Please join us for a dynamic discussion on the draft merger guidelines.
Public Workshop on DOJ/FTC's 2023 Draft Merger Guidelines
This hybrid workshop will feature two panel discussions with academics, economists, practitioners, and former enforcers regarding questions and issues on which public comment will be most useful.
Date: Thursday, October 5, 2023, 1:30 - 4:45pm Eastern
Location: Harvard Kennedy School, Wiener Auditorium (ground floor of Taubman Building)
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Virtual: Zoom Webinar
Co-sponsored by the MIT Economics Department and the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard Kennedy School
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Agenda
Welcome and Introduction - 1:30pm (15 minutes)
- John Haigh, Co-Director, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School
- David Lawrence, U.S. Department of Justice
Panel 1: Evidentiary and Analytical Tools for Assessing Competition in the 21st Century Economy– 1:45 pm (1.25 hours)
Panelists:
- Leemore Dafny, Harvard Business School
- Martin Gaynor, Carnegie Mellon University
- Louis Kaplow, Harvard Law School
- Dominic Vote, WilmerHale LLP
Moderator: Aviv Nevo, Federal Trade Commission
Coffee Break – 3:00 pm (15 minutes)
Panel 2: Competition For, On and to Displace Platforms and Entrenchment– 3:15 pm (1.25 hours)
Panelists:
- Daniel Francis, New York University School of Law
- Elinor Hoffmann, New York Attorney General, Antitrust Bureau
- Kristen Limarzi, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
- Marc Rysman, Boston University
Moderator: Susan Athey, U.S. Department of Justice
Concluding Remarks/Discussion: 4:30 pm (15 minutes)
- Kenneth Merber, Federal Trade Commission