On February 12, the Federal Trade Commission will host a public workshop to examine the application of unilateral effects theory to mergers of firms that sell competing, but differentiated products. Antitrust & Competition partner Richard Liebeskind, along with government officials, economists and other antitrust practitioners, will address the foundations of unilateral effects theory, the challenges of market definition in differentiated product cases, judicial perspectives on unilateral effects theory, and the practicalities of evidentiary production. Specifically, Mr. Liebeskind will serve on a panel presented in the form of a mock closing argument and will address how judges approach unilateral effects cases and what they see as the most outcome-determinative issues in such cases. The panel will also discuss how to increase judicial understanding of unilateral effects theory and the way different forms of evidence support such a theory of harm.

Other speakers and panelists throughout the one-day workshop include Deborah Platt Majoras, Chair, Federal Trade Commission; Hon. Douglas Ginsburg, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; Robert Willig, Professor of Economics, Princeton University; and David P. Wales, Deputy Director, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission.

The event is free and open to the public.

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