30. ANTITRUST LAW SECTION EXPANDS ADVOCACY PROGRAM IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING REQUESTS FOR ITS EXPERTISE AND ADVICE
This year the Section of Antitrust Law responded to 28 requests for comments from competition law enforcement agencies and commissions in several jurisdictions and provided testimony before two governmental tribunals. Over the past five years, the section has increased its advocacy program as more competition enforcement agencies solicited its expertise and advice on important topics they were considering. Building on its reputation for balanced, thoughtful and sophisticated analysis, the section provided 21 sets of comments to the Antitrust Modernization Commission on issues ranging from the effectiveness of the merger guidelines to the fairness of sentencing procedures in criminal cases, and from repeal of antitrust exceptions to international comity.
In addition, the European Commission requested the section’s comment on three critical enforcement issues – private damage actions, exclusionary conduct and corporate leniency. The Canadian Competition Bureau also asked for section comments on three important issues – merger policy, the criminal leniency policy and international cooperation issues. The section also submitted comments to Congress on legislation relating to the oil and gas industry. In addition to providing comments, the chair of the section was asked to testify before the U.S. Sentencing Commission on issues relating to the ABA’s initiative on protecting attorney-client privilege and before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on repeal of the antitrust exemption for the insurance industry.
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