Antitrust Symposium: A Pivotal Time for Risk, Strategy, and Enforcement (New York)
Please join us for Mayer Brown’s annual Antitrust Symposium in New York on May 7. As enforcement priorities shift and scrutiny intensifies across jurisdictions, companies face increasing pressure to anticipate risk while remaining competitive and innovative. This half-day program will bring together industry leaders for timely insights, interactive panels, and a networking reception.
Our keynote speaker will be Jon Leibowitz, former Chair of the Federal Trade Commission, who will offer an enforcer's perspective on current DOJ/FTC enforcement priorities, strategies for engaging with the administration, and thoughts on what companies should expect in 2026 in beyond.
Topics will include:
- In-House Panel: Lessons From the Front Line
- When Sharing Becomes Liability: Antitrust Risk in Data-Driven Collaboration
- Regional Spotlight: Asia
- Remedies Reimagined: Structural, Behavioral, and Everything in Between
- Private Litigation and the Upsurge of Litigation Funding
- Public Enforcement Priorities in Complex Markets
Mayer Brown will seek accreditation for this program in CA, IL, NY, NC, UT, and VA. CLE credit is pending.
For additional information, please contact Sari Brown at sbrown2@mayerbrown.com
Agenda
- 12:00 – 12:45 PM
Lunch & Registration
A Pivotal Time for Antitrust Risk, Strategy, and Enforcement
- 12:45 – 12:50 P.M.
Welcome & Opening Remarks
- 12:50 – 1:35 P.M.
IN-HOUSE PANEL: LESSONS FROM THE FRONT LINE
Speakers: Erin Craig, Assistant General Counsel, Competition and Market Regulation Group, Microsoft; others to be announced
Senior in-house antitrust leaders discuss aligning legal, compliance, and business teams, as well as lessons learned from the front lines, focusing on advising the business when technology and markets are constantly changing.
- 1:35 – 2:10 P.M.
WHEN SHARING BECOMES LIABILITY: ANTITRUST RISK IN DATA-DRIVEN COLLABORATION
Speakers: Daniel Fenske, Daniel Storino, and Katherine Bleicher
Information sharing is fast becoming one of the most aggressively scrutinized areas of antitrust enforcement. What in-house counsel can do to manage risk without stifling legitimate business activity.
- 2:10 – 2:20 P.M.
NETWORKING BREAK
- 2:20 – 2:50 P.M.
REGIONAL SPOTLIGHT: ASIA
- 2:50 – 3:25 P.M.
REMEDIES REIMAGINED: STRUCTURAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN
Speakers: Rachel Lamorte, Oral Pottinger, and William Stallings
Remedies are no longer an afterthought. A practical discussion of how agencies are approaching structural and behavioral remedies, when remedies derail transactions, and how to design outcomes that survive both regulatory scrutiny and business reality.
- 3:25 – 4:00 P.M.
PRIVATE LITIGATION AND THE UPSURGE OF LITIGATION FUNDING
Speakers: Matthew Provance, Megan Stride, and Britt Miller
The rise of third-party litigation funding in global antitrust cases; how funding is shaping case strategy, settlement leverage, and risk exposure.
- 4:00 – 4:10 P.M.
NETWORKING BREAK
- 4:10 – 4:55 P.M.
KEYNOTE CONVERSATION: PUBLIC ENFORCEMENT PRIORITIES IN COMPLEX MARKETS
Speaker: Jon Leibowitz, Former Chair, Federal Trade Commission
An enforcer’s perspective on current DOJ/FTC enforcement priorities, strategies for engaging with the administration, the potential impact of Trump v. Slaughter on the FTC and the administrative state more generally, and thoughts on what companies should expect in 2026 in beyond.
- 4:55 – 5:00 P.M.
CLOSING REMARKS
- 5:00 – 6:45 P.M.
NETWORKING RECEPTION
