Antitrust Federalism: Enhancing the Federal/State Relationship

 

             
 

Antitrust Federalism: Enhancing the Federal/State Relationship
 
Faculty House, Columbia University, New York, NY
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
 
The National State Attorneys General Program and the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) hosted a conference that will brought together the nation's top antitrust officials to discuss new enforcement initiatives and closer cooperation among federal and state antitrust enforcement agencies. 
 
 
 
Keynote Speakers
 
Christine A. Varney, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Department, U.S. Department of Justice
 
Jon D. Leibowitz, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission
 
Richard Cordray, Attorney General of Ohio; Co-Chair, NAAG Antitrust Committee

 

Panel Discussion

Moderator

Stephen D. Houck, Of Counsel, Menaker & Herrmann; Executive Director, State Center

 

Panelists

James E. Donahue, Chair, NAAG Multistate Antitrust Task Force; Chief, Pennsylvania Antitrust Section

Ilene Knable Gotts, Partner, Antitrust Department, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Scott Hemphill, Associate Professor of Law, Milton Handler Fellow, Columbia Law School
 
Peter J. Levitas, Deputy Director, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission
 
Philip J. Weiser, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice