FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV |
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JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
TO HOST JOINT WORKSHOP ON MERGER ENFORCEMENT
Three-Day Public Event Scheduled For February 17-19 In Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today announced topics, times, and locations, along with a tentative list of participants for their joint workshop on merger enforcement. The workshop, which will be held February 17-19, 2004, at the FTC’s new conference center at 601 New Jersey Ave., NW, Washington, D.C., is open to the public. Seating at the workshop will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Written comments may be submitted to the Department and the FTC prior to the event. A tentative agenda for the workshop is presented below. Updated versions of this agenda will be available up to the time of the workshop at: <http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/workshops/meworkshop.htm>
Day 1 (2/17)
9:00am-9:45am - Opening Remarks
R. Hewitt Pate, Assistant
Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ),
Timothy J. Muris, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
10:00am-12:00pm - Hypothetical Monopolist Test
Moderator:
Gregory J. Werden (DOJ)
Panel: William Blumenthal (King & Spalding), John
D. Harkrider (Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider), Barry C. Harris (Economists, Inc.),
Willard K. Tom (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius).
1:30pm-3:30pm - Concentration & Market Shares
Moderator:
David S. Sibley (DOJ)
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.).
3:45pm-5:00pm - Monopsony
Moderator: Kenneth Heyer
(DOJ)
Panel: Peter Carstensen (University of Wisconsin), Marius Schwartz
(Georgetown University), C. Robert Taylor (Auburn University).
Day 2 (2/18)
9:00am-10:15am - Non-Price Competition/Innovation
Moderator:
Mark W. Frankena (FTC)
Panel: Ann Malester (Weil, Gotshal & Manges),
Richard T. Rapp (NERA), Steven C. Sunshine (Shearman & Sterling), Ronald W.
Davis.
10:30am-12:30pm - Unilateral Effects
Moderator: Luke M. Froeb
(FTC)
Panel: Joseph Kattan (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher), Gregory K. Leonard
(NERA), Abbott B. “Tad” Lipsky, Jr. (Latham & Watkins), Ariel Pakes (Harvard
University), Gregory J. Werden (Justice Department), Valerie Robassa (EC/DG
Comp.).
1:45pm-3:45pm - Coordinated Effects
Moderator: Michael H.
Knight (FTC)
Panel: Jonathan B. Baker (American Unversity), Andrew R. Dick
(Charles River Associates), Deborah A. Garza (Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &
Jacobson), Deborah P. Majoras (Jones Day Reavis & Pogue), Steven C. Salop
(Georgetown University), David T. Scheffman (LECG).
4:00pm-5:15pm - Uncommitted Entry
Moderator: Theodore Gebhard
(FTC)
Panel: Timothy Daniel (NERA), A. Douglas Melamed (Wilmer Cutler
Pickering), Frederick R. Warren-Boulton (MiCRA), Mark D. Whitener (General
Elec. Co.).
Day 3 (2/19)
9:00am-12:00pm - Efficiencies/Dynamic Analysis/Integrated
Analysis
Moderators: Alden F. Abbott & Mary T. Coleman
(FTC)
Panel: J. Mark Gidley (White & Case), Ilene Knable Gotts (Wachtell,
Lipton, Rosen & Katz), William J. Kolasky (Wilmer Cutler Pickering), Robert
Pitofsky (Georgetown University), David T. Scheffman (LECG), Joseph J. Simons
(Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison), Vincent Verouden (EC/DG Comp.).
1:30pm-4:30pm - Economists and Lawyers’ Roundtable
Moderator:
R. Hewitt Pate (DOJ)
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).
Call-in Information
Reporters and others unable to attend the workshop may call-in at the following toll-free numbers. Please note, there is a different call-in number and confirmation number for each day of the conference:
Tuesday - 800-473-8493, confirmation number 21829088
Wednesday - 800-473-8492, confirmation number 21829092
Thursday - 800-659-8296, confirmation number 21829097
The lines will open at 7:45 am on each day of the conference. The chairperson of each conference call is Bruce Jennings.
Copies of this press release, the workshop agenda, and the Department’s recently released merger-related data issued on December 18, 2003 can be found on the DOJ’s Web site at <http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/workshops/meworkshop.htm>
DOJ MEDIA CONTACT: Gina Talamona, Office of Public Affairs, (202) 514-2007
DOJ STAFF CONTACT:Robert Potter, Chief, Legal Policy Section, (202) 514-2512
FTC MEDIA CONTACT:Mitch Katz, Office of Public Affairs, (202) 326-2161
FTC STAFF CONTACTS:Alden Abbott and Elizabeth Callison, FTC Office of Policy Evaluation, (202) 326-2882
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