Overview
Event Details
Join members of Steptoe's Antitrust practice for a webinar discussing trends in antitrust enforcement activity in the US and what could be in store as we move into 2018.
Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET
Steptoe partner Jonathan Sallet and Professor Jonathan Baker will discuss enforcers’ new emphasis on vertical theories of harm when reviewing mergers; how two-sided markets should be assessed when defining product markets; and renewed questions about the nature and evidence of competitive harm that must be shown, particularly regarding prospective buyer power.
Featured Panelists:
- Jonathan B. Baker, Research Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law
- Jonathan B. Sallet, Partner, Steptoe
- Moderator Karl E. Herrmann, Associate, Steptoe
Topics for discussion include:
- Vertical theories of harm
- Antitrust implications of two-sided platforms
- Buyer power and other harms in recent merger reviews
CLE credit is pending in AZ, CA, NY, and VA.