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Profiles of the Profession
Who?
Eleanor M. Fox
Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation, New York University
School of Law
eleanor.fox@nyu.edu
What?
Primary Practice Area & Subspecialty Fields:
Antitrust law; law of the European Union.
When?
In Practice Area:
Since 1962 in antitrust
In the Legal Profession:
Since 1961
Where?
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Employer:
New York University School of Law
Of counsel, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
City/State:
New York, NY
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Law School:
New York University School of Law
Undergraduate School/Degree:
Vassar College, B.A.
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Why?
Pluses/Challenges of Practice Area:
Law professor: wonderful challenges of theory and policy; opportunities
to help shape policy and doctrine; rewarding interactions with
students, colleagues, practitioners and officials all over the
world
Core Skills/Key Knowledge Needed in Your Practice Area:
Antitrust: knowledge of the law, its paths of evolution, the policies
that drive it; appreciation of microeconomics; a thirst for facts;
an ability to assimilate facts and integrate them into legal and
economic analysis.
Advice to Lawyers and Law Students Interested in Your Practice
Area:
This is a dynamic and exciting area. It changes with markets,
with globalization, and to some extent with political perspectives
on the relationship between government and business.
How?
Career Path to Current Position:
Was an associate and then a partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
In 1976 I joined the faculty of New York University School of
Law, and became of counsel to the firm.
Influences and Mentors:
Whitney North Seymour, a past president of the ABA, when he was
senior partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
Norman Redlich, former dean, New York University School of Law
My women colleagues at New York University School of Law and in
the numerous professional associations in which I have been involved
Bar Affiliations and Activities:
ABA Antitrust Section: was a vice chair and was chair of numerous
committees.
New York State Bar Antitrust Section: was chair.
Association of the Bar of the City of New York: was a vice president
and chair of many committees.
Recent Professional Publications:
Cases and Materials on U.S. Antitrust in Global Context,
co-author with Rudolf J.R. Peritz and Lawrence A. Sullivan (2d
ed. West, 2004)
The Competition Law of the European Union, offprint from
European Union Law (casebook and documents) (West 2002)
International Antitrust and the Doha Dome, 43 Va. J. Int'l
L. 911 (2003)
What is Harm to Competition? - Exclusionary Practices and Anticompetitive
Effect, 70 Antitrust L.J. 371 (2002)
Antitrust and Regulatory Federalism: Races Up, Down, and Sideways,
75 N.Y.U.L. Rev. 101 (2000)
Being a Woman, Being a Lawyer and Being a Human Being - Women
and Change, 57 Ford. L. Rev. 955 (1989)
Recent Professional Presentations:
Lectures on U.S. antitrust law to Competition Directorate of
European Commission (Dec. 2003)
What if Parker v. Brown were Italian? (controlling anticompetitive
acts by the state), Annual Fordham International Antitrust Conference
(Oct. 2003)
Industrial policy, competition law, and the accession of Poland
into the European Union (Lodz, Poland, Sept. 2003)
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