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Trends in Case Law, EU Court of Justice – Madrid, Spain

The Faculty of Law of the Universidad Autonóma de Madrid will host the I UAM International Conference on European Union Law, Recent trends in the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (2008-2011), July 14-15, 2011. The deadline for submitting abstracts is April 10, 2011. The panels are:

The Panels of the Conference are:
Panel 1: Institutional system of the EU
Panel 2: Police cooperation and judicial cooperation in criminal matters
Panel 3: EU Competition Law
Panel 4: EU Citizenship and free movement of persons
Panel 5: Judicial cooperation in civil matters and Private International Law
Panel 6: EU External Action
Panel 7: Internal Market
Panel 8: EU Social Policy

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Posted by on March 18th, 2011 | Antitrust Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, Comparative Law, CONFERENCES, Constitutional Law, Courts, Criminal Law | no comments

2nd Annual Chicago Forum on International Antitrust Issues – Chicago

Northwestern University School of Law hosts the Second Annual Chicago Forum on International Antitrust Issues June 9-10, 2011, Chicago, IL. This two-day conference will examine the latest developments in competition regulation around the globe. sr

Posted by on March 7th, 2011 | Antitrust Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Anti-Cartel Enforcement – Berlin, Germany

The Bundeskartellamt (an independent competition authority in Germany) presents the 15th International Conference on Competition, April 13-15, 2011. The theme is Anti-Cartel Enforcement in the Spotlight. “Conference participation is by personal invitation by the President of the Bundeskartellamt only.” mw

Posted by on February 21st, 2011 | Antitrust Law, Comparative Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Competition Law and the State – Hong Kong

University College London’s Faculty of Laws presents A Global Competition Law and Economics Series Conference,
Competition Law and the State, March 18-19, 2011, in Hong Kong. mw

Posted by on February 21st, 2011 | Antitrust Law, Comparative Law, CONFERENCES, International Law | no comments

Law and Economics of Mergers and Cartels – Washington, DC

The George Mason Law Review, together with Navigant Economics and O’Melveny & Myers LLP, presents the 14th Annual Symposium on Antitrust, Horizontal Market Power: The Evolving Law and Economics of Mergers and Cartels, on Wednesday, February 9, 2011, at the Willard Intercontinental Washington.   mw

Posted by on February 7th, 2011 | Antitrust Law, CONFERENCES, Law and Economics | no comments

Merger Conference – London, England

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law presents its 9th Annual Merger Conference March 17, 2011.    mw

Posted by on January 31st, 2011 | Antitrust Law, Comparative Law, CONFERENCES, International Law | no comments

Law and Economics of IP and Competition Law – Wildbad Kreuth, Germany

From June 5 to June 7, 2011, the International Max Planck Research School for Competition and Innovation and the Professorship for Intellectual Property at ETH Zurich will jointly organize their Second Workshop for Junior Researchers on the Law and Economics of Intellectual Property and Competition Law. The workshop will be held in Wildbad Kreuth, a lovely region one hour south of Munich, Germany. The submission deadline is Feb. 28, 2011.

Posted by on January 11th, 2011 | Antitrust Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES, Intellectual Property, JUNIOR SCHOLARS, Law and Economics | no comments

Competition Law, Private Enforcement, Access to Justice, Consumer Redress – Glasgow, Scotland

The Competition Law Scholars Forum (CLaSF) seeks submissions for the Seventeenth Annual CLaSF Workshop April 7, 2011. The event will be held at Strathclyde University, Glasgow. The subject of the workshop will be the broad theme of Competition Law, Private Enforcement, Access to Justice and Consumer Redress.

Abstracts are due Jan. 31, 2011.

Posted by on January 10th, 2011 | Antitrust Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, Comparative Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Business Innovation – Prato, Italy

Monash University Law presents Business Innovation: A Legal Balancing Act: Perspectives from IP, Labour and Employment, Competition and Corporate Laws. The conference will be held at the Monash University Centre in Prato, Tuscany, Italy May 2-4, 2011, Monash University.

Posted by on December 26th, 2010 | Antitrust Law, Business Law, CONFERENCES, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment Law | no comments

Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum – Stanford, CA

Stanford and Yale Law Schools announce the twelfth session of the Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum to be held at Stanford Law School on June 24-25, 2011, and seek submissions for this meeting. The focus of the twelfth session will be private law and dispute resolution. The topics to be addressed are: Bankruptcy, Torts, Taxation, Contracts, Antitrust, Intellectual Property, Corporate & Securities Law, Private International Law, Civil Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Property, The Legal Profession. The call for papers deadline is March 17, 2011. The full call is available on SSRN.

Posted by on December 12th, 2010 | Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust Law, Bankruptcy Law, Business Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, CONFERENCES, Contract Law, Intellectual Property, International Law, JUNIOR SCHOLARS, Legal Profession, Property Law, Securities Law, Tax Law, Tort Law | no comments

Antitrust Economics and Competition Policy – Chicago, IL

The Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth will host the Fourth Annual Research Symposium on Antitrust Economics and Competition Policy at Northwestern University School of Law. The Symposium will run from approximately 9:00 AM on Friday, September 23rd to 12:30 PM on Saturday, September 24th, 2011.
Attendance for the symposium is by invitation only.  To request an invitation please send an email with your full contact information, including title and affiliation to searlecenter@law.northwestern.edu.

The Symposium is co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Industrial Organization at Northwestern University.

The goal of this Research Symposium is to provide a forum where leading scholars from across the country can gather together with Northwestern’s own distinguished faculty to present and discuss high quality research relevant to antitrust economics and competition policy.

Posted by on November 7th, 2010 | Antitrust Law, CONFERENCES, Law and Economics | no comments

FTC and Northwestern Microeconomics Conference – Washington, DC

The Third Annual Federal Trade Commission & Northwestern University Microeconomics Conference takes place at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, DC, Nov. 18-19, 2011.

Posted by on November 4th, 2010 | Antitrust Law, CONFERENCES, Law and Economics | no comments

Future of Private Antitrust Enforcement – Washington, DC

The American Antitrust Institute presents the 4th Annual Future of Antitrust Enforcement Symposium Dec. 7, 2010.

This year’s program will cover some of the most current and relevant issues in antitrust, including Congress’s action on ACPERA, Iqbal’s expansion of Twombly’s reach, interpretations of FTAIA, and the ongoing challenges to class certification.

Posted by on October 5th, 2010 | Antitrust Law, Civil Procedure, CONFERENCES | no comments

Int’l Antitrust Law & Policy – New York, NY

The Fordham Competition Law Institute presents the 37th Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy  Sept. 23-24, 2010.

Posted by on September 17th, 2010 | Antitrust Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Call for Papers: Indian Journal of Law and Technology

The Indian Journal of Law and Technology (IJLT) (National Law School of India University, Bangalore, India), the only law journal in India specifically devoted to the field of technology law, invites submissions for Volume No. 7 of 2011. The Journal follows a rolling submissions policy and the deadline for the forthcoming volume is 15 November 2010. The submissions received after this date shall be considered for the next volume.

The Journal accepts academic submissions in the form of articles, notes, comments or book reviews on a host of legal issues regarding the interface between law and technology, including e-commerce, cyber crime, biotechnology, bioethics, competition law, outsourcing, intellectual property, related public policy, and law and society issues posed by new technology. The Journal is also oriented towards publishing academic work that considers the aforementioned issues from a comparative perspective and/or the perspective of the developing world.

Posted by on August 16th, 2010 | Antitrust Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, Comparative Law, Health Law, Intellectual Property, International Law, Law and Cyberspace, Law and Technology | no comments

Mergers – London

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law presents 9th Annual Merger Conference Oct. 15, 2010. mw

Posted by on June 9th, 2010 | Antitrust Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Antitrust – Washington, DC

The American Antitrust Institute‘s 11th Annual Conference — “Public and Private: Are the Boundaries in Transition?” – will be held June 24, 2010, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. mw

Posted by on May 24th, 2010 | Antitrust Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

FTC’s Antitrust, Consumer Protection, and Public Policy Missions – Chicago

The Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Economics, Northwestern University’s Searle Center on Law, Regulation and Economic Growth, and Northwestern University’s Center for the Study of Industrial Organization will host a the third annual FTC and Northwestern Microeconomics Conference Nov. 18-19, 2010.  

This two-day conference brings together scholars working in areas related to the FTC’s antitrust, consumer protection and public policy missions. Those areas include industrial organization, information economics, game theory, quantitative marketing, consumer behavior, law and economics, behavioral and experimental economics. Relevant topics include advertising, information disclosure, mergers, vertical practices, mortgages and credit markets, bundling, loyalty discounts, dynamic demand estimation, business practices and consumer choice, intellectual property, optimal penalties, and cost-benefit analysis in law enforcement. Interested participants should send an abstract or completed paper to BE-IOC [at] ftc.gov by July 7, 2010. The organizers also welcome suggestions for panel discussions. mw

Posted by on May 24th, 2010 | Administrative Law, Antitrust Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES, Law and Economics | no comments

Antitrust Economics and Competition Policy – Chicago

The Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth will host the Third Annual Research Symposium on Antitrust Economics and Competition Policy at Northwestern University School of Law, Setp. 24-25, 2010 (9 am Fri. to 12:30 pm Sat.).

The Symposium is co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Industrial Organization at Northwestern University.

The call for papers deadline has passed (it was April 30). mw

Posted by on May 24th, 2010 | Antitrust Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES, Law and Economics | no comments

Economics and Law of Internet Search – Chicago

The Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth announces a Research Symposium on the Economics and Law of Internet Search to be held at Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, IL, June 10-11, 2010 (noon Thur. to 1 pm Fri.).

The conference is organized by Professor Daniel F. Spulber, Research Director, Searle Center Research Project on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Growth, and Henry N. Butler, Executive Director, Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth, Northwestern University School of Law.

The goal of this Research Symposium is to provide a forum where economists and legal scholars can gather together with Northwestern’s own distinguished faculty to present and discuss high quality research relevant to the economics and law of Internet search. The conference will cover academic work on Internet search and the discussion will examine public policy issues in antitrust, regulation, and intellectual property. mw

Posted by on May 24th, 2010 | Antitrust Law, Communications Law, CONFERENCES, Intellectual Property, Law and Cyberspace | no comments