Single-Firm Conduct and Antitrust Law
July 2006 Agenda
The Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) cohosted hearings on single-firm conduct and antitrust law in 2006 and 2007. This page provides the July 2006 agenda.
For more information, consult the hearings information page or contact the Legal Policy Section at singlefirmconduct@usdoj.gov.
July 18: Refusals to Deal
(1:30 PM to 5:00 PM)
This session will be held at the FTC Conference Center, 601 New Jersey Ave. NW, Washington, DC, Conference Room C.
- William J. Kolasky, Partner and Co-Chair of WilmerHale’s Antitrust and Competition Department, and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (Biography)
- Presentation: Refusals to Deal with Rivals: A Proposed Synthesis
- R. Hewitt Pate, Partner and Head of Hunton & Williams’s Global Competition Practice Group, and former Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (Biography)
- Statement: Refusals to Deal and Essential Facilities
Robert Pitofsky, Joseph and Madeline Sheehy Professor in Antitrust and Trade Regulation Law, Georgetown University Law Center, and former Chairman, FTC (Biography)
- Steven C. Salop, Professor of Economics and Law, Georgetown University Law Center (Biography)
- Presentation: Refusals to Deal
- Document: Proposed Legal Rule for Unilateral Refusals to Deal
- Thomas F. (Tom) Walton, Director, Economic Policy Analysis, General Motors Corporation (Biography)
- Mark Whitener, Antitrust Counsel, General Electric Company, and Former Deputy Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition (Biography)
- Statement: Unilateral Refusals to Deal
Participant presentations and session transcript for July 18