EVENT ADVISORY: Crowell & Moring and George Washington University Host Sixth Annual Antitrust & Tech Conference (May 13)

Washington – May 1, 2025: Crowell & Moring and George Washington University Competition Law Center will host the 6th Annual Antitrust & Tech Conference starting at 1:00 pm Tuesday, May 13, at the George Washington University Law School. The annual conference will explore the tech industry and monopolization, antitrust enforcement, and what the Trump administration may mean for the future of Big Tech.

Andy Gavil, senior counsel in Crowell & Moring’s Antitrust and Competition Group and William Kovacic, director of the GWU Competition Law Center will co-moderate a Fireside Chat featuring DOJ Antitrust Division Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Roger Alford. The conversation will discuss the Antitrust Division’s enforcement, policy goals, and priorities, as well as prospects for international cooperation and coordination.

Two panels will offer further insights into the DOJ’s enforcement strategy and plans. The first panel will discuss merger enforcement policy under the prior administration, specifically the revised FTC merger guidelines and whether those changes will have durable impact, and how the current administration may prioritize its own merger policy initiatives and enforcement priorities. Panelists include:

• 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, Antitrust and Competition Group

The second panel will discuss whether Section 2 enforcement will effectively address tech monopolization, including lessons learned from the government’s first pair of liability trials that recently concluded. Panelists include:

• Alissa Cooper, Executive Director, Knight-Georgetown Institute
• John Newman, 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, Antitrust and Competition Group

For more information and to register, please visit here.

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