Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
RECENT PROGRAMS
Matsushita At 20:
Proof of Conspiracy, Summary Judgement,
and the Role of the Economist in Price Fixing Litigation
September 29, 2006
Loyola University Chicago Law Center
25 E. Pearson Street
Chicago, IL 60611
| 8:30 AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast | ||||
| 9:00 AM |
Welcome Dean David Yellen | ||||
| 9:10 AM |
Introduction Professor Spencer Weber Waller | ||||
| 9:20 AM |
Matsushita, Proof of Conspiracy and Summary Judgment Professor William H. Page
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| 10:30 AM | Coffee Break | ||||
| 10:40 AM |
Matsushita and the Role of the Economist Michael Salinger, Chief Economist
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| Noon |
Luncheon Key Note Address Judge Diane Wood |
Matsushita at 20 is proudly co-sponsored by Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLP, Chicago, IL and the Loyola University Chicago Law Journal which will publish a special symposium issue of the papers and comments from the program in spring 2007.
Registration is required but free to all member of the Loyola University Chicago community. There is a registration fee of $100 for all other attendees and includes a copy of the Law Journal symposium issue when published. To register please send your name, affiliation, address, phone number and email along with any applicable registration fee to:
Matsushita at 20
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
25 East Pearson - Suite 1341
Chicago, IL 60611
1st International Hi-Tech Conference
October 21-22, 2005
Gdansk, Poland
Co-sponsored with the University of Gdansk
The Salans law firm
and IIT-Chicago Kent College of Law
The Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies is proud to co-sponsor a conference on antitrust and intellectual property at the University of Gdansk, Poland on October 21-22, 2005. For more details see:
http://www.prawo.univ.gda.pl/wydzial/hitech/programme.html.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2004
10th Anniversary Speaker Series
The Past Present and Future in Antitrust Enforcement at the FTC
A Lunch Address by Robert Pitofsky
Former Chair, Federal Trade Commission
Robert Pitofsky is one of the luminaries of the modern antitrust world. He is currently a Professor at Georgetown University Law Center and Of Counsel at the firm of Arnold & Porter. He has formerly served as Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission; Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission; Chairman, Federal Trade Commission and Dean, Georgetown University law Center. He is the co-author of Cases and Material on Trade Regulation and the author of numerous books and articles on antitrust.
Co-sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section.
FEBRUARY 20, 2004
The Future of Private Rights of Action in Antitrust
Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Private treble damage rights and private suits for injunctions have been a fundamental part of antitrust enforcement since the passage of the Sherman Act. Private rights of action both supplement and substitute for government enforcement. Private antitrust cases and state enforcement of the antitrust laws attack anticompetitive conduct when the federal government has been unable or unwilling to bring certain cases and have lent the system a certain stability in comparison to more centralized systems of competition law. Despite this vital role and proud tradition, private rights of action in antitrust are being examined and criticized as never before. Many in the antitrust community seek to restrict private rights of action on the grounds that too many enforcers are attacking the same conduct at the same time or merely free riding on earlier enforcement efforts. Ironically, at the same time foreign competition law systems are increasingly turning to private rights of actions as a means of decentralizing their systems and increasing total enforcement beyond that of a single governmental competition authority. These are the issues and developments we will explore in this conference with leaders from the bar, enforcement agencies, academia, and the judiciary.
The conference is cosponsored by the law firm of Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, PLLC and by the Loyola Consumer Law Review which will publish the papers and comments from the conference in a special issue of the Review.
FEBRUARY 5-6, 2004
International Law Review 2004 Conference
Free Trade Area of the Americas:
The Implications of a Hemispheric Marketplace
OCTOBER 4, 2001 - Why Antitrust?
The Institute is proud to co-sponsor with the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association the next installment of the ABA's series of nationwide "Why Antitrust?" programs. "Why Antitrust?" is open to all law students and graduates potentially interested in a career in antitrust law. The program will feature Judge Diane Wood of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; Marvin Price, the Chief of the Midwest Field Office of the Antitrust Division, United States Department of Justice; Roxanne Busey, Gardner, Carton & Douglas; and Robert Joseph, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal discussing options and career paths in this timely and important area of the law. The program will begin at noon and take place in the faculty lounge on the fifth floor of the faculty lounge of Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 1 E. Pearson Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611. The program is free. RSVPs are appreciated and may be sent to law-career@luc.edu. For more information about this program you may check the website of the Antitrust Section of the ABA through the links section of this website.
NOVEMBER 2, 2001 - Competition, Consumer Protection and Energy Deregulation
The Institute is proud to present a full day symposium "Competition, Consumer Protection Policy and Energy Deregulation." The symposium will explore the most important competition issue of the new millennium - how deregulation and competition in electrical power will affect consumers and how competition and consumer protection policy can respond to these new challenges. Commissioner Thomas Leary of the Federal Trade Commission will be the keynote speaker. Other speakers will include key government policymakers, leading academics, and members of the bar who face these challenges daily in setting policy for the new era of competition and the risks and rewards the new era has brought. For the tentative program click here.
Registration for the program is free to all members of the Loyola University Chicago community. Proceedings of the symposium will be published in the Loyola University Chicago Law Journal. For all other individuals, registration is $100 and includes all written materials, the special symposium Law Journal issue when published, lunch, and the closing reception with the speakers. To register send a check for $100 along with name, organization, address, telephone, and email to The Institute at the address below.
