Course Description:
This two-day workshop will enable you to understand the objectives of the antitrust law and social and economic policies underlying them. You will learn the types of practices that are prohibited, those that can be defended, and those that draw the most scrutiny. You will learn about the criminal and civil penalties meted out by government enforcers, and the private civil litigation process. You will become more sensitized to the types of practices that draw scrutiny from enforcers and ways to reduce the likelihood of investigation and private damages actions.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completing this course participants should:
- Understand the kinds of business activity the antitrust laws absolutely prohibit, the kinds it permits if properly justified, and the kinds it does not apply to at all.
- Learn the broad goals and objectives of the antitrust laws,
- Possess a sensitivity to the specific business practices that can be considered anticompetitive,
- Be able to communicate to others the reasons a particular practice could raise risk and should be brought to the attention of counsel or upper management,
- Have a better ability to evaluate whether your company is the victim of an antitrust violation or unfair business practice,
- Learn specific strategies for reducing the risks of communications with competitors,
- Understand and reduce the risks of joining trade and professional organizations, of conducting surveys and participating in benchmarking studies,
- Learn some tips on gathering competitive intelligence properly,
- Understand the significance to your business of antitrust decisions and enforcement actions reported in the press.
- Guidelines for avoiding antitrust risks when discussing your business.
Who will Benefit:
Antitrust Fundamentals will benefit a wide range of people in business organizations across all industries. Anyone who is involved in competition at any level of their company needs to have a basic understanding of these laws, and this course will provide it. More specifically the following personnel will benefit from the course:
- Attorneys without any background in the subject, and those seeking a basic refresher
- Business Development professionals
- Pricing professionals
- Compliance professionals
- Marketing professionals
- Government Relations professionals
- Mergers and Acquisitions professionals
- R&D professionals
- Members of Joint Ventures
- Competitive Intelligence professionals
- Executives in concentrated industries
- Executives whose companies have high market shares
- Executives who face competition from larger rivals in the marketplace
Topic Background:
Over the course of the past two decades, and especially in the past five years, antitrust authorities in the US and overseas have dramatically increased enforcement activity targeting business practices that they believe to be unfair and injurious to the competitive process.
Any business operating in the US is potentially exposed to the federal and state antitrust and unfair competition laws. Unlike most of the competition law regimes outside the US, businesses here also must be ready to defend their practices in court when suits are brought by competitors or customers alleging violations. These lawsuits can carry heavy damages judgments and are among the most prolonged, complex, distracting, and expensive cases to pursue or defend in US courts. In addition, because the antitrust laws are felony statutes, it is not just about money. Increasingly, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking and obtaining jail terms for executives of companies involved in antitrust violations. A seven-year long antitrust case is the norm, not the exception. The DOJ's investigations of many high profile companies have lasted even longer than that.
Course Outline:
| Day One (8:30 AM – 4:45 PM) | Day Two (8:30 AM – 4:00 PM) | ||
|
Registration Process: 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Session Start Time: 9:00 AM
|
QUESTIONS |
Meet Your Instructor
 |
Stephen J. Cipolla Founder of Stephen Cipolla Legal Strategies Stephen J. Cipolla is the founder of Stephen Cipolla Legal Strategies; a Philadelphia area law firm dedicated to providing cost-effective, practical legal guidance to entrepreneurs, start-ups, and established businesses of all sizes. He counsels clients on all aspects of business law, including contracts, antitrust, unfair business practices, negotiation strategies, marketing/pricing strategy, dispute resolution, risk management, compliance programs. He considers the role of counsel is to provide value through legal advice that can be integrated into the client's business strategy. In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Cipolla is a trained mediator who focuses his practice on helping parties resolve business and commercial disputes without resort to litigation or arbitration Cipolla was inside antitrust counsel at Merck & Co., Inc. for over 20 years. He worked both with teams and independently on an array of company matters including mergers, joint ventures, legal compliance, litigation management, contracts, antitrust counseling, government investigations, and inquiries, pricing, sales and marketing practices, fraud and abuse compliance, privacy, and promotional practices. During his time at Merck, he received many awards in recognition of his contributions to the Company. Mr. Cipolla is a magna cum laude graduate of Dickinson School of Law, and was graduated fifth in his class. He was an Editor of the Law Review (1983-1985) and was accepted into the Woolsack Honor Society. |
Register Now
Online using Credit card
Get the Invitation
Pre-Register yourself and get the official Invite when venue and dates are announced for this seminar.
Call here to register +1-888-717-2436 or email at [email protected]
Other Registration Option
- Download the Order Form
- Fill this form with attendee details & payment details
- Fax it to +1-650-362-2367, or
- Email it to [email protected]
Payment Mode
ComplianceOnline (MetricStream, Inc),
6201 America Center Drive Suite 240
San Jose, CA 95002
USA
Register / Pay by Wire Transfer
Please contact us at +1-888-717-2436 to get details of wire transfer option.Terms & Conditions to Register for the Seminar/Conference/Event
Your registration for the seminar is subject to following terms and conditions. If you need any clarification before registering for this seminar please call us @ +1-888-717-2436 or email us @ [email protected]
Payment:
Payment is required 2 days before the date of the conference. We accept American Express, Visa and MasterCard. Make checks payable to MetricStream Inc. (our parent company).
Cancellations and substitutions:
Written cancellations through fax or email (from the person who has registered for this conference) received at least 10 calendar days prior to the start date of the event will receive a refund — less a $150 administration fee. No cancellations will be accepted — nor refunds issued — within 10 calendar days before the start date of the event.
On request by email or fax (before the seminar) a credit for the amount paid minus administration fees ($150) will be transferred to any future ComplianceOnline event and a credit note will be issued.
Substitutions may be made at any time. No-shows will be charged the full amount.
We discourage onsite registrations, however if you wish to register onsite, payment to happen through credit card immediately or check to be submitted onsite. Conference material will be given on the spot if it is available after distributing to other attendees. In case it is not available, we will send the material after the conference is over.
In the event ComplianceOnline cancels the seminar, ComplianceOnline is not responsible for any airfare, hotel, other costs or losses incurred by registrants. Some topics and speakers may be subject to change without notice.
Attendance confirmation and documents to carry to the seminar venue:
After we receive the payment from the registered attendee, an electronic event pass will be sent to the email address associated with the registrant 5 working days before the seminar date. Please bring the pass to the venue of the event.
Conference photograph / video:
By registering and attending ComplianceOnline conference, you agree to have your photographs or videos taken at the conference venue and you do not have any objections to ComplianceOnline using these photos and videos for marketing, archiving or any other conference related activities. You agree to release ComplianceOnline from any kind of claims arising out of copyright or privacy violations.
|
Local Attractions
Princeton University
What began as the College of New Jersey in Elizabeth has evolved into one of the nation's most well-regarded and wealthiest universities. Established in 1746, Princeton offers an incredibly picturesque campus, characterized by Gothic-style buildings and the impressive Nassau Hall, the university's oldest structure, rife with history.
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Highlights of the park include the Princeton Battlefield site; the Clarke House Museum; the site of the Mercer Oak, a tree which stood in the middle of the battlefield until recent years; the Ionic Colonnade designed by Thomas U. Walter (architect of the U.S. Capitol); and a stone patio marking the grave of 21 British and 15 American soldiers killed in battle. The park's hiking trails lead to the Delaware and Raritan Canal and to the 588-acre adjacent property of the Institute for Advanced Study.
Morven
Morven, known officially as Morven Museum & Garden, is a historic 18th-century house at 55 Stockton Street in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey. It served as the governor's mansion for nearly four decades in the twentieth century, and has been designated a National Historic Landmark. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Delaware and Raritan Canal
The Delaware and Raritan Canal (D&R Canal) in central New Jersey was built in the 1830s to connect the Delaware River to the Raritan River. It was intended as an efficient and reliable means to transport freight between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New York City. Before the advent of the railroads, the canal allowed shippers to cut many miles off the route from the Pennsylvania coal fields, down the Delaware, around Cape May, and up along the (occasionally treacherous) Atlantic Ocean coast to New York City.
Herrontown Woods Arboretum
Herrontown Woods Arboretum (142 acres) is located on Snowden Lane near the junction of Herrontown Road, in Princeton, New Jersey. It is open to the public every day at no cost. The arboretum was donated to the Mercer County Park Commission in 1957 by mathematician Prof. Oswald Veblen (1880-1960) of the Institute for Advanced Study, and is preserved in its natural state. It contains a pine forest, over 30 species of trees, shrubs, and flowers, and walking trails.
Prospect House
Prospect House, known also as just Prospect, in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, is a fine example of the work of architect John Notman who helped popularize Italianate architecture in America. President Woodrow Wilson lived here before he became governor of New Jersey and then President of the United States. In 1968, it became a university clubhouse and was later designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1985.
Princeton University Art Museum
The Princeton University Art Museum is Princeton University's gallery of art, located in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1882, it now houses over 72,000 works of art that range from antiquity to the contemporary period.
