Next Generation of Antitrust Scholars Conference
Friday 22 January, 2016
8:50am - 5:30pm, $0
NYU School of Law
108 West 3 Street, Lipton Hall
The purpose of this day-long conference is to provide an opportunity for antitrust/competition law professors who began their full time professorial career in or after September 2008 to present their latest research. Senior antitrust scholars and practitioners in the field will comment on the papers.
Agenda
08:20 – 08:50am Registration and Continental Breakfast
08:50 – 09:00am Introductory Comments
09:00 – 10:45am Session 1: Institutional Issues I
Session Chair: Stephen Houck, Menaker & Herrmann
Presenter: Maciej Bernatt, University of Warsaw
The Judicial Review of FTC Decisions: Any Lessons for Europe?
Discussant: Andrew Gavil, Howard University School of Law
Presenter: Rebecca Haw Allensworth, Vanderbilt University Law School
New Antitrust Federalism
Discussant: Jonathan Baker, American University Washington College of Law
Presenter: Angela Zhang, King’s College London
The Faceless Court
Discussant: Harry First, NYU School of Law
Presenter: Matthew Jennejohn, Brigham Young University Law School
Innovation and the Design of Antitrust Institutions
Discussant: Spencer Waller, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Practitioner Discussant: Stacey Mahoney, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
10:45 – 11:00am Break
11:00 – 12:45pm Session 2: Antitrust Economics
Session Chair: Richard Steuer, Mayer Brown
Presenter: Felix Chang, University of Cincinnati College of Law
Vertical Integration in Derivatives Markets
Discussant: Tim Wu, Columbia Law School
Presenter: Murat Mungan, Florida State University College of Law
Sharing of Cost Related Information Can Increase Consumer Welfare Under Risk-aversion
Discussant: Larry White, NYU Stern School of Business
Presenter: Yong Chao, University of Louisville Department of Economics
All-Units Discounts as a Partial Foreclosure Device
Discussant: Luis Cabral, NYU Stern School of Business
Presenter: D. Daniel Sokol, University of Florida Levin College of Law
Policy Innovations, Political Preferences, and Cartel Prosecutions
Discussant: Christopher Sprigman, NYU School of Law
Practitioner Discussant: Eric Stock, NY AG Office
12:45 – 1:45pm Lunch
Keynote Address: Jonathan Jacobson, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati; Incoming ABA Section of Antitrust Chair
The Role of Academia in Antitrust
1:45 – 3:05pm Session 3: Antitrust and Intellectual Property
Session Chair: Steven Edwards, Hogan Lovells
Presenter: Daryl Lim, John Marshall Law School
Patent Holdups
Discussant: Scott Hemphill, NYU School of Law
Presenter: Liza Vertinsky, Emory University School of Law
Pre-Competition
Discussant: Hillary Greene, University of Connecticut School of Law
Presenter: Ramsi Woodcock, Georgia State University J. Mack Robinson College of Business
Innovation and Reverse Payments
Discussant: Michael Carrier, Rutgers School of Law - Camden
Practitioner Discussant: Jay Himes, Labaton Sucharow
3:05 – 3:30pm Break
3:30 – 5:00pm Session 4: Institutional Issues II
Session Chair: Elizabeth Prewitt, Hughes Hubbard & Reed
Presenter: Marek Martyniszyn, Queen’s University Belfast
Foreign State’s Entanglement in Anticompetitive Conduct
Discussant: Edward Cavanaugh, St. John’s University School of Law
Presenter: Niamh Dunne, London School of Economics
Ratemaking through EU Law: Competition Law and Regulatory Approaches
Discussant: Mark Patterson, Fordham University School of Law
Presenter: Avirup Bose, Jindal Global Law School
Institutional Design in India’s Competition Law
Discussant: Eleanor Fox, NYU School of Law
Practitioner Discussant: Lisl Dunlop, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
5:00 – 5:30pm Cocktail Reception