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Merger Enforcement Workshop
February 17-19, 2004
Workshop Agenda
The Antitrust Division and the Federal
Trade Commission are cohosting a public workshop on merger enforcement. This page provides the agenda, session transcripts,
participants, and their submissions for the workshops following three days:
For more information, consult the workshop information page.
February 17, 2004
Transcript (PDF, WordPerfect)
Morning Session
9:009:45 |
Opening Remarks |
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Timothy J. Muris, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
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R. Hewitt Pate, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division,
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) |
10:0012:00 |
Hypothetical Monopolist Test |
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Moderator: Gregory J. Werden (DOJ) |
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Panel:
William Blumenthal, King & Spalding
John D. Harkrider, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider
Barry C. Harris, Economists, Inc.
Willard K. Tom, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
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Afternoon Session
1:303:30 |
Concentration & Market Shares |
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Moderator: David S. Sibley (DOJ) |
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Panel:
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.
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3:455:00 |
Monopsony |
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Moderator: Kenneth Heyer (DOJ) |
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Panel:
Peter Carstensen, University of Wisconsin
Marius Schwartz, Georgetown University
C. Robert Taylor, Auburn University
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February 18, 2004
Transcript (PDF, WordPerfect)
Morning Session
9:0010:15 |
Non-Price Competition/Innovation |
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Moderator: Mark W. Frankena (FTC) |
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Panel:
Ronald W. Davis
Ann Malester, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Richard T. Rapp, NERA
Steven C. Sunshine, Shearman & Sterling
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10:3012:30 |
Unilateral Effects |
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Moderator: Luke M. Froeb (FTC)
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Panel:
Joseph Kattan, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Gregory K. Leonard, NERA
Abbott B. Tad Lipsky, Jr., Latham & Watkins
Ariel Pakes, Harvard University
Valerie Robassa, EC/DG Comp.
Gregory J. Werden, Justice Department
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Afternoon Session
1:453:45 |
Coordinated Effects |
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Moderator: Michael H. Knight (FTC) |
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Panel:
Jonathan B. Baker, American Unversity
Andrew R. Dick, Charles River Associates
Deborah A. Garza, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
James R. Loftis
Deborah P. Majoras, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue
Steven C. Salop, Georgetown University
David T. Scheffman, LECG
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4:005:15 |
Uncommitted Entry |
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Moderator: Theodore Gebhard (FTC) |
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Panel:
Timothy Daniel, NERA
A. Douglas Melamed, Wilmer Cutler Pickering
Frederick R. Warren-Boulton, MiCRA
Mark D. Whitener, General Elec. Co.
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February 19, 2004
Transcript (PDF, WordPerfect)
Morning Session
9:0012:00 |
Efficiencies/Dynamic Analysis/Integrated Analysis |
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Moderators: Alden F. Abbott & Mary T. Coleman (FTC) |
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Panel:
J. Mark Gidley, White & Case
Ilene Knable Gotts, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
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The Role of Efficiencies in Integrated Merger Analysis
Gotts, Ilene Knable and Calvin S. Goldman, The Role of Efficiencies in M&A Global Antitrust Review: Still in Flux?,
in Annual Proceedings of the Fordham Corporate Law Institute, International Antitrust Law and Policy, ed. Barry E. Hawk
(Fordham Corporate Law Institute, 2003) |
William J. Kolasky, Wilmer Cutler Pickering
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Prepared Remarks
Kolasky, William J., Effectively Advocating Efficiencies in Merger Reviews, Antitrust Report, Spring 2003
Kolasky, William J., Lessons from Baby Food: The Role of Efficiencies in Merger Review, Antitrust, Vol. 16, No. 1, Fall 2001
Kolasky, William J. and Andrew R. Dick, The Merger Guidelines and the Integration of Efficiencies into Antitrust Review
of Horizontal Mergers, Antitrust LJ, Vol. 71, No. 1, 2003 |
Robert Pitofsky, Georgetown University
David T. Scheffman, LECG
Joseph J. Simons, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Vincent Verouden, EC/DG Comp.
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Afternoon Session
1:304:30 |
Economists and Lawyers' Roundtable |
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Moderator: R. Hewitt Pate (DOJ) |
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Panel:
William Baer, Arnold & Porter
Jonathan B. Baker, American University
Wayne D. Dale Collins, Shearman & Sterling
James Loftis, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
James F. Rill, Howrey & Simon
Daniel L. Rubinfeld, University of California, Berkeley
Robert D. Willig, Princeton University
Dennis W. Carlton, University of Chicago |
Additional Submissions
Related Internet Site
FTC Website: FTC/DOJ Joint Workshop on Merger Enforcement
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