Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies: Events and Programs

Friday, April 13, 2007
8:45 a.m.	Continental Breakfast Loyola University Chicago School of Law 25 E. Pearson 1st Floor Rubloff Reception Chicago, IL. 60611

9:20 a.m.	Welcome Dean David Yellen & Professor Spencer Weber Waller

9:30 a.m.	Dr. Robert L. Steiner Consultant, Washington, D.C. The Virtual Equivalence of Horizontal and Vertical Competition - An Analysis of the Sources of Market Power in Consumer Goods Industries Commentators: Darren Bush, University of Houston Law Center Jeffrey Cross, Freeborn & Peters

10:45 a.m.	Coffee Break

11:00 a.m.	Professor Steven Semeraro, Thomas Jefferson University School of Law Payment Card Interchange Fees: Three Decades of Antitrust Uncertainty Commentators: Paul Slater, Sperling & Slater Ned Cavanagh, St Johns University Law School

12:30 p.m.	Lunch Kasbeer Hall 15th Floor 25 E. Pearson Luncheon Address: The Honorable Pamela Jones Harbor, Commissioner, United States Federal Trade Commission

2:00 p.m.	Professor Dan Crane, Cardozo Law School Antitrust Antifederalism Commentators: Eleanor Fox, NYU School of Law Donald Baker, Baker & Miller

3:15 p.m.	Ice Cream Sundae Break

3:30 p.m.	Professor Jack Kirkwood, Seattle University School of Law Reforming Entry Analysis in Merger Cases Commentators: Tim Greaney, St Louis University School of Law Claudia Higgins, Kaye Scholer LLP