Chicago Forum on International Antitrust Issues

Dr. Colleen P. Loughlin, Executive Vice President at Compass Lexecon in Chicago, spoke at the Chicago Forum on International Antitrust, organized by Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in partnership with Compass Lexecon, Jones Day, Baker McKenzie, Mayer Brown, Qualcomm and mLex. Government agency speakers included Rene I. Augustine (Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice), Paul Csiszár, (Director, Basic industries, Manufacturing and Agriculture, Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission), Henri Piffaut, (Vice President, French Competition Authority),  Masaya Sakuma  (Director, International Affairs Division, Japan Fair Trade Commission), Andre Geverola, (Director of Criminal Litigation, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice), and Bilal Sayyed, (Director of the Office of Policy Planning, U.S. Federal Trade Commission).

Dr. Loughlin commented on issues related to digital platforms, “big data” and the online marketplace and that existing frameworks appear adequate to address the exercise of market power in such markets. 

See the forum agenda here.