Antitrust Counseling & Compliance 2013
November 1, 2013
CLE - Live Seminar
USA
Description
Lawyers counseling businesses must possess a solid foundation in principles of antitrust law and an understanding of the latest antitrust developments. Running afoul of antitrust rules can result in class actions and treble damage litigation as well as government enforcement and adverse publicity.
Are you prepared to provide practical answers to the antitrust questions your clients will ask? You will be after attending this program, developed with the purpose of addressing current hot topics in antitrust counseling and compliance along with refreshing practitioners’ understanding of key principles. Covering distribution, marketing, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property licensing, and government enforcement, as well as compliance and ethics topics, this program will offer you practical advice on what works and what doesn’t, and give you the edge you need.
- 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?
- 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?
- 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 the new line up of enforcers at the DOJ and FTC during 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!
Organized by
Practising Law Institute
810 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York
United States of America
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