6-Hour Program

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Overview

Why you should attend

Lawyers counseling businesses need to have a solid foundation in principles of antitrust law and an understanding of the latest antitrust developments in order to appropriately advise their clients. The consequences of running afoul of antitrust rules can be costly: class actions, treble damage litigation, government enforcement, and adverse publicity are all possible outcomes if mistakes are made.

Do you have the tools needed to help your clients avoid making costly mistakes? Attend this program and you will be able to provide practical answers to the antitrust questions your clients will ask. Addressing current hot topics in antitrust counseling and compliance and refreshing practitioners’ understanding of key principles, this program will cover distribution, marketing, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property licensing, and government enforcement, as well as compliance and ethics topics. Hear practical advice on what works and what doesn’t, and gain the edge needed to effectively represent your clients.

What you will learn

  • Is it safe today to enter into agreements that restrict resale prices? What about maximum resale prices? How can companies safely use agency agreements, minimum advertised prices, or unilateral price policies?
  • When are bundled prices, loyalty discounts and exclusive dealing acceptable and when are they problematic?
  • When can you expect the DOJ or FTC to investigate or seek to block a proposed merger? How is the government analyzing mergers and acquisitions under the DOJ/FTC Merger Guidelines? What can we learn from the latest litigated cases, US v. Bazaarvoice and FTC v. St. Luke’s?
  • How can you avoid antitrust risk in intellectual property licenses? What do you need to know when participating in industry “standard setting” or licensing “standards essential patents”? What impact will the Supreme Court decision in FTC v. Actavis have on settlement of patent litigation? Are NPE’s (non-practicing entities) at risk of violating antitrust law?
  • What do you need to know about competition law enforcement outside the U.S.? Do you need to worry about enforcement in the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) as well as the EU?
  • What are the top government enforcement priorities? What should we expect from current enforcers at the DOJ and FTC during the rest of President Obama’s second term?
  • Learn how to avoid ethical problems that recur in the antitrust arena, relating to document preservation obligations in investigations and litigation, duties to employees, conflicts of interest, and practice before the DOJ and FTC.

Special Feature

  • Earn one full hour of Ethics credit!

Who should attend

In-house counsel practicing antitrust law full-time or part-time and private practitioners who have had some previous antitrust training and want a refresher on antitrust principles, would like to sharpen their skills, and want to learn about important recent developments and trends in antitrust law should attend this program.

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