Searle Center Fourth Annual Chicago Forum on International Antitrust Issues

June 13-14, 2013, Chicago

In an ever changing legal landscape, this program again promises to provide a timely and practical update on antitrust developments around the world. Our speakers are leading private and in-house lawyers, economists and antitrust enforcers from the US, EU, Brazil and India. Among them are Bruno Lasserre, President, Autorite de la Concurrence, Paris; Maureen K. Ohlhausen, FTC Commissioner; and Professor William Kovacic, now at George Washington University Law School and formerly an FTC Chairman. We hope you'll join us for this exciting program.

This conference is sponsored by the Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth at Northwestern Law, Baker & McKenzie, Mayer Brown, Microsoft Corporation, NERA Economic Consulting, and MLex.

TOPICS: Topics will include:
- Update on International Cooperation and Convergence
- Year in Review - US, EU and Brazil
- Venturing Outside the US - Antitrust Issues in Competitor Collaborations, Joint Ventures, Strategic Alliances, Teaming Agreements
- Antitrust Litigation, Arbitration and Use of Economists Outside the US
- Lessons Learned From Compliance to Global Cartel Investigations
- Update on Antitrust Enforcement in India
- Antitrust Perspective on Innovation, New Product Development, Standard Setting and Licensing
- Antitrust Issues in Doing Business in China
- Evaluating the Effects of Merger Policy
- Basic Economic Concepts Arising in Antitrust Matters
- Tying, Bundling, Exclusivity, MFNs and Other Distribution Issues
- Identifying and Resolving Conflicts Outside the US

AGENDA:

Thursday, June 13th

Morning Session Chair: Roxane C. Busey, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Chicago, IL

8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast (WB 112)

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

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

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, Autorite 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

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.
Greg Sivinski, Senior Attorney, Antitrust Group, Microsoft Corporation

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 112)

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

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

FURTHER INFORMATION: For full program details, please visit: http://www.law.northwestern.edu/searlecenter/conference/international

REGISTRATION: http://www.law.northwestern.edu/searlecenter/conference/international

TUITION:
- $400 Standard Registration
- $200 Government/Academic/Judicial

CLE CREDITS: Earn up to 10.75 CLE credits in the State of Illinois, including 2.0 professional responsibility (ethics) CLE credits.