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Symposium on Antitrust Modernization ruler
For Immediate Release
May 23, 2006

Contact:
Kara Tershel, (202) 662-9500

MEDIA ADVISORY

WHAT:
Symposium on Antitrust Modernization
WHEN:
Thursday, June 8, 2006, 8:30 a.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Friday, June 9, 2006, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
WHERE:
Georgetown University Law Center
Hart Auditorium – McDonough Hall
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
SCHEDULE:
THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2006

8:30 – 8:45 a.m.
WELCOME
Donald C. Klawiter, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Robert T. Joseph, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

8:45 – 9:30 a.m.
THE ANTITRUST MODERNIZATION COMMISSION AT MID-COURSE
Stephen Calkins, Wayne State University Law School

9:30 – 11:00 a.m.
CIVIL REMEDIES

Moderator: 

Richard J. Wallis, Microsoft Corporation

Panelists:
Kenneth L. Adams, Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP
Eleanor M. Fox, New York University School of Law
Abbott B. Lipsky, Latham & Watkins LLP
Richard M. Steuer, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP

11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

ROBINSON-PATMAN ACT

Moderator:  
Harvey I. Saferstein, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC

Panelists:
Barbara O. Bruckmann, Howrey LLP
John Kirkwood, Seattle University School of Law
Bruce V. Spiva, Tycko Zavareei & Spiva LLP

12:45 – 2:00 p.m.
LUNCHEON SPEAKER
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission

2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
MERGER ENFORCEMENT – SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES


Moderator:
Ronan P. Harty, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York

Panelists:
Albert A. Foer, American Antitrust Institute
William J. Kolasky, WilmerHale
Janet L. McDavid, Hogan & Hartson LLP
Carl Shapiro, Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley

3:45 –5:15 p.m.
MERGER ENFORCEMENT – FEDERAL INSTITUTIONAL AND PROCESS ISSUES

Moderator:
Phillip A. Proger, Jones Day

Panelists:
John D. Graubert, Deputy General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission
J. Robert Kramer, Director of Operations, U.S. Department of Justice,  Antitrust Division  
Debra J. Pearlstein, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
Mark D. Whitener, General Electric Company

FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2006

8:30 – 8:45 a.m.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Robert T. Joseph, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

8:45 – 10:15 a.m.
ENFORCEMENT ROLE OF THE STATES

Moderator:
Kevin E. Grady, Alston & Bird LLP

Panelists:
Terry Calvani, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Patricia A. Conners, Office of the Attorney General, State of Florida
Michael L. Denger, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Robert L. Hubbard, Chair, Multistate Antitrust Task Force, Director of Litigation, Antitrust Bureau of the New York Attorney General’s Office

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
EXCLUSIONARY CONDUCT

Moderator:
Roxane C. Busey, Baker & McKenzie

Panelists:
Kenneth L. Glazer, Deputy Director, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission
A. Douglas Melamed, WilmerHale
Steven A. Salop, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Daniel M. Wall, Latham & Watkins LLP

1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
EXEMPTIONS AND IMMUNITIES

Moderator: 
Theodore Voorhees, Covington & Burling

Panelists:
Peter C. Carstensen, University of Wisconsin Law School
Margaret E. Guerin-Calvert, Competition Policy Associates, Inc.
Stephen F. Ross, University of Illinois College of Law

2:30 – 4:00 p.m.
BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER:  ARE THERE POINTS OF CONSENSUS ON WHICH THE AMC CAN BUILD A MEANINGFUL REPORT?

Moderator: 
Robert T. Joseph, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

Panelists:
Eleanor M. Fox, New York University School of Law
Timothy J. Muris, O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Robert Pitofsky, Joseph E. and Madeline M. Sheehy Professor of Antitrust Law and Trade Regulation, Georgetown University Law Center
Joe Sims, Jones Day
NOTE:
This event is sponsored by Georgetown University Law Center and the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law.

Media interested in attending should contact Kara Tershel at kat5@law.georgetown.edu.