Day 20 (Dec. 1) (Fri.)

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Horizontal and Vertical Issues Related to Networks and Standards

9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Horizontal Issues: To What Extent, if Any, Do Networks Offer New Opportunities for Strategic Anticompetitive Conduct? How Should Antitrust Assess Whether Strategic Conduct is Procompetitive or Anticompetitive? How Should Antitrust Assess the Possible Procompetitive and Anticompetitive Effects of Industry Standards?

Christine A. Edwards (Exec. VP, Dean Witter Discover & Co.) (Prepared Statement)
Amy Marasco (VP and GC, American National Standards Institute) (Prepared Statement)
Professor Janusz Ordover (NYU)
Roel Piper (CEO of UB Networks; Sr. VP, Tandem Computers)
Thomas Rosch (Latham & Watkins)
Professor Richard Schmalensee (MIT) (Prepared Statement)
Professor David J. Teece (UCal, Berkeley)

2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Vertical Issues: How Might Antitrust Distinguish Between Procompetitive and Anticompetitive Conduct That, to Some Extent, Forecloses Competitors? How Do Foreclosure Issues Arise in the Context of Networks and Industry Standards?

Thomas Rosch (Latham & Watkins)
Professor Steven Salop (Georgetown Univ.) (Prepared Statement)
Professor Robert Willig (Princeton Univ.)

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