The American Bar Association (ABA) is hosting a brown bag teleseminar about the ICN.

On Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 12:00 PM Eastern (Washington DC time) join the ABA teleconference to hear the experts assess the International Competition Policy Advisory Committee (ICPAC) Report on its tenth year anniversary and discuss its most celebrated outcome, the International Competition Network (the ICN).

ICPAC was created in 1997 by the U.S. Department of Justice to consider the challenges to antitrust enforcement posed by globalization. It concluded its activities in 2000, upon the publication of its Final Report that set forth recommendations to the Justice Department and competition agencies throughout the world designed to promote convergence and coordination in multijurisdictional merger review; address private restraints that impede open access to markets; and establish a global initiative to improve overall international transparency and understanding.

The panel will discuss how the ICPAC Report has withstood the test of time, focusing on issues of multijurisdictional mergers, international anticartel enforcement, the intersection of trade and competition and antitrust cooperation and enforcement over the ensuing decade. Panelists also will focus on the Report’s most impressive outcome, the ICN, discussing its recent activities, including a report on its ninth annual conference, and forthcoming initiatives.

Moderator:
Donald I. Baker – Senior Partner, Baker & Miller PLLC

Speakers:
Eleanor M. Fox – Professor, Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation, New York University School of Law, and ICPAC Member
Cynthia L. Lagdameo – Counsel for International Antitrust, U.S. Federal Trade Commission and former Counsel to ICPAC
Paul E. O’Brien – Attorney, Foreign Commerce Section, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
James F. Rill – Partner, Howrey LLP and ICPAC Co-Chair

To register for the free teleseminar, please contact Cynthia Lagdameo at clagdameo@ftc.gov.

For more information, see here.