Single-Firm Conduct and Antitrust Law

March 2007 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 March 2007 agenda.

For more information, consult the hearings information page or contact the Legal Policy Section at singlefirmconduct@usdoj.gov.

March 7: Monopoly Power
Morning Session
(9:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST)

The sessions will be held at the FTC’s Conference Center at 601 New Jersey Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C., Conference Room C.

• Andrew I. Gavil, Professor of Law at the Howard University School of Law (Biography)
  • Presentation: Power, Process and Policy in Antitrust

• Richard J. Gilbert, Professor of Economics and Chair of the Berkeley Competition Policy Center at the University of California, Berkeley, and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (Biography)
  • Presentation: Technology Markets

• Michael L. Katz, Holds the Sarin Chair in Strategy and Leadership at the Haas School of Business, Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (Biography)
  • Presentation: Market Definition, Concentration & Section 2

• Philip B. Nelson, Principal at Economists Inc. and former Assistant Director for Competition Analysis at the Federal Trade Commission (Biography)
  • Presentation: Monopoly Power, Market Definition, and the Cellophane Fallacy

• Joseph J. Simons, Partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and former Director for the Bureau of Competition at the Federal Trade Commission (Biography)

• Lawrence J. White, Arthur E. Imperatore Professor of Economics at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (Biography)
  • Market Power and Market Definition in Monopolization Cases: A Paradigm Is Missing (Presentation, Paper)

Afternoon Session
(2:00 PM - 4:30 PM EST)

• Simon Bishop, Partner and Co-founder of RBB Economics. (Biography)

• Thomas G. Krattenmaker, Counsel at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (Biography)
  • Paper: Monopoly Power and Market Power in Antitrust Law

• Miguel de la Mano, Member of the Chief Economist Team at the Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission. (Biography)
  • Presentation: The Dominance Concept: New Wine in Old Bottles

• Joe Sims, Partner at Jones Day and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (Biography)

• Irwin M. Stelzer, Director of Economic Policy Studies and a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute (Biography)
  • Paper: Coping with Market Power in the Modern Era
  
  

Participant presentations and session transcript for March 7

March 8: Monopoly Power
(9:30 AM - 12:00 PM EST)

The session will be held at the FTC’s Conference Center at 601 New Jersey Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C., Conference Room C.

• Andrew Chin, Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law. (Biography)

• Robert H. Lande, Venable Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law (Biography)
  • Paper: Market Power Without a Large Market Share: The Role of Imperfect Information and Other “Consumer Protection” Market Failures

• Richard Schmalensee, John C. Head III Dean and Professor of Economics and Management at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Biography)
  • Presentation: Diagnosing Monopoly Power in Markets with Rapid Technological Change (RTC Markets)

• Alan H. Silberman, Partner at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP. (Biography)
  • Remarks: Assessing Monopoly Power in the Distribution System and Aftermarkets

• Michael A. Williams, Director at the ERS Group (Biography)
  • Presentation: Technology Markets

Participant presentations and session transcript for March 8

March 28: Remedies
Morning Session: The Objectives and Goals of Remedies in Section 2 Cases
(9:30 AM - 12:00 PM EST)

• Robert W. Crandall, Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution (Biography)
  • Presentation: The AT&T Divestiture: Was It Necessary? Was It a Success?

• David A. Heiner, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Antitrust at Microsoft Corporation (Biography)
  • Presentation: Remedies in High-Tech Industries

• Per Hellström, Chief of Unit C-3 at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition (Biography)
  • Presentation: Remedies under Article 82 EC

• Abbott (Tad) Lipsky, Partner at Latham & Watkins LLP and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (Biography)
  • Presentation: Remedies for Monopolization

Afternoon Session: Structural Versus Conduct Remedies
(1:30 PM – 4:30 PM)

• Richard A. Epstein, the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law, Faculty Director for Curriculum, and the Director of the Law and Economics Program at University of Chicago Law School (Biography)
  • Paper: Structural Remedies in Section 2 Cases

• Franklin M. Fisher, the Jane Berkowitz Carlton and Dennis William Carlton Professor of Microeconomics, Emeritus, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Biography)
  • Remedy Issues in Section 2 Cases (Statement, Presentation)

• Andrew Joskow, Senior Vice President of NERA Economic Consulting and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (Biography)
  • Presentation: Remedies in Section 2 Cases

• Dietrich Kleemann, Head of the Task Force on Ex Post Assessment of Merger Decisions at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition (Biography)

• John Thorne, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Verizon (Biography)

Participant presentations and session transcript for March 28

March 29: Remedies
Morning Session: Remedy in the Face of Technological Change
(9:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST)

• Michael Cunningham, General Counsel at Red Hat Inc.

• Renata B. Hesse, Partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (Biography)

• Marina Lao, Professor of Law at Seton Hall Law School (Biography)
  • Presentation: Equitable Remedies in the Face of Technological Change

• William H. Page, the Marshall M. Criser Eminent Scholar at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law (Biography)

• Howard A. Shelanski, Associate Dean and Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall, and the Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (Biography)

Participant presentations and session transcript for March 29