Thursday, June 7, 2012–Friday, June 8, 2012Northwestern University School of Law

Third Annual Chicago Forum on International Antitrust IssuesPresented by: Northwestern Law Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth

Earn up to 12.25 CLE credits, including 2 professional (ethics)

y US/EU Year in Review: What Happens to Antitrust Enforcement When Economies Falter?

y Multijurisdictional Merger Remedies: Strategies for Getting the Deal Done in the US and Abroad

y Brazil’s New Antitrust Regime: Challenges Ahead?

y Increased Inter-Agency Collaborative Enforcement of Cartels: What That

Means for Investigations, Disclosures and Penalties

y How Many Economists Does It Take To Try an Antitrust Case In or Outside the US?

y Differences in Addressing Competitor Complaints at US and Non-US Agencies

y Spotlight on China

y Antitrust Enforcement in India

y Antitrust Issues in the Strategic Acquisition and Use of Patents

y Abuse of Dominance: Facing the Music

y Distribution Outside the US : Why so Different?

y Compliance Workshop: Damage Control

In an ever changing legal landscape, this program again promises to provide a timely and practical update on antitrust developments around the world. Our speakers are leading private and in-house lawyers, economists and antitrust enforcers from the US, Canada, EU, Brazil and India. Among them are FTC Commissioner Edith Ramirez, the Honorable Diane Wood from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and Professor William Kovacic, now at George Washington University Law School and formerly an FTC Commissioner. We hope you’ll join us for this exciting program.

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Thursday, June 7

Morning Session Chair: Roxane C. Busey, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Chicago, IL

8 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast (Wieboldt 112)

8:45–9 a.m. Welcome and Introduction (Wieboldt 147)

Max Schanzenbach, Professor of Law and Director of Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth at Northwestern University School of Law

9–9:30 a.m. Keynote Address

Edith Ramirez, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission

9:30–10:30 a.m. US/ EU Year in Review: What Happens to Antitrust Enforcement When Economies Falter?

Britt M. Miller, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL

Fiona Carlin, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Brussels, Belgium

Roxane C. Busey, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Chicago, IL (moderator)

10:30–10:45 a.m. Networking Break

10:45–11:45 a.m. Multijurisdictional Merger Remedies: Strategies for Getting the Deal Done in the US and Abroad

Nick Koberstein, Division Counsel, Corporate Transactions, Abbott Laboratories (moderator)

E. Shane Ince, Managing Director, ING Corporate Finance, Brussels, Belgium

Gavin B. Bushell, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Brussels, Belgium

Graeme Hunter, Vice President, NERA Economic Consulting, New York, NY

11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Brazil’s New Antitrust Regime: Challenges Ahead?

Tulio Coelho, Partner, Trench, Rossi e Watanabe Advogados, Brasilia, Brazil

Russell W. Damtoft, Associate Director, Office of International Affairs, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC (moderator)

12:30–1:15 p.m. Lunch (Wieboldt 540)

1:15–1:45 p.m. Lunch Address: Developments in U.S. Antitrust Law as Applied to Foreign Commerce

Hon. Diane P. Wood, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Thursday, June 7, 2012–Friday, June 8, 2012Northwestern University School of Law

Wieboldt Hall #147 • 340 E. Superior St. • Chicago, IL 60611

Third Annual Chicago Forum on International Antitrust IssuesPresented by: Northwestern Law Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth

Afternoon Session Chair: Thomas Campbell, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Chicago, IL

1:45–2:45 p.m. Increased Inter-Agency Collaborative Enforcement of Cartels: What That Means for Investigations, Disclosures and Penalties (ethical credit)

Scott Hammond, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Enforcement, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, Washington D.C.

John Pecman, Senior Deputy Commissioner of Competition, Criminal Matters, Canadian Competition Bureau

Ali Nikpay, Senior Director, Cartels and Criminal Enforcement, Office of Fair Trading, London, United Kingdom

Andrew S. Marovitz, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL

Thomas Campbell, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Chicago, IL (moderator)

2:45–3:30 p.m. How Many Economists Does It Take To Try an Antitrust Case In or Outside the US?

Anne Gron, Vice President, NERA Economic Consulting, Chicago, IL (moderator)

Elizabeth M. Bailey, Executive Director, Energy Institute at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Alison Oldale, Deputy Director, Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Economics

Daniel F. Spulber, Elinor Hobbs Distinguished Professor of International Business, Professor of Management Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law (Courtesy) and Research Director, Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth

3:30–3:45 p.m. Networking Break

3:45–4:30 p.m. Differences in Addressing Competitor Complaints at US and Non US Agencies

Jean-Yves Art, Associate General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation, Brussels, Belgium

Mildred L. Calhoun, Formerly of BP America, Chicago, IL (moderator)

Samir R. Gandhi, Economic Laws Practice, New Delhi, India

4:30–5:15 p.m. Spotlight on China

H. Stephen Harris, Jr., Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Washington, DC (moderator)

Russell W. Damtoft, Associate Director, Office of International Affairs, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC

5:15 p.m. Cocktail Reception (Wieboldt 540)

Friday, June 8

Session Chair: Mark McLaughlin, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL

8:45–9:15 a.m. Looking in from the Outside

William E. Kovacic, Global Competition Professor of Law and Policy, George Washington University Law School and former Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission

9:15–10 a.m Antitrust Enforcement in India

Russell W. Damtoft, Associate Director, Office of International Affairs, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC (moderator)

Samir R. Gandhi, Economic Laws Practice, New Delhi, India

Jaishree J. Vyavaharkar, Baker & McKenzie LLP, London, United Kingdom

ChairRoxane C. BuseyBaker & McKenzie LLPChicago

MembersThomas CampbellBaker & McKenzie LLPChicago

Russell W. DamtoftAssociate DirectorOffice of International AffairsFederal Trade CommissionWashington, D.C.

Alice W. DetwilerSenior AttorneyMicrosoft CorporationRedmond, Washington

Anne GronVice PresidentNERA Economic ConsultingChicago

Mark McLaughlinMayer Brown LLPChicago

Nick KobersteinDivision Counsel, Corporate TransactionsAbbott LaboratoriesAbbott Park, IL

10–10:15 a.m. Networking Break

10:15–11:15 a.m. Antitrust Issues in the Strategic Acquisition and Use of Patents

Alice W. Detwiler, Senior Attorney, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (moderator)

Greg A. Sivinski, Senior Attorney, Antitrust Group, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond WA

David Blackburn, Senior Consultant, NERA Economic Consulting, Washington, DC

Perry C. Siatis, Divisional Vice President, Intellectual Property Legal Strategy, Abbott Laboratories

11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Abuse of Dominance: Facing the Music

Jean-Yves Art, Associate General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation, Brussels, Belgium

Howard Kass, Vice President, Legal and Government Affairs, US Airways, Washington, DC

Spencer Weber Waller, Professor and Director, Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies, Loyola University of Chicago School of Law (moderator)

12:15–12:45 p.m. Networking Break and Box Lunch (Wieboldt 540)

12:45–1:45 p.m. Distribution Outside the US: Why so Different?

Mark McLaughlin, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL (moderator)

Fiona Carlin, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Brussels, Belgium

Michael R. Baye, Bert Elwert Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University

1:45–2:45 p.m. Compliance Workshop: Damage Control (ethical credit) Internal investigations: Dealing with the Rogue Employee

Christopher Zammit, Senior Staff Counsel-Distribution and Trade Regulation, Chrysler Group LLC, Detroit, MI

James J. Hegarty, Senior Corporate Counsel, Pfizer Inc. , Chicago, IL

Vincent J. Connelly, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL (moderator)

2:45 pm Adjourn

Registration Information Tuition

Regular tuition is $400 per person. Government, academic, and judicial attendees may register for $200 per person. This rate applies to full-time, active professionals in these fields. One set of materials on CD-ROM is included with registration.

Register online

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Questions:

312-503-1811 or searlecenter@law.northwestern.edu

Planning Committee

About the Event

The Third Annual Chicago Forum on International Antitrust Issues is the only Midwest conference of its kind. It is designed to examine the latest developments in competition regulation around the globe providing practitioners and regulators with up-to-date and practical information.

Registration and Tuition

Regular tuition is $400 per person. Government, academic, and judicial attendees may register for $200 per person. This rate applies to full-time, active professionals in these fields. Tuition includes all sessions, continental breakfasts, lunch, coffee breaks, receptions, and program materials distributed at the event. Registrations must be made in advance. On-site registration is only available as space permits and requires an additional $50 fee and must be paid by a check made out to Northwestern University School of Law. Registration is for the full two days of the program for one individual. Shared registration is not available.

Course Materials

For registered participants, course materials will be available for download prior to the event. Registrants will also receive a set of course materials on CD-ROM upon check-in. Registrants and non-registrants may purchase additional copies of the CD-ROM for $50. You may bring your laptop to the program – power outlets and wireless logins will be available.

Cancellation Policy

Full tuition refunds will be made for all written cancellations received by May 24, 2012. A $200 administrative fee will be deducted from refunds on written cancellations received after May 24, 2012. No refunds will be given for cancellations made after May 31, 2012.

Continuing Legal Education Credit

The Chicago Forum on International Antitrust Issues has been approved in

Illinois for 12.25 total credit hours including 2.0 professionalism (ethics) credits (ethics approval pending). Questions regarding accreditation may be directed to Sarah Swain at Sarah.Swain@bakermckenzie.com or (312) 861-7609.

Location

The event will be held at Northwestern Law in Wieboldt Hall 340 East Superior Street, on the Chicago campus of Northwestern University and not on the Evanston campus.

Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth

Founded in 2006, the mission of the Searle Center is to study the impact of laws and regulations on economic growth and to communicate the results of that research to academic, public policy, and judicial leaders.

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