Featuring papers and high level discussion on the following key topics:
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UK Consumer Rights Bill
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CMA update
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Litigation
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Merger Control
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Abuse of Dominance
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Cartels
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Information Exchange
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Global Antitrust Audits
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Providing internal advice to senior management on competition law
08.30 - 09.00 Registration
09.00 - 09.10 Conference Chair:
Paolo Palmigiano
Chairman of ICLA (association of in-house competition lawyers) & General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer – EMEA
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd, UK
Welcome and Introduction
Michael Bond
Editor
International In-house Counsel Journal
9.10 - 9.50
Keynote speech: The first 6 months of the CMA
· Strategy & mission of the
CMA as indicated in our Annual Plan and how things are going in relation to the
delivery of those objectives for the agency as a whole
· Governance and
decision-making in the CMA
· Early indications of how
changes to merger control in the CMA are performing (use of interim orders,
length of pre-notification including timings for end-to-end reviews, referral
rates to phase II)
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Early indications of work
with concurrent regulators under UKCN with examples from joint work in banking,
energy and healthcare
· An update on CA98 civil
enforcement activity
Dr Andrea Coscelli
Executive Director, Markets & Mergers
Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), UK
9.50 – 10.30
Recent Developments in Merger Control
Dr. Tobias Caspary
Partner
Fried Frank, London
Julia Brockhoff
Deputy Head of Unit in DG Competition’s unit A-2 – Merger
case support and policy
European Commission
10.30 – 11.00 Tea,
coffee and discussion
11.00 – 11.45 Information exchange
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What types of
communications between manufacturers and retailers give rise to issues?
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How does one guard against
communications spilling over into RPM?
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Are competition rules
chilling the ability for businesses to negotiate with their suppliers?
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How does one ensure
transparency of prices without creating competition issues?
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Are competition rules
chilling the ability for businesses to negotiate with their suppliers?