Council Meetings

Council meetings will be held on the following dates. Unless otherwise noted, all meetings start at 12:00 noon and will be held at the MSBA, 600 Nicollet Mall #380, Minneapolis.

Meeting Notices

Meeting notices will remain posted throughout the 2009-10 fiscal year.

2009-2010

• September 24, 2009- The Interface between the Obama Antitrust Division and the Recession

• October 14, 2009- The Economic Analysis of Collusion (Price-fixing and Bid-rigging) with  a Digression on Estimating the Effect of a Merger on Prices in a Bid Market
  PowerPoint Presentation: Price-fixing, Bid-rigging and Mergers by Rick Warren-Boulton
  Program Summary

• November 10, 2009- Pay-for-Delay Agreements in the Pharmaceutical Industry, and Recent Legislative and Executive Branch Initiatives
  PowerPoint Presentation: The Hatch-Waxman Act at 25 Years: Market Failure and Reform by Scott Hemphill- Professor of Law, Columbia Law School

• January 13, 2010- Hard-Core Violations: The Criminal Investigation / Prosecution Process and Civil Consequences
  
  
• March 24, 2010- The EC – a new frontier for competition damage claims – Intel and beyond.
  
  
• May 19, 2010 - Annual Meeting & CLE Program: "Developments in Antitrust Law: The Year In Review"
  

2008-2009

• February 24, 2009 - Antitrust Developments in Asia: China, Japan and Korea
  
  Bios of Presenters
  Antitrust Developments in Korea - by Byung Geon (BK) Lee
  Issues of Dominance: Japanese Competition Law - by Junko Shibata
  Antitrust Developments in China - by John V. Grobowski
  
  
• January 27, 2009 - The Basics of Franchise Law for the Non-Franchise Lawyer
  
  
• December 10, 2008 - The Crossroads: Standard Setting and Other Issues at the Intersection of IP and Antitrust
  
  The Crossroads: Standard Setting and Other Issues at the Intersection of IP and Antitrust - by Suzanne T. Michel, Asst. Director for Policy and Coordination Federal Trade Commission
  
  
• October 20, 2008 - From Takeoff to Landing: Likely Effects of the Proposed Northwest-Delta Merger
  
  2008 - A Competitive Analysis of an Industry in Transition: The US Airline Industry - by Randy Bennett, Patrick Murphy, and Jack Schmidt
  The Merger of Delta Airlines and Northwest Airlines: An Antitrust White Paper - The American Antitrust Institute
  
  
• September 17, 2008 - Antitrust and the Presidential Election
  
  

2007-2008

• May 7, 2008 - Notice of Annual Meeting
  Developments in Antitrust Law: The Year In Review
  
  Leegin & RPM (Nearly) One Year Later and 2008 Year In Review (power point)
  
  
• April 9, 2008 - The Sporting Life: Sports and Antitrust
  
  Power Point Presentation (PDF)
  The Sporting Life: Sports and Antitrust - by Richard Duncan
  
  
• January 16, 2008 - Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson presents anUpdate on Consumer Protection and Antitrust Enforcement
  
  Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson Updates on Consumer Protection and Antitrust Enforcement by Thomas Sheran
  
  
• November 14, 2007 - Experience The Wide World of Antitrust!
  
  The Globalization of Competition Policy - by Robert T. Kudrle
  Professor Kudrle Addresses the MSBA Antitrust Law Section - by James K. Nichols
  
  
• October 16, 2007 - Inside an Antitrust Trial: the View from Behind the Bench and Inside the Jury Room in the Iowa Microsoft Trial
  
  
• September 20, 2007 - Antitrust, Modernization, and Justice
  
  Antitrust, Modernization and Justice - by Deborah Garza
  Deborah Garza Addresses the MSBA Antitrust Law Section - by Jason Young
  

2006-2007

• May 23, 2007 - Back to School with the US Supreme Court: A Review of Antitrust Cases in the 2006-2007 Term
  
  Power Point Presentation by Tom Cotter, Richard Murphy and Susan Hayes Stephan
  
  
• March 1, 2007 - The Supreme Court: Antitrust Activist or Just Clearing the Backlog?
  
  
• January 16, 2007 - Antitrust Implications of Patent Settlements
  
  
• December 12, 2006 - Recent Developments in Criminal Antitrust Enforcement and Issues Relating to Corporate Compliance Programs
  
  
• October 18, 2006 - Mysteries of the Merger Review Process Explained
  
  
• September 19, 2006 - Inside the Tent: Class Action Plaintiffs’ Counsel, CAFA, PSLRA and More
  
  

2005-2006

• April 25, 2006 - Antitrust and the Art of Advocacy: Arguing an Antitrust Case Before the U.S. Supreme Court
  
  
• February 15, 2006 - From Minimum-Markup Laws to Category Captains: Corporate Counsel Reflect on Current Antitrust and Trade Regulation Issues in Retail
  
  
• January 11, 2006 - A 30-Year Retrospective on the Rehnquist Court's Antitrust Jurisprudence
  
  
• December 14, 2005 - Antitrust Litigation and the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005:  Has the Eighth Circuit Seen Its Last Antitrust Class Action?
  
  
• October 25, 2005 - Patent Pools and Standard Setting – an Economic Perspective
  
  
• September 21, 2005 - Truth, Competition, and Consumer Protection:
  The FTC, Advertising, and Antitrust
  
  

2004-2005

• June 9, 2005 - Rules of Reason: John French Reflects on a Career in Antitrust Law
  
  
• April 21, 2005 - Navigating Foreign Waters: Antitrust Issues for U.S. Companies in Europe and Elsewhere
  
  
• February 25, 2005 - Antitrust Issues in the Health Care Marketplace
  
  
• December 17, 2004 - Gordon v. Microsoft
  
  
• October 27, 2004 - A Seasoned Judge and Antitrust Litigation - The Honorable David S. Doty
  
  
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