Recorded Webinar—Merger Guideline Revision: What Does Agencies’ Proposal Portend for Consumers & Competition?

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***We apologize that the beginning few minutes of the video failed to record. Professor Melamed is addressing a question from the moderator about why the FTC and DOJ’s Antitrust Division have consistently issued and updated merger guidelines.***

Featuring:
William J. Kolasky, Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Douglas Melamed, Professor of the Practice of Law, Stanford Law School
Kenneth Heyer, Former Deputy Director, Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission

Description:
The “Request for Information” FTC and DOJ’s Antitrust Division issued in January on its merger guidelines, and the over 160 questions it poses, suggest a considerable departure from prevailing perspectives on horizontal and vertical mergers. Our panel of antitrust law and economics experts will discuss the revision process, what it may mean for current and future reviews of mergers, and whether the agencies’ approach sets them on a collision course with judicial precedent.

Speakers' Biographies

William J. Kolasky

Bill is a partner in the Washington, DC, office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed, and is chair of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition practice. He has practiced antitrust law for over forty years beginning in 1975. Bill served as deputy assistant attorney general in the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice from 2001 to 2002. He has written over fifty articles on antitrust law, including seventeen articles about the history of the antitrust in Antitrust magazine in a series entitled Trustbusters.

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A. Douglas Melamed

Doug is Professor of the Practice of Law at Stanford Law School, appointed to that position in 2015. He began teaching during the 2014-15 academic year as the Herman Phleger Visiting Professor of Law. Prior to that, Doug practiced law for 43 years including in private practice at WilmerHale, as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Intel Corporation, and as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division. Doug serves on the boards of directors of the Nasdaq exchanges and of the American Law Institute.

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Kenneth Heyer

Ken worked for more than 30 years as an economist at the United States federal competition agencies. Most recently (2012-2015) he served as Deputy Director in the Bureau of Economics at the United States Federal Trade Commission. In that capacity, he supervised the work of approximately 50 Ph.D economists and provided economic analysis and recommendations to the Agency’s Front Office attorneys and to its Commissioners. Prior to joining the FTC, Ken had worked for 29 years as an economist at the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice.

Recorded Webinar—Merger Guideline Revision: What Does Agencies’ Proposal Portend for Consumers & Competition?

Webinar

Speakers' Biographies

William J. Kolasky

A. Douglas Melamed

Kenneth Heyer

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