"Competition Laws in Transitional Economies: A Plain-Language Approach?" on Jan 22nd - Registration is Now Open

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"Competition Laws in Transitional Economies: A Plain-Language Approach?" on Jan 22nd - Registration is Now Open

Competition Laws in Transitional Economies:  A Plain-Language Approach?

Begins: Jan 22, 2013  12:00 PM   Ends: Jan 22, 2013  01:30 PM (All times are local per meeting location)

Co-Sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law, International Committee Please Note: This is a non-CLE program The timing for this program is listed in US Eastern Time   Over 100 emerging and transitional economies have adopted antitrust or competition laws. But have these laws been successful?  Has the international community developed adequate models for writing effective laws and provided sufficient assistance to new competition agencies?  Our panel of experts will explore ideas for approaches to the challenges of structuring and implementing competition laws, drawing on their own experiences in working with governments and competition agencies in transitional economies. Speakers: Eduardo Perez Motta, Chairman of the Mexican Federal Competition Commission, Chair of the International Competition Network Eleanor Fox, NYU Law School Timothy Hughes, FTC International Division Michael Nicholson, Mission Economist, USAID; former FTC economist   Moderator: Kenneth Davidson, American Antitrust Institute,  Former Consultant to Ministry of Commerce, Kingdom of Cambodia