The New Merger Guidelines: Controlling Case Law and New Economics

Event Description

The Proposed New Merger Guidelines chart a new course compared to previous versions of the Guidelines, which were increasingly defendant-friendly in terms of market concentration and defenses. This conference examines the proposed new Guidelines in light of modern economics and relevant controlling caselaw to determine the benefits and detriments of the 13 guideline principles. We invite experts in the field to weigh in for the benefit of improving antitrust merger enforcement.

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Conference Schedule

9:00 Welcome: Thomas Maloney, Department of Economics

9:15 Introduction: Jorge Contreras, College of Law

9:30 Panel 1: Platform/High Tech Mergers (Guidelines 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10)

Moderator: Mark Glick (University of Utah Economics Department)

Opening Remarks: Susan Athey (Chief Economist, DOJ)

Panelists: Rebecca Haw Allensworth (Vanderbilt Law School), Andrea Coscelli (Former Chief Executive UK Competition and Markets Authority), Nancy Rose (MIT, Department of Economics)

11:30 Panel 2: Non-Horizontal, Vertical Mergers (Guidelines 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9)

Moderator: Amanda Lewis (Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP)

Opening Remarks: Ken Merber (Attorney, FTC)

Panelists: Bob Lande (University of Baltimore Law School),  Harry First (NYU Law School), Marissa Beck (Economist, Charles River Associates), Emilio Varanini (Supervising Deputy Attorney General, DOJ California)

1:00 Lunch Ballroom A: Sponsored by Charles River Associates

1:45 Panel 3: Mergers by Buyers of Labor (Guidelines 1,2, 3, 8, 9, 11)

Moderator: Hal Singer (University of Utah Economics Department)

Opening Remarks: Ioana Marinescu (Principal Economist, DOJ)

Panelists: Eric Posner (University of Chicago Law School), Theodosia Stavroulaki (Gonzaga University Law School), Aaron Sojourner (W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research)

3:30 Panel 4:  Potential Competition and Partial Acquisitions (Guidelines 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 12)

Moderator: Darren Bush (University of Houston Law School)

Opening Remarks: John Newman (Deputy Director Bureau of Competition, FTC)

Panelists: Spencer Waller (Loyola University Chicago Law School), Elettra Bietti (Cornell Law School), Maurice Stucke (University of Tennessee Law School), John Kirkwood (Seattle University School of Law)

5:00 Closing Remarks:  Hal Singer, University of Utah Department of Economics

 

Conference Schedule

Conference attendees can park for free on the north side of the alumni house. see parking map here.