Crowell and GWU Competition Law Center Host Sixth Annual Antitrust and Tech Conference

This year’s conference featured thought leaders representing diverse perspectives among practitioners, academia, and industry, focusing on recent and future merger regulation policy and monopolization enforcement, especially in light of the new administration. Our two panel discussions were followed by a fireside chat with Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Roger Alford, who discussed the DOJ Antitrust Division’s enforcement goals.

Panel 1 - U.S. Merger Enforcement Policy in a Time of Transition

The panel discussed the issues and challenges involved in antitrust enforcement in the technology sector due to the rapidly evolving nature of digital markets, characterized by platforms and multi-sided markets, network effects, and cloud technology.

Speakers

Jordan Andrew, Acting Assistant Director, Mergers I Division, Federal Trade Commission

Mary T. Coleman, Senior Managing Director and Head of US Antitrust Practice, Compass Lexecon

Diana Moss, Vice President and Director of Competition Policy, Progressive Policy Institute 

Moderator

Alexis Gilman, Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP

Panel 2 - Will Section 2 Enforcement Effectively Address Tech Monopolization?

The second panel focused on how the antitrust agencies have been addressing, and are likely to continue to address, single-firm conduct in technology sectors.

Speakers

Alissa Cooper, Executive Director, Knight-Georgetown Institute

John Newman, Former Professor of Law, University of Miami School of Law; Former Deputy Director, FTC Bureau of Competition

Jonathan Nuechterlein, Distinguished Scholar, Competition Law Center, George Washington University Law School; Former General Counsel, FTC

John Yun, Associate Professor, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University

Moderator
Jeane Thomas, Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP

Fireside Chat: DOJ Antitrust Division’s Goals and Priorities

Moderated by William E. Kovacic (Global Competition Professor of Law and Policy, Professor of Law, Director of Competition Law Center, The George Washington Law School) and Andrew I. Gavil (Senior of Counsel, Crowell & Moring), our fireside chat with Roger Alford, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the DOJ Antitrust Division, explored the Antitrust Division’s enforcement goals and policy priorities.

We invite you to revisit the highlights of the conference through our insights (link client alert), video here, and photo gallery below.

For more information, or if you would like to discuss the topics covered at the event, please contact Jeane Thomas, or Alexis Gilman.

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We invite you to revisit the highlights of the conference through our video here and photo gallery below.