Chicago (Antitrust) Marathon

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol

To coincide with the Chicago Marathon in two weeks will be the the Chicago Antitrust Marathon.  On Friday October 5^th , the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies at the Loyola University of Chicago School of Law is co-sponsoring The Antitrust Marathon with the Competition Law Forum (CLF) of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law.  The Antitrust Marathon is a half day round table discussion of single firm dominance from a comparative perspective.  The discussion will be based on the monopolization portion of the recent report of the Antitrust Modernization and a series of short issue papers about the purpose of monopolization law, defining market power, what is or should be a violation, remedies, and private enforcement.  An edited transcript will appear in the Loyola Consumer Law Review.

The Antitrust Marathon takes place the Friday before the Chicago Marathon which a number of participants will run and will continue on April 11,2008 in the London half of the program, yes the Friday before the London marathon.  Among those attending include:

George Addy, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg, Toronto, Canada (former head of Canadian Competition Bureau)

Simon Baker, RBB Economics, London

Joe Bauer, Notre Dame Law School

David Braun, Drinker Biddle

Steve Calkins, Wayne State University Law School

Peter Carstensen, Wisconsin Law School

Richard Cudahy, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Kenneth Davidson, Washington, D.C.

Beth Farmer, Penn State School of Law

Bert Foer, American Antitrust Institute

David Gerber, IIT/Chicago Kent College of Law

Hillary Greene, University of Connecticut Law School

Michael Jacobs, DePaul College of Law

Robert Joseph, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal

Christopher Leslie, IIT/Chicago Kent College of Law

Adrian Majumdaer, RBB Economics, London

Philip Marsden, British Institute of International and Comparative Law

Carlos Orci, Mexico City

Steve Shadowen, Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, Harrisburg, Pa.

Danny Sokol, University of Missouri School of Law

Paul Stancil, University of Illinois College of Law

Maurice Stucke, University of Tennessee School of Law

Mike Walker, CRA London

Spencer Weber Waller, Loyola University Chicago School of Law

 

Antitrust Marathon Agenda

 

9:30  AM	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:50  AM	Welcome and Introduction Professor Waller and Dr. Marsden
10:00 AM	The Role of Monopolization/Abuse of Dominance in Competition Law
10:40 AM	Defining and Measuring Power / Assessing Consumer Harm in Abuse Cases
11:20 AM	Coffee Break
11:30 AM	The Monopolization/ Abuse Offense: Microsoft as Case Study
12:10 PM	Lunch
12:40 PM	Remedies
1:30  PM	Private Enforcement
2:00 PM	Concluding Remarks Dr. Marsden and Professor Waller

 

Reading Material for the Roundtable Discussion

 

Antitrust Modernization Commission Report and Recommendations

Section 1C Exclusionary Conduct

 

Issues Paper:	The Role of Monopolization/Abuse of Dominance in Competition Law
Issues Paper:	Defining and Measuring Power / Assessing Consumer Harm in Abuse Cases
Issues Paper:	The Monopolization/ Abuse Offense: Microsoft as Case Study
Issues Paper:	Remedies
Issues Paper:	Private Enforcement

 

Limited spots are available to participate in both halves of the Antitrust Marathon.  For more information, please contact either Spencer Weber Waller, Professor and Director, Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies, Loyola University Chicago School of Law at swalle1@luc.edu or Dr. Philip Marsden, Competition Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law at p.marsden@biicl.org.

 

Everyone will have a chance to edit or revise their remarks before anything is posted on-line.  In addition, the Loyola Consumer Antitrust Review will publish an edited version of the transcript where you will have additional opportunity to review your remarks before they appear in print.