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Annual Loyola Antitrust Colloquium

26th Annual Loyola Antitrust Colloquium

April 24, 2026

Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Tentative Schedule

8:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast and Registration
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Power Rogers & Smith Ceremonial Courtroom, 10th Floor     
25 E. Pearson Street, Chicago, IL 60611

9:10 a.m.

Welcome

Spencer Weber Waller
Professor and Director, Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law

9:20 a.m.

Christine Bartholomew, University at Buffalo School of Law
Deja Graham, University at Buffalo School of Law ‘24

Grounded: How DOJ Merger Analysis Left Consumers Stranded

Commentators:
Darren Bush, University of Houston College of Law
Vic Domen, Lewis Brisbois, Washington, D.C. 

10:20 a.m.

Coffee Break

10:45 a.m.

Salil Mehra, Temple University Beasley Law School 

Collusion in Plain Sight: The Curious Case of American Universities’ Antitrust Liability 
Commentators:
Michael Carrier, Rutgers Law School
James Morsch, Saul Ewing LLP, Chicago, IL 

12:00 p.m.

Lunch
Ceremonial Court Room and Atrium, 10th Floor

12:30 p.m.

Lunch Address

Rebecca Slaughter, Federal Trade Commission

1:30 p.m

Timothy Wu, Columbia Law School

Antitrust and Industrial Policy

Commentators:
Harry First, New York University School of Law
Hillary Greene, Congressional Staff, House of Representatives

2:45 p.m.

Ice Cream Sundae Break

3:15 p.m.

Greg Day, Terry School of Business, University of Georgia, Terry School of Business

Antitrust’s Problem with Time

Commentators:
Jack Kirkwood, Seattle University Law School
Tim Slattery, Associate General Counsel, AbbVie Inc. (Invited)

6:30 p.m.

Colloquium Dinner