policy clash with other public policy goals, how should they be resolved? If they can be reconciled, what mechanism should be in place to do this? Who should do this? If other public policy goals should have primacy, should the competition policy issues still need to be articulated?
1:45 - 2:30: Lunch
2:30 - 4:00
3. Institutional design generally: administrative v judicial models, vs. mixed.
Chair: Spencer Waller
Paper author: Vincent Power, AL Goodbody
Discussants: Stan Wong, Irish Competition Authority; Bruno Lasserre, French Authorit
What is the appropriate model for adjudication at first instance of competition law? Administrative or judicial or a mixed? Does the nature of remedies sought affect the choice, having regard to legal system? If a decision at first instance is appealed to a judical body, what should be the standard of review?
4:00: Close and Thanks
Participants include:
Philip Marsden, British Institute
Spencer Waller, Loyola
Stan Wong, Irish Competition Authority
Melanie Aitken, Canadian Competition Bureau
Bruno Lasserre, Autorité de la concurrence
Giorgio Monti, London School of Economics
Matthew Newman, Bloomberg News
Barry Rodger, Strathcyde University
Vincent Power, AL Goodbody
Edward Janger, Brooklyn Law School
Max Huffman, Indiana University-Indianapolis School of Law
Francisco Marcos, Instituto de Empressa Business School
Maurice Stucke, University of Tennessee College of Law
Ali Nikpay, Office of Fair Trading
Isolde Goggin, Ofcom's Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland
Imelda Maher, University College Dublin
Anna Louise Hinds, NUI Galway
Philippa Watson, Essex Court Chambers
Carlos Orci, Basham Ringe y Correa; Kings College London
Paul Gorecki, ESRI
Bill Prasifka, Irish Competition Authority
Ann Fitzgerald, Chief Executive, National Consumer Agency
Gerald Fitzgerald, McCann Fitzgerald
Emily Gibson, Barrister and Chairman of the Irish Society of European Law
Paolo Palmigiano, ComReg
Mr. Justice John D. Cooke
Declan Walsh, UCC
Moore McDowell, UCD
Pat Massey, CompEcon
A Comparative Analysis of Antitrust Law Regimes: Designing Better Institutions for Deciding Antitrust Issues
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law
Friday, September 11, 2009
A Joint Program Co-Sponsored by the ABA Section of Antitrust Law and Loyola University Chicago School of Law, the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies.
Program Schedule:
| 8:20 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:50 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. |
Welcome and Introductions Spencer Weber Waller, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, IL |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Session I - A Comparative Analysis of Different Regimes Moderator: Speakers: |
| 10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. |
Session II - Strengths and Weaknesses/Relative Effectiveness of these Different Frameworks Moderator: Speakers: |
| 12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. |
Building the Competition Agency of the Future: Perspectives from the FTC Self-Study Introduction: Keynote Speaker: |
| 1:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
Session III - Comparative Institutional Analysis and Competition Law Moderator: Speakers: |
| 3:30 p.m. | Conclusion |
* Materials submitted by Mr. Matsushita who is unable to participate.
For more information and registration go to:
http://www.abanet.org/antitrust/symposium2009.html
The program is free to members of the Loyola University Chicago community. To download a PDF copy of the above agenda, please click here.
Issues at the Forefront of Monopolization and
Abuse of Dominance
May 24-26, 2009
Event Schedule for Sunday, May 24, 2009
| 9:30 a.m. | Registration and Welcoming Reception |
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| 10:00 a.m. |
Opening Remarks Eli Salzberger, Dean, University of Haifa Faculty of Law Spencer Weber Waller, Loyola University of Chicago School of Law Michal S. Gal, University of Haifa Faculty of Law |
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Session 1: Theories of Harm Chair: Michal S. Gal, University of Haifa Faculty of Law | |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Dan Crane, Cardozo School of Law, "Monopoly Broth Makes for Bad Soup" Commentator: Adi Ayal, Bar Ilan University School of Law |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Josef Drexl, Max Planck Institute, "Real Knowledge is to Know the Extent of One's Ignorance: On the Consumer Harm Approach in IP-related Cases" Commentator: Fred Jenny, Cour de cassation |
| 11:30 a.m. |
Ioannis Lianos, University College London, "Classification of Abuses in Article 82 EC: A "Straight Story"?" Commentator: Ariel Ezrachi, Oxford University Faculty of Law |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 2:00 p.m. | Guided Tour of the Hecht Museum, University of Haifa |
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Session II: Exclusionary Practices I Chair: Avishalom Tor, University of Haifa Faculty of Law | |
| 3:30 p.m. |
Steve Salop, Georgetown Law Center, "Section 2 in a Time of Transition: Refusals to Deal and Price Squeezes" Commentator: Pamela Jones Harbour, Federal Trade Commission |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Spencer Weber Waller, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, "A Comparative Look at Essential Facilities and Refusals to Deal" Commentator: Josef Drexl, Max Planck Institute |
| 4:30 p.m. |
Philip Marsden, British Institute of International & Comparative Law, "Attraction vs. Suction: How Goes the Trans-Atlantic Divide on Fidelity Rebates?" Commentator: David Gilo, Tel Aviv University Facult of Law |
| 5:00 p.m. | Coffee Break |
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Session III: Exclusionary Practices II Chair: Spencer Weber Waller, Loyola University Chicago School of Law | |
| 5:30 p.m. |
Pamela Jones Harbour, Federal Trade Commission, "Section 2 in a Web 2.0 World: An Expanded Vision of Relevant Product Markets" Commentator: Spencer Weber Waller, Loyola University Chicago School of Law |
| 6:00 p.m. |
Adi Ayal, Bar Ilan University School of Law, "Voluntary Network Effects" Commentator: Jorge Padilla, LECG |
| 7:00 p.m. | Gala Dinner, University of Haifa |
Event Schedule - Monday, May 25, 2008
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Session IV: Exclusionary Practices III Chair: Michal S. Gal, University of Haifa Faculty of Law | |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Maurice Stucke, University of Tennessee College of Law, "How Do (or Should) Countries Treat a Dominant Firm's Deceptive Conduct?" Commentator: Steve Salop, Georgetown Law Center |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Avishalom Tor, University of Haifa Faculty of Law, "Anticompetitive Acquisitions of Market Power: Evaluating the US and EU Approaches" Commentator: Ioannis Lianos, University College London |
| 10:30 a.m. | Coffee Break |
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Session V: Exploitative Practices Chair: Avishalom Tor, University of Haifa Faculty of Law | |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Fred Jenny, Cour de cassation, "Exploitative Abuses of Dominance" Commentator: Bill Kovacic, Federal Trade Commission |
| 11:30 a.m. |
Ariel Ezrachi & David Gilo, Oxford University Faculty of Law & Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law, "Are Excessive Prices Really Self-Correcting?" Commentator: Dan Crane, Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch |
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Session VI: Enforcement Challenges I Chair: Spencer Weber Waller, Loyola University Chicago School of Law | |
| 2:30 p.m. |
Michal S. Gal & Jorge Padilla, University of Haifa Faculty of Law & LECG, "The Follower Effect and Error Costs: Implications for Monopolization" Commentator: Maurice Stucke, University of Tennessee College of Law |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Ariel Ezrachi, Oxford University Faculty of Law, "The European Commission's Guidance on Article 82 EC - The uncertain future of the Effect-Based Approach" Commentator: David Gerber, Chicago-Kent School of Law |
| 3:30 p.m. | Coffee Break |
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Session VII: Enforcement Challenges II Chair: Michal S. Gal, University of Haifa Faculty of Law | |
| 4:15 p.m. |
Bill Kovacic, Federal Trade Commission, "Federal Trade Commission Administrative Adjudication and the Development of Standards for Dominant Firm Behavior" Commentator: Michal S. Gal, University of Haifa Faculty of Law |
| 4:45 p.m. |
David Gerber, Chicago-Kent School of Law, "Abuse of Sominance, Monopolization and the Institutional Imbeddedness of Economics" Commentator: Philip Marsden, British Institute of International & Comparative Law |
| 5:15 p.m. |
Closing Remarks Spencer Weber Waller, Loyola University Chicago School of Law Avishalom Tor, University of Haifa Faculty of Law |
| 7:00 p.m. | Conference Dinner, Haifa |
Event Schedule for Tuesday, May 26, 2008
Guided Tour
Loyola Antitrust Colloquium
The Institute sponsors an annual Colloquium for professors whose work reflects the same pro-consumer centrist view of antitrust shared by the Institute. Each spring leading antitrust law professors and scholars from related disciplines come to Loyola University Chicago School of Law to present and discuss new scholarly work in the field. Selected papers from the Colloquium are made available for publication through the Loyola University Law Journal, the Loyola Consumer Law Review, and are distributed as working papers of the Institute.
9th Annual Loyola Antitrust Colloquium - Friday, May 1, 2009
Loyola University Chicago
School of Law
25 East Pearson Street
Chicago IL. 60611
10th Floor Ceremonial Courtroom
Schedule of Events
| Friday, May 1, 2009 | |
| 8:45 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast and Registration Loyola University Chicago School of Law |
| 9:20 a.m. |
Welcome Professor Spencer Weber Waller |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Susan Beth Farmer Commentators: Danny Sokol Mike Jacobs |
| 10:45 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Mike Carrier Unsettling Drug Patent Settlements: A Framework for Presumptive Illegality Commentators: William Conanor Meg Simpson |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch Kasbeer Hall 15th Floor 25 E. Pearson |
| 1:45 p.m. |
Chris Sagers Commentators: Andy Gavil Rudy Peritz |
| 3:00 p.m. | Ice Cream Sundae Break |
| 3:20 p.m. |
Josh Davis Judicial Resolution of Contested Facts in Antitrust Cases Commentators: Max Huffman Steve Shadowen |
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6:30 p.m. |
Colloquium Dinner Da Vinci |
Previous Antitrust Colloquium Programs
2001 Antitrust Colloquium
2002 Antitrust Colloquium
2003 Antitrust Colloquium
2004 Antitrust Colloquium
2005 Antitrust Colloquium
2006 Antitrust Colloquium
2007 Antitrust Colloquium
2008 Antitrust Colloquium
Antitrust Marathon III: Antitrust and the Rule of Law
Friday April 17, 2009
British Consulate
One Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA
On Friday April 17th, the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies is co-sponsoring the third in its series of Antitrust Marathons with the Competition Law Forum (CLF) of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. Antitrust Marathon III is a half day round table discussion focused on Antitrust and the Rule of Law from a comparative perspective. The discussion will be based on a series of short issue papers about different aspects of the rule of law in both American antitrust law and EU competition law. The issue papers and an edited transcript will appear in the Loyola Consumer Law Review. We thank the British Consulate for hosting the Antitrust Marathon and co-sponsoring the event and Leavit Reporting for their in-kind contribution of services.
In a spirit of Trans-Atlantic dialogue, the Antitrust Marathon series was conceived by Professor Spencer Weber Waller and Dr Philip Marsden as a method to explore pressing antitrust issues from a comparative perspective. The first two Antitrust Marathons convened in Chicago in October 2007 and in London in April 2008 and focused on Monopolization and Abuse of a Dominant Position from a Comparative Perspective. The issue papers and edited transcripts for Antitrust Marathons I and II are available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1087443 and http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1161065.
Antitrust Marathon III takes place the Friday before the Boston Marathon which a number of participants will run on Monday April 20, 2009. The participants for the roundtable discussion of Antitrust and the Rule of Law for Antitrust Marathon III include:
George Addy, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg, Toronto, Canada
Christian Ahlborn, Linklaters, London
Femi Alese, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Donald Baker, Baker & Miller, Washington, DC
Richard Brunell, American Antitrust Institute
Philip Budden, British Consul-General, Cambridge, MA
Terry Calvani, Freshfields
A. Neil Campbell, McMillan Binch, Toronto
Edward Cavanagh, St John's University School of Law, New York
Mark Clough, QC, Addleshaw Goddard, London
Tim Cowen, BT, London
Stacey Dogan, Northeastern University Law School
Josef Drexl, Max Planck Institute, Munich
Harry First, New York University School of Law
Hillary Greene, University of Connecticut Law School
Scott Hemphill, Columbia Law School
Keith Hylton, Boston University School of Law
Robert Langer, Wiggins & Dana, Hartford, CT
Marina Lao, Seton Hall University Law School, Newark, NJ
Philip Marsden, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Melissa Maxman, Baker & Hostetler, Washington, DC
Becket McGrath, Berwin Leighton Paisner
Nigel Parr, Ashurst, London
Mark Patterson, Fordham University School of Law, New York
Alan Riley, City Law School, London
Elbert Robertson, Suffolk Law School
Daniel Savrin, Bingham McCutchen LLP, Boston, MA
Maurice Stucke, University of Tennessee School of Law
Spencer Weber Waller, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Antitrust Marathon Agenda
| 9:00 A.M. | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:30 A.M. |
Welcome and Introduction Professor Waller and Dr. Marsden, Co-Chairs |
| 9:45 A.M. |
"Does the Rule of Reason Violate the Rule of Law?" Maurice Stucke, University of Tennessee School of Law |
| 10:45 A.M. | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 A.M. |
"Checks and Balances: European Competition Law and the Rule of Law" Philip Marsden, Competition Law Forum, BIICL |
| 12:15 P.M. | Lunch |
| 12:45 P.M. |
"EU Competition Law and the Rule of Law II: Justice Delayed is Justice Denied" Tim Cowen, BT |
| 1:45 P.M. |
"Does Antitrust Regulation Violate the Rule of Law?" Elbert Robertson, Suffolk Law School |
| 2:45 P.M. |
Concluding Remarks Dr. Marsden and Professor Waller |
Limited spots are available to participate in Antitrust Marathon III. For more information, please contact either Spencer Weber Waller, Professor and Director, Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies, Loyola University Chicago School of Law at swalle1@luc.edu or Dr. Philip Marsden, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law at p.marsden@biicl.org.
For past programs, please click here.
