Single-Firm Conduct and Antitrust Law

October 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 October 2006 agenda.

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

October 26: Understanding Single-Firm Behavior
Morning Session: Business History Session
(9:30 AM - 12:00 PM)

• Tony Allan Freyer, University Research Professor of History and Law, University of Alabama School of Law (Biography)
• Comment: Comparative Antitrust Enforcement and Business History


• Louis Galambos, Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University, President of the Business History Group, and Co-Director of the Institute for Applied Economics and the Study of Business Enterprise (Biography)
• Comment


• James P. May, Professor of Law at the Washington College of Law, American University (Biography)
• Presentation: Standard Oil: Ascent and Assessment


• George David Smith, Clinical Professor of Economics, Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the New York University Stern School of Business (Biography)
• Presentation: Alcoa v. U.S. a Historical Perspective

Afternoon Session: Business Strategy Session
(1:30 PM - 4:00 PM)

• Jeffrey P. McCrea, Vice President of the Sales and Marketing Group at Intel Corporation (Biography)
• Presentation: Creating Platforms and Ecosystem


• David J. Reibstein, William S. Woodside Professor and Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (Biography)
• Presentation: Teaching Marketing Strategy



• David T. Scheffman, Director of LECG LLC, Adjunct Professor of Business Strategy and Marketing at the Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, and former Director of the Bureau of Economics at the FTC (Biography)

• George David Smith, Clinical Professor of Economics, Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the New York University Stern School of Business (Biography)

Participant presentations and session transcript for October 26