FORDHAM COMPETITION LAW INSTITUTE

52nd Annual Conference—on 
International Antitrust Law and Policy
+ Antitrust Economics Workshop
Live Broadcast Available

September 17-19, 2025

Fordham Law School
Skadden Conference Center
150 West 62nd Street
New York, NY 10023

Fordham Competition Law Institute

Antitrust Workshops

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2025

AGENDA

11–11:40 a.m. Registration and Welcome Lunch

11:40–11:45 a.m. Welcome Remarks
James Keyte, FCLI Director; Partner, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP

Lunch Session

11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Agency Economists Roundtable (1.5 CLE)
MODERATOR: Doni Bloomfield, Associate Professor of Law, Fordham Law School
PANELISTS: 
James Hodge, Chief Economist and Acting Deputy Commissioner, South African Competition Commission
Emanuele Tarantino, Chief Competition Economist, European Commission
Ted Rosenbaum, Acting Director, Federal Trade Commission
Lilian Santos Marques Severino, Chief Economist, Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE)

1:00–1:15 p.m. Break

First Session
Sponsored by NERA

1:15–3:00 p.m. Antitrust Economics Workshop  (1.5 CLE)
Panel 1: Economic Assessment of Merger Remedies—Will a Shift Back to a More Permissive Regime Improve Consumer Welfare?
MODERATOR: [TBA]
PANELISTS:
Dan Greenfield, Director, NERA
Claire Chunying Xie, Director, NERA

Panel 2: Economic Analysis of Pricing Algorithms—How Can We Balance Economic Efficiency Against Potential Competitive Harm?
MODERATOR: [TBA]
PANELISTS:
Dr. Kristopher Hult, Director, NERA
Dr. Erin Johnson, Director, NERA

3:00–3:15 p.m. Break

Third Session
Sponsored by Econic Partners

3:15–5:00 p.m.  Antitrust Economics Workshop  (1.5 CLE)
Panel 3: A Review of Recent Vertical Merger Enforcement 
MODERATOR: Dr. Christopher Taylor, Partner, Econic Partners
PANELISTS:
Lindsey Bohl, Partner, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett 
Stephen Rodger, Deputy Assistant Director, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission 
Jonathan Tompkins, Senior Principal, Econic Partners

Panel 4: Insights on Hot Topics in Antitrust from the Healthcare Sector
MODERATOR: Josephine Duh, Partner, Econic Partners
PANELISTS:
Dan Hosken, Partner, Econic Partners
Jean Kim, Partner, Constantine Cannon LLP
William Michael, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

6:00 p.m. Speaker Sponsor Dinner

52nd Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law
and Policy

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2025 – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2025

DAY 1

AGENDA

8:15–9:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

9:00–9:15 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
James Keyte, FCLI Director; Partner, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP

9:15–10:30 a.m. Keynote Remarks and Discussion
Gail Slater, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Sarah Cardell, Chief Executive, U.K. Competition and Markets Authority
Q&A
Kathy O'Neill, Partner, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Elizabeth Suarez, Counsel, Freshfields LLP

10:30–10:45 a.m. Break 

10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Panel 1: Industrial Policy & Antitrust: New Bedfellows? (1.5 CLE) 
MODERATOR: [Howard Shelanski], Partner, Davis Polk; Joseph and Madeline Sheehy Chair in Antitrust and Trade Regulation and Professor of Law, Georgetown Law
PANELISTS: 
Ian Forrester, Ordinary Member, Competition Appeal Tribunal
Elisabetta Iossa, Commissioner, Italian Competition Authority
Virak Prum, Professor, CamEd Business School
Felipe Irarrázabal Philippi, Director and Senior Fellow, CentroCompetencia, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez
Ori Schwartz, Head of Competition Division, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

12:00–12:15 p.m. Break to Grab Lunch Boxes

12:15–1:30 p.m. Panel 2: Monopolization/Dominance Remedies - The New Wild West (1.5 CLE) 
MODERATOR: Daniel Francis, Associate Professor of Law, NYU School of Law
PANELISTS: 
Paul Csiszár, Senior Advisor, Brunswick Group LLC
Herbert Hovenkamp, James G. Dinan University Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Danielle Morello, Counsel, Clifford Chance
Koren Wong-Ervin, Partner, Jones Day
Bates White, TBA

1:30–1:45 p.m.  Break

1:45–3:00 p.m. Panel 3: The MAGA Antitrust Agenda: Chaos or Cohesion?
(1.5 CLE)
MODERATOR: Anastasia Pastan, Special Counsel, Milbank LLP
PANELISTS: 
Beau Buffier, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 
Scott Hemphill, Moses H. Grossman Professor of Law, NYU School of Law
Kali Jethmalani, Partner, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
Subramaniam Ramanarayanan, Senior Managing Director, NERA
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, TBA

3:00–3:15 p.m.  Break

3:15 –4:30 p.m. Panel 4: A Conversation with Enforcers (1.5 CLE) 
MODERATORS: Eleanor Fox, Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation Emerita, NYU School of Law
Elizabeth Avery, Partner, Gilbert+Tobin
PANELISTS: 
Reiko Aoki, Commissioner, Japan Fair Trade Commission
Andrea Marvan Saltiel, Chair, Mexican Federal Economic Competition Commission; Chair, International Competition Network
Andreas Mundt, President, German Competition Authority; Immediate Past Chair, International Competition Network
Saverio Valentino, Commissioner, Italian Competition Authority

4:30–5:30 p.m. Reception

 

DAY 2

AGENDA

8:00–8:50 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

8:50–9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions

9:00–10:15  a.m. Keynote Remarks and Discussion
Mark Meador, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Teresa Ribera, Executive Vice-President for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, European Commission
Q&A
Noah Phillips, Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Nicholas Levy, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

10:15–10:30 a.m. Break

10:30–11:45 a.m. Panel 1: Neo-Brandeisians: Where Do They Go From Here?
(1.5 CLE) 

MODERATOR: Zephyr Teachout, Professor of Law, Fordham Law School
PANELISTS:
Chris D’Angelo, Chief Deputy Attorney General for Economic Justice, Office of the New York State Attorney General
Eric Cramer, Chairman, Berger Montague
Timothy Longman, Partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP
Ingrid Vandenborre, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

11:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Break to Grab Lunch Boxes

12:00–1:15 p.m. In House Counsel Roundtable [TBA] (1.5 CLE)
MODERATOR: Karen Hoffman Lent, FCLI Assistant Director; Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
PANELISTS: 
[TBA]

1:15–1:30 p.m. Break

1:30–2:45 p.m. Merger Guidelines: Seesaws & Carousels (1.5 CLE) 
MODERATOR: Renata Hesse, Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell
PANELISTS: 
Guillaume Loriot, Deputy Director-General for Mergers, European Commission Directorate-General for Competition
Rahul Rao, Partner, White & Case LLP
William Rinner, Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General,  Department of Justice Antitrust Division
Scott Sher, Partner, Global Co-chair of the Antitrust Practice Group, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Loren Smith, Founding Partner, Econic Partners

2:45–3:00 p.m. Break

3:00–4:00 p.m. Fireside Chat: The Judicial Frontlines
Hon. Amit P. Mehta, District Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
MODERATOR: James Keyte, FCLI Director; Partner, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP

4:00–4:05 p.m.  Closing Remarks

*Subjects and speakers subject to change

CLE Credit

CLE credits are pending in accordance with the requirements of the New York and New Jersey State CLE Boards for a maximum of 15.0 transitional and nontransitional professional practice credits.

Please note: The CLE amount is subject to change as we develop the program.

GENERAL REGISTRATION:
law.fordham.edu/fcli

Registration is now open.
Be sure to check out the free and discounted registration options available for:
In-House Counsel
Government attorneys
Fordham faculty/students
Newly admitted attorneys
Academics
Fordham Law Alumni

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

FLAGSHIP SPONSOR

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

ANTITRUST ECONOMIC WORKSHOP SPONSORS

Econic Partners LLP

NERA

SUSTAINING SPONSORS

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Freshfields US LLP

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Baker & Hostetler LLP

Bates White

Berger Montague

Brunswick Group LLC

Clifford Chance US LLP

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

EEMC

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Gilbert + Tobin

Jones Day

Milbank

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati

Sullivan & Cromwell

White & Case

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