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Varney on October 8, 2009</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{b4977ccb-640c-ba31-a474-a99c9b6dbb32}</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:55:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Our Progress Towards International Convergence</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/250264.htm</link><description>Presented at the 36th Annual Fordham Competition Law Institute Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy by Assistant Attorney General Christine A. Varney on September 24, 2009</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{c620913a-3861-4fe7-71c1-35484c29cc64}</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:57:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Merger Guidelines Workshops</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/250238.htm</link><description>Presented at the Third Annual Georgetown Law Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{b72c3727-f6cc-bf5f-99e8-6658acf4d2e}</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:27:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Procedural Fairness </title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/249974.pdf</link><description>Presented at the 13th Annual Competition Conference of the International Bar Association.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{93cde422-b0b4-7144-3925-acaad195a986}</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:27:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Toward A Competition Policy Agenda for Agriculture Markets</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/248858.htm</link><description>Remarks as Prepared for the Organization for Competitive Markets 11th Annual Conference St. Louis, Missouri by Deputy Assistant Attorney General Philip J. Weiser</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{b13c1071-f727-d6b3-f96-972a75a625c4}</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:47:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Competition Policy in Distressed Industries</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/245857.pdf</link><description>Remarks as Prepared for Delivery to the ABA Antitrust Symposium: Competition as Public Policy by Deputy Assistant Attorney General Carl Shapiro on May 13, 2009</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{a296b978-f5dc-2036-e37f-64dab8c5ca6f}</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 03:05:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Vigorous Antitrust Enforcement in this Challenging Era - Remarks as Prepared for the United States Chamber of Commerce</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/245777.htm</link><description>Remarks as Prepared for the United States Chamber of Commerce by Assistant Attorney General Christine A. Varney on May 12, 2009</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{5a7f1366-8da9-618a-8a14-a09533203092}</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 20:28:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Vigorous Antitrust Enforcement in this Challenging Era - Remarks as Prepared for the Center for American Progress</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/245711.htm</link><description>Remarks as Prepared for the Center for American Progress by Assistant Attorney General Christine A. Varney on May 11, 2009</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{66eb3403-1cdb-a859-1b1c-b0e04d259fe3}</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 20:27:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>"Recent Developments Relating to the Antitrust Division's Corporate Leniency Program"</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/244840.htm</link><description>Address by Scott D. Hammond, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice  presented at the Twenty-Third Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime, ABA Criminal Justice Section, on March 5, 2009.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{7877ec46-db94-4340-98b4-fd7d53c33c4a}</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:00:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The DOJ's Single-Firm Conduct Report: Promoting Consumer Welfare Through Clearer Standards for Section 2 of the Sherman Act </title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/238599.htm</link><description>Article by Thomas O. Barnett and Hill B. Wellford originally appeared in the October 2008 Release One issue of GCP, the online magazine for Global Competition Policy published by Competition Policy International, Inc.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{9f879213-dc74-e28d-22f8-5492a1e2e6}</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:40:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Navigating Scylla and Charybdis: Three Stages in the Journey to Effective Section 2 Enforcement</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/237527.htm</link><description>Address by Thomas O. Barnett, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice  presented at the  Georgetown University Law Center on September 23, 2008.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{ca242ceb-747b-95c5-40bc-902bd1ab8a51}</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:49:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Perspectives on Cartel Enforcement in the United States and Brazil </title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/236096.htm</link><description>Address by Thomas O. Barnett, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice  presented at the  Universidade de São Paul  São Paulo, Brazil on April 28, 2008.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{9c3c16d9-5c7c-2143-7c72-28afad1abb98}</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:02:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Remarks on "The Increasing Role of Antitrust Principles in Defining Patent Rights"</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/235975.htm</link><description>Address by Deborah A. Garza, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Divison, U.S. Department of Justice presented at the Intellectual Property Owners Association, Antitrust and Competition Law, Standards Settting and Pharmaceutical Issues Committees Conference  on June 9, 2008</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{1a2b4931-eb38-21b5-e826-3acddcbea9e3}</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:40:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Remarks by Deborah A. Garza on " Modernization of Antitrust Law - Private and Public Enforcement and Abuses - Europe and the U.S."</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/235658.htm</link><description>Address by Deborah A. Garza, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Divison, U.S. Department of Justice presented at The Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research, the John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics and School of Law, and the Hoover Institution, Stanford University Program on May 29, 2008.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{92104f1-a9e7-b4b9-730a-903aba168cdc}</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:38:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cartel Settlements in the U.S. and EU: Similarities, Differences &amp; Remaining Questions</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/235598.htm</link><description>Address by Ann O'Brien, Senior Counsel to the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice at the 13th Annual EU Competition Law and Policy Workshop June 6, 2008</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{1e907df4-a39a-3ee8-abeb-2fbcdc754838}</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:44:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Maximizing Incentives to Innovate Under China's Anti-Monopoly Law: Some Fundamental Principles</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/234946.htm</link><description>Address by James J. O'Connell, Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice at the Symposium on Innovation and Competition: A Forum on IPR-Related Antitrust Rules April 19, 2008</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{86c514d8-836f-2311-6963-84a7b9b86a4f}</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:02:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Current Issues in Merger Enforcement: Thoughts on Theory, Litigation Practice, and Retrospectives</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/234537.htm</link><description>Address by Thomas O. Barnett, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice presented at the Lewis Bernstein Memorial Lecture on June 26, 2008</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{de043545-66ed-2d5c-369e-7577a5e888e4}</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:27:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Competition Enforcement in an Innovative Economy</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/234246.htm</link><description>Address by Thomas O. Barnett, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice presented at the 4&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Annual Competition Policy Conference on June 20, 2008</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{c8f94133-1e53-c10f-d62f-947ef0071fb3}</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:46:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Address "Hold Up" in Standard Setting Without Deterring Innovation: Harness Innovation by SDOs</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/234124.htm</link><description>Address by David L. Meyer, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice presented at the ABA Section of Antitrust Spring Meeting on March 26, 2008 </description><guid isPermaLink="false">{27464c31-8a44-751e-7868-18bf47157dc}</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:09:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Section 2 Remedies: What to Do After Catching the Tiger by the Tail</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/233884.htm</link><description>Address by Thomas O. Barnett, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice presented at the American Bar Association Conference on Monopolization Remedies on June 4, 2008</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{dab5cdff-ba91-8419-a450-189e7546a669}</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:13:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Antitrust Update:  Supreme Court Decisions, Global Developments, and Recent Enforcement</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/230627.htm</link><description>Address by Thomas O. Barnett, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice presented at the Luncheon Address to the Federalist Society, Washington, DC on February 29, 2008 </description><guid isPermaLink="false">{c38a893f-d04b-94f9-af39-791ab524675c}</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:52:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Remarks of Thomas O. Barnett at the Bundeskartellamt Ceremony Celebrating Fifty Years of the German Competition Act</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/229477.htm</link><description>Address by Thomas O. Barnett, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice presented at the Bundeskartellamt Ceremony Celebrating Fifty Years of the German Competition Act, Bonn, Germany on January 15, 2008
</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{1d3c16ef-e35a-553d-25e5-db64393da007}</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:54:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Competition Law and Policy Modernization: Lessons from the U.S. Common-Law Experience</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/227755.htm</link><description>Address by Thomas O. Barnett Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice presented at the Libson Conference on Competition Law and Economics, Lisbon, Portugal on November 16, 2007</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{b50edbc9-1e56-78c0-b2d7-74b5996c4f0e}</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:47:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>"Recent Developments, Trends, and Milestones In The Antitrust Division's Criminal Enforcement Program"</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/232716.htm</link><description>Address by Scott D. Hammond, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Enforcement, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice presented at the ABA Antitrust Law Cartel Enforcement Roundtable, Washington, DC on November 16, 2007
</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{65b1a7c2-5577-2597-5e11-694d64076a42}</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:32:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Merger Enforcement is Alive and Well at the Department of Justice</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/227713.htm</link><description>There have been a variety of reports in recent months suggesting that merger enforcement at the Department of Justice Antitrust Division is less vigorous than it once was, and less vigorous than it should be. I am tempted to respond by adapting the famous quotation attributed to Mark Twain: "The reports of [the] death [of our merger enforcement program] are greatly exaggerated."</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{908bc105-39c6-e517-e7ce-31643774745d}</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:49:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>We Should Not Let the Ongoing Rationalization of Antitrust Lead to the Marginalization of Antitrust</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/227399.htm</link><description>Address by David L. Meyer, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice presented at the George Mason University Law Review 11th Annual Symposium on October 31, 2007 </description><guid isPermaLink="false">{1aaa315-b20d-1a53-8d83-9c0823d049df}</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:00:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Maximizing Welfare Through Technological Innovation</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/227291.htm</link><description>Address by Thomas O. Barnett, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice presented at the George Mason University Law Review 11th Annual Symposium on October 31, 2007 </description><guid isPermaLink="false">{4a6e7974-7294-64e1-6e4e-285daf5e754c}</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:26:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Objective Standards and the Antitrust Analysis of SDO and Patent Pool Conduct</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/227137.htm</link><description>Address by Deputy Assistant Attorney General Gerald F. Masoudi, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Presented at the Annual Comprehensive Conference on Standards Bodies and Patent Pools, Law Seminars International.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{73e74099-40a5-d13a-41f4-24b7cbf525e6}</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:59:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Section 2 Remedies: A Necessary Challenge </title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/226537.htm</link><description>Address by Assistant Attorney General Thomas O. Barnett, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Presented at the Fordham Competition Law Institute.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{ed396f09-a39d-c16a-bb2b-8974b570f4a4}</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:27:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Global Antitrust Enforcement</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/226334.htm</link><description>Address by Assistant Attorney General Thomas O. Barnett, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Presented at the Georgetown Law Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{a1595c82-642f-2ac6-6246-d9544ba41f}</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:19:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reflections on the Antitrust Modernization Commission Report and Recommendations</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/226045.htm</link><description>Address by Gerald F. Masoudi, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice presented at the Silicon Flatirons Telecommunications Program, The University of Colorado Law School on September 05, 2007</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{7e835f44-1981-a261-c48d-a1955c9381cb}</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:16:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Recent Developments in Antitrust and Intellectual Property Law </title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/223390.htm</link><description>Address by Thomas O. Barnett, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice presented at the 
American Conference Institute's Third Annual In-House Counsel Forum on Pharmaceutical Antitrust, New York, New York on May 16, 2007</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{50dbc8bc-b6a1-25b3-a41d-c312f3e5d64}</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:28:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Some Comments on the Abuse-Of-Dominance Provisions of China's Draft Antimonopoly Law</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/225357.htm</link><description>Address by Gerald Masoudi, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice presented at the UIBE Competition Law Center Conference, Beijing, China on July 21, 2007
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Sixth Annual Conference of the International Competition Network, Moscow, Russia on May 31, 2007</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{a88ae2e3-1820-9355-d4b5-a841ad456970}</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 20:26:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Role of Competition Agencies in Regulated Sectors</title><link>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/speeches/225219.htm</link><description>Address by Stuart M. Chemtob, Special Counsel for International Trade, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice presented at the 5th International Symposium on Competition Policy and Law, Beijing, China  on May 11-12, 2007.
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