Wednesday, 30 September 2015
8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
8:30 a.m.
REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST
9-9:15 a.m.
INTRODUCTIONS AND WELCOME
- James Keyte, FCLI Director and Adjunct Professor of Law, Fordham Law School, and Partner, Antitrust and Competition, Skadden Arps
MORNING SESSIONS (basic)
Presented by Charles River Associates
- 9:15-10:30 a.m.
ANTITRUST FUNDAMENTALS AND MICROECONOMIC CONCEPTS FOR LAWYERS
Panelists: Joanna Tsai, Vice President, Charles River Associates; Nicholas Hill, Assistant Chief, Competition Policy Section, U.S. Department of Justice; Sara Razi, Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP; Joshua D. Wright, Professor of Law, George Mason Law School
- 10:30-10:45 a.m.
BREAK
- 10:45 a.m.-noon
REGRESSION ANALYSIS AND OTHER BASIC TOOLS FOR ANTITRUST PRACTITIONERS
Panelists: Peter Boberg, Vice President, Charles River Associates; Kenneth Schwartz, Counsel, Antitrust and Competition, Skadden Arps; Tor Winston, Economist, U.S. Department of Justice
noon-1:30 p.m.
LUNCH
AFTERNOON SESSIONS (advanced)
Presented by Cornerstone Research
- 1:30-2:45 p.m.
ADVANCED EMPIRICAL METHODS
Moderator: Kivanç A. Kirgiz, Principal, Cornerstone Research
Panelists: D. Bruce Hoffman, Partner, Hunton & Williams LLP; John Asker, Professor of Economics, UCLA; Laura Collins, Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- 2:45-3 p.m.
BREAK
- 3-4:15 p.m.
APPLYING ADVANCED EMPIRICAL METHODS
Moderator: Kostis Hatzitaskos, Principal, Cornerstone Research
Panelists: Aviv Nevo, Professor of Economics and Marketing, Northwestern University; Hillary Burchuk, Trial Attorney, Federal Communications Commission; Jeff Jaeckel, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP
4:15-4:30 p.m.
CLOSING REMARKS
Schedule and speakers are subject to change.
CLE CREDIT has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the New York State CLE Board for a maximum of 9 transitional and nontransitional skills credit hours. New Jersey CLE credits available through reciprocity. For credit in another state, please contact that state’s CLE administrator.
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