FTC/DOJ Joint Workshop on Merger Enforcement


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FTC/DOJ Joint Workshop on Merger Enforcement

February 17-19, 2004

Day 1
Tuesday, February 17, 2004

9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.	Opening Remarks Timothy J. Muris, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission R. Hewitt Pate, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division,U.S. Department of Justice
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	Hypothetical Monopolist Test Panel Moderator: Gregory J. Werden, DOJ William Blumenthal, King & Spalding John D. Harkrider, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider Barry C. Harris, Economists, Inc. Willard K. Tom, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.	Concentration & Market Shares Panel Moderator: David S. Sibley, DOJ John E. Kwoka, Jr., Northeastern University Janet L. McDavid, Hogan & Hartson Steven A. Newborn, Weil, Gotshal & Manges Craig M. Newmark, North Carolina State University Charles F. “Rick” Rule, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson Vincent Verouden, European Commission, DG Comp. [Document 2] [Document 3]
3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Monopsony Panel Moderator: Kenneth Heyer, DOJ Peter Carstensen, University of Wisconsin Marius Schwartz, Georgetown University C. Robert Taylor, Auburn University

Day 2
Wednesday, February 18, 2004

9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.	Non-Price Competition/Innovation Panel Moderator: Mark W. Frankena, FTC Ann Malester, Weil, Gotshal & Manges Richard T. Rapp, NERA Steven C. Sunshine, Shearman & Sterling Ronald W. Davis
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	*Unilateral Effects* Panel Moderator: Luke M. Froeb, FTC Joseph Kattan, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Gregory K. Leonard, NERA Abbott B. “Tad” Lipsky, Jr., Latham & Watkins Gregory J. Werden, Justice Department Valerie Rabassa, EC/DG Comp.
1:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.	*Coordinated Effects* Panel Moderator: Michael H. Knight, FTC Jonathan B. Baker, American Unversity Andrew R. Dick, Charles River Associates Paul Yde, Freshfields Deborah P. Majoras, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue Steven C. Salop, Georgetown University David T. Scheffman, LECG [Document 2]
4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.	*Uncommitted Entry* Panel Moderator: Theodore Gebhard, FTC Timothy Daniel, NERA A. Douglas Melamed, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Frederick R. Warren-Boulton, MiCRA Mark D. Whitener, General Elec. Co. [Document 2]

Day 3
Thursday, February 19, 2004

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m

Efficiencies/Dynamic Analysis/Integrated Analysis

Panel Moderators: Alden F. Abbott & Mary T. Coleman, FTC

J. Mark Gidley, White & Case
Ilene Knable Gotts, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz [Document 2]
William J. Kolasky, Wilmer Cutler Pickering [Document 2] [Document 3] [Document 4]
Robert Pitofsky, Georgetown University
David T. Scheffman, LECG
Joseph J. Simons, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Vincent Verouden, EC/DG Comp. [Document 2]

1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Economists and Lawyers’ Roundtable

Panel Moderator: R. Hewitt Pate, DOJ

Last Updated: Friday, February 27, 2004