The Quest for Progressive Antitrust: A Symposium Honoring Professor Robert H. Lande Friday, March 10, 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

 

The Quest for Progressive Antitrust:

A Symposium Honoring Professor Robert H. Lande

Friday, March 10, 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

University of Baltimore School of Law

1401 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201

The University of Baltimore School of Law will host a special symposium celebrating the career of Venable Professor Robert H. Lande, a beloved teacher and colleague, co-founder of American Antitrust Institute, past chair of the Association of American Law Schools Antitrust Section, award-winning scholar, and leading intellectual force behind the 21st century’s reinvigorated antitrust movement.

Distinguished antitrust scholars, practitioners, policymakers and reform advocates will participate in a series of panel discussions addressing competition policy, antitrust law, and Professor Lande’s vital role in shaping the national debate about the need to protect consumers from cartels and monopoly power. Professor Lande will deliver a keynote address.

To attend The Quest for Progressive Antitrust, please register here.

PROGRAM

9:30–10           Welcome from University of Baltimore School of Law Dean Ronald Weich, and remarks from Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Jonathan Kanter and U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar.

10–11:30         Panel: The Purpose(s) of the Antitrust Laws

            “The American Antitrust Institute as the Bridge from Chicago to Biden”                                           Albert Foer, Founder and Past President, American Antitrust Institute

            “Antitrust Law’s Crisis of Faith in the Value Competition”                            
                        Randy M. Stutz, Federal Trade Commission

            “The Robinson-Patman Act as Fair Competition Measure”
                        Sandeep Vaheesan, Open Markets Institute

            “Price Discrimination and Power Buyers: Why Giant Retailers Dominate the Economy and How to Stop It”
                        Katherine Van Dyck, American Economic Liberties Project

                        Moderator: Professor Matthew Sipe, UBalt Law

11:45–1:15      Lunch, with keynote address by Venable Professor Robert H. Lande

1:30–3             Panel: The Methods of the Antitrust Laws

            “Oceanic Disparities in the Treatment of Serial Collusion”
                        John Connor, Purdue University

            “Function versus Consequence in Restraint of Trade Analysis”
                        Peter Carstensen, University of Wisconsin Law School

            “Antitrust and Output”
                        Jack Kirkwood, Seattle University School of Law

            “A ‘Probability of a Probability’: Understanding the Section 7 Reasonable Probability             Standard”
                        Steven C. Salop, Georgetown Law Center

                        Moderator: Ellen S. Cooper, Fmr. Maryland Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust

3:15–4:45        Panel: The Many Contributions of Professor Robert Lande to the                                              Development of Antitrust

            “Robert Lande and the Coming of Consumer Choice”
                        Neil Averitt, FTC:Watch

            “Robert Lande and the Real, New Antitrust Paradox”
                        Joshua Davis, Berger Montague PC

            “Applying the FTC Act to Anti-consumer Contract Terms that are not the Key         Salient Terms to Most Consumers”
                        Stephen Ross, Pennsylvania State University School of Law

            “Policy Planning for a Regulatory Agency"
                        William E. Kovacic, George Washington University Law School

                        Moderator: Professor John Bessler, UBalt Law

5–6                  Reception

To attend The Quest for Progressive Antitrust, please register here.