Upcoming ABA Events

UPCOMING ABA EVENTS

This is a select list.  For more ABA events, please visit: ABA event calendar.

 I.                   ANTITRUST LAW

Pricing Fundamentals Series, Program I – Pricing Tied to Other Offerings

Section of Antitrust Law (Pricing Conduct and State Enforcement Committees)

February 1, 2012 (webinar)

1:00-2:00 pm ET

This is the first program in the Pricing Conduct Committee’s Fundamentals Series, which will cover the fundamentals of pricing issues in antitrust cases, including: (1) pricing tied to other offerings; (2) price measured against costs (predatory and excessive); (3) variations on pricing and price discrimination; (4) pricing tied to competitors, such as most favored nations clauses; and (5) pricing restrained by the supplier, including resale price fixing and minimum advertised price.

Fees: Free

Get more information at  http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/marketing/20120201_at02012.authcheckdam.pdf

 

Pricing Fundamentals Series, Program 2 – Resale Pricing Restraints

Section of Antitrust Law (Pricing Conduct Committee)

February 2, 2012 (webinar)

1:00-2:00 pm ET

This is the second program in the Pricing Conduct Committee’s Fundamentals Series, which covers the fundamentals of pricing issues in antitrust cases, including: (1) pricing tied to other offerings; (2) pricing restrained by the supplier, including resale price fixing and minimum advertised price; (3) variations on pricing and price discrimination; (4) pricing tied to competitors, such as most favored nations clauses; and (5) price measured against costs (predatory and excessive).  The first of the series, Pricing Fundamentals Series, Program I Pricing Tied to Other Offerings, will be presented on February 1, 2012.

Fees: Free

Get more information at  http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/marketing/20120202_at20212.authcheckdam.pdf

 

ABA Section of Antitrust Law | 60th Antitrust Spring Meeting

March 28 – 30, 2012 (in-person)

Please plan to be in Washington, DC this year for the 60th ABA Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting.   Spring Meeting is the Antitrust Bar’s premiere conference, offering the most comprehensive review of developments in antitrust and consumer protection law, training, and networking opportunities available anywhere.  In this time of belt-tightening, the Spring Meeting is the one conference that you cannot afford to miss.

The Spring Meeting programming covers cutting-edge antitrust and consumer protection issues featuring a faculty of government enforcers and leading practitioners, corporate in-house counsel, and economists and academics from around the globe.  To best meet your needs, the program is organized to offer separate tracks for sessions covering international issues, litigation, and consumer protection.  There is sure to be something of interest for everyone, from the least to most experienced lawyers.

Fees: free to law students

Discounted Registration (and Cancellation) Cut-off:   February 5, 2012

Location:

JW Marriott Hotel
1331 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20004-1796

More information: http://www2.americanbar.org/calendar/60th-annual-antitrust-spring-meeting/Pages/default.aspx

 

II.               INTERNATIONAL LAW

2011 U.S. Sanctions Year in Review

Section of International Law

February 2, 2012 (in-person)

12:00-2:00 PM

Location:
Arent Fox LLP
1050 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC, 20036-5303
United States of America

This 2011 year-in-review event will feature four attorneys in private practice who work regularly on U.S. trade sanctions issues. We will discuss significant developments in 2011 with respect to U.S. sanctions against Syria, Iran, Sudan, Cuba, and Burma (Myanmar). We will also review U.S. sanctions related to North Korea, Libya, and transational criminal organizations. Please join us for this event to review 2011 developments in U.S. sanctions.

Meeting Registration Fees:

Section of International Law Members – $15.00

Non-Sect Member – $25.00

Get more information at  https://apps.americanbar.org/aba_timssnet/meetings/tnt_meetings.cfm?action=long&primary_id=IC12022&webtextid=60186&Subsystem=MTG&related_prod_flag=0

 

Anti-cartel enforcement in Latin America: Developments in Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico

Section of Antitrust Law (The International Committee, the Cartel and Criminal Practice Committee, and the Civil Practice and Procedure Committee) and Section of International Law (International Antitrust Committee)

February 9, 2012 (Teleconference)

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

 

Brazil has just enacted a new competition law that promotes important changes in the penalties and the enforcement procedures relating to cartel cases. After introducing a leniency policy, Chile is that, if approved, should enhance the competition agency’s capability to investigate and penalize cartelists. Please join a distinguished panel of enforcers and experts from these countries to discuss these and other important developments in Latin America

 

Fees: Free

Get more information at http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/marketing/20120209_at20812.authcheckdam.pdf

III.            CYBERSECURITY

Cyber on the Hill with Congressman Jim Langevin

The Science & Technology Law (SciTech) Section (Homeland Security Committee) and Public Contract Law (PCL) Section (Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Data Protection Committee)

February 15, 2012  (in person or teleconference)

12:00pm EST

(60 minute program)

Location:

Crowell & Moring LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Ave.,

NW, Washington, DC

Congressman Jim Langevin (Rhode Island) is a recognized leader and expert in the House of

Representatives on cybersecurity issues.  Congressman Langevin will discuss how the cyber threat affects our national and economic security, what steps need to be taken to protect national assets and promote cybersecurity, and why lawyers in both the public and private sector need to be closely involved in cybersecurity developments.

Fees: $15 for in-person (lunch included) or over the phone (lunch on your own).

Get more information at http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/events/science_technology/02_15_12_cyberonthehill.authcheckdam.pdf