Public Workshop on the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission 2023 Draft Merger Guidelines

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The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission recently released the 2023 Draft Merger Guidelines. The Agencies are currently seeking feedback through a comment process along with a series of workshops on key topics within the Draft Guidelines.

The Agencies, in partnership with the University of Chicago Law School, Coase-Sandor Institute for Law and Economics, will host a Draft Guidelines workshop on Friday, November 3. This workshop will take place in Chicago and be livestreamed.

The in-person event is by invitation only. 

The livestream is open to all, please register in advance at the link below.

  • Friday, November 3rd
    • Welcome
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      • Thomas J. Miles, Dean and Clifton R. Musser Professor of Law and Economics, The University of Chicago Law School

    • Opening Remarks
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      • Susan Athey, U.S. Department of Justice

    • Panel 1: Rebuttals
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      • Moderator

        Andrew Forman, U.S. Department of Justice

        Panelists

        • David A. Ettinger, Honigman LLP
        • Diana Moss, Progressive Policy Institute
        • William Rogerson, Northwestern University
        • Margaret Slade, Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia
        • Jennifer E. Sturiale, Delaware Law School
    • Panel 2: Labor Competition
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      • Moderator

        Ioana Marinescu, U.S. Department of Justice

        Panelists

        • Kyle Herkenhoff, University of Minnesota
        • Beatriz Marques, Antitrust Bureau, Office of the New York State Attorney General
        • Justin McCrary, Columbia Law School
        • Eric A. Posner, The University of Chicago Law School
        • Elena Prager, The University of Rochester Simon Business School
    • Afternoon Remarks
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      • Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Doha Mekki, U.S. Department of Justice

    • Panel 3: Dynamics of Competition
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      • Moderator

        Aviv Nevo, Federal Trade Commission

        Panelists

        • Rebecca Haw Allensworth, Vanderbilt University Law School
        • Gwendolyn J. Lindsay Cooley, Wisconsin Department of Justice
        • Joseph Farrell, University of California, Berkeley
        • Chad Syverson, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
        • Thomas Wollmann, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
    • Closing Remarks
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      • Aviv Nevo, Federal Trade Commission