Dear Colleague,
I am delighted to invite you to the 2007 Spring Meeting of the Section of Antitrust Law.
Each year, the Spring Meeting grows in the quality and quantity of programming. It is, without question, the largest gathering of competition lawyers on the planet, and we believe it is the best. This year's Meeting will feature nearly 50 sessions that will cover all aspects of U.S. antitrust law, as well as providing substantial coverage of consumer protection law and non-U.S. competition law. You can expect a wide variety of topics and speakers from the private bar, corporations, government agencies, and academia.
The Spring Meeting will be a memorable event for all who attend, and I am extending a special invitation to the many diverse groups that come together every year to make it an enormous success:
To our Section Leadership: It is thanks to you that the Spring Meeting programming is diverse and valuable. Please accept my enthusiastic invitation to come and participate, not only in your committee's sessions, but in the wide variety of CLE sessions and events that the Spring Meeting offers.
To our many members, who year after year attend and enjoy the Spring Meeting: This year's Spring Meeting should be even better than its predecessors – no small feat! I am sure that many programs will meet the needs of your practice, and I urge you to sample some of the other programs to round out your experience or even to entertain you.
To our government colleagues from the DOJ, FTC, and the States. We are delighted that you attend and welcome your active participation. Please use this meeting to try out new ideas and challenge the views of your colleagues in the private bar, as well as your friends from other agencies.
To the young antitrust lawyers and lawyers-to-be attending your first – or one of your first – Spring Meetings. Whether you are a law student or just starting out in practice, use the Spring Meeting as a classroom, be it at the Fundamentals Courses (for legal or economics topics), the Chair's Showcase, or the Mock Trial. You should also view this meeting as an opportunity to get to know the greats of the antitrust bar – they are there to help you grow in all aspects of your practice.
To the international practitioners and enforcers, who attend in ever larger numbers each year: We welcome you to our nation's capital and look forward to learning from you. This year, we will again offer an “International Track,” which means that there will be programs of international interest in every programming slot over three days. The Spring Meeting has become the center of major international discourse on competition issues, and we invite and welcome you to participate in the global “antitrust conversation.”
To corporate counsel involved in antitrust matters: We invite you to focus on either substantive matters that are of interest to you or the practical skills offered in the litigation and counseling programs of the Spring Meeting. There is no other meeting where you can conveniently learn about the substantive law developments and the practical skills of handling antitrust risk in the current corporate environment, and, at the same time, discover what the enforcers have in mind for the future.
To the economists, and those interested in economics: We will present a substantial number of economics programs, featuring many eminent economists. The Economics Fundamentals program, best practices for economic testimony, a program considering court-appointed experts, and the Breakfasts with the FTC Bureau Directors and DOJ Deputy Assistant Attorneys General will provide sophisticated economics training and discussion of the developing issues for lawyer and economist alike.
To our consumer protection practitioners: You will be able to participate in an increasing number of significant and sophisticated programs on the development of deception concepts, privacy and information security, and other growing areas of consumer protection practice in the United States and around the world.
To our colleagues in academia: We will provide a rigorous level of discourse on developing issues from the dominance debate to empirical approaches to antitrust. The level of debate should be stimulating to the professor and serious practitioner alike, and we welcome your active and enthusiastic participation and your thoughtful questioning of our speakers.
All five FTC Commissioners, the FTC Bureau Directors, the Assistant Attorney General and all of his Deputy Assistants, heads of several enforcement agencies around the world, including the EC Commissioner of Competition, and many distinguished practitioners, judges, economists and scholars have agreed to speak and they will collectively add luster and excitement to the Spring Meeting.
I look forward to seeing you at the Spring Meeting.
Yours truly,
Joseph Angland
Chair, Section of Antitrust Law
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Hotel Information
Registration Information - Advanced registration is closed. Please register on site at the JW Marriott, Ballroom Level starting April 17, 2007
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