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September 17, 2009
Criminalising Cartels - A Critical Interdisciplinary Workshop on an International Regulatory Movement
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol
Criminalising Cartels - A Critical Interdisciplinary Workshop on an International Regulatory Movement
Thursday 12 November 2009
Organised by Centre for Competition Law & Policy The
aim of the roundtable is to generate discussion about the political,
economic, regulatory and social dimensions of the criminalisation of
cartel conduct with a view to better understanding the challenges
associated with the design and enforcement of a criminal regime, as
well as exploring the wider implications of criminalisation for
competition policy, nationally and internationally.
Programme: 12h30 Registration and light refreshments
13h25Introduction Ariel Ezrachi, Oxford Centre for Competition Law and Policy
13h30 Cartel Enforcement and Criminalisation: An Overview
Wouter Wils, European Commission Legal Service & King's College London
14h00 Does Cartel Criminalisation Have a Future Outside of the United States? Insights from the United Kingdom Experience Julian Joshua, Howrey
14h20 Practical issues arising from concurrent criminal prosecutions in the UK and overseas Michael OKane, Peters and Peters
14h40 Discussion
15h00 Tea and Coffee
15h20 Milestone or Roadblock? The Role of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in Criminalising Cartels Caron Beaton-Wells, University of Melbourne
15h40 Criminalisation and Compliance: The Gap Between Rhetoric and Reality Christine Parker, University of Melbourne
16h00 Recidivism, Criminalisation and the Growth of the Anti-Cartel Enforcement Industry Christopher Harding, University of Aberystwyth
16h20 Discussion
16h40 Tea and Coffee
17h00 Criminalisation in the Context of Negotiated Regulation Stephen Wilks, University of Exeter
17h20 Cartel Criminalisation: The Role of the Media in the ?Battle for Hearts and Minds?
Andreas Stephan, University of East Anglia, Centre for Competition Policy
17h40 Discussion
18h10 Closing remarks Caron Beaton-Wells, University of Melbourne
17h40 Close of workshop
Places for this session are limited. If you wish to attend please register with the Centre in advance.
Venue: Centre for Competition Law & Policy
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