Intel v Commission:

More eco or more ordo-friendly?

Afternoon Seminar, Fondation Universitaire, 16 June 2014

The long awaited Intel v Commission Judgment will be delivered on 12 June.

This event seeks to offer a first discussion forum on the judgment. It will cover issues such as: fate of the more economic approach in abuse of dominance cases; legal status of the Guidance Paper on exclusionary abuses; intensity of judicial review; practical implications for the assessment of dominant firms’ rebates; setting fines in unclear areas of the law, etc.

Speakers at the seminar include prominent practitioners and academics.

SEMINAR PROGRAMME

13:00-13:30                 Registration and Coffee

Chair:                           Nicolas PETIT, Professor, Liege Competition and Innovation Institute, University of Liège

13:30-15:00                 Damien NEVEN, Professor of Economics, Graduate Institute, Geneva; Senior Academic consultant, Charles Rivers Associates; former Chief Economist at DG Competition

                                     Jean Francois BELLIS, Managing Partner, Van Bael & Bellis 

                                     Damien GERADIN, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP; Professor, Tilburg University, University of Michigan Law School.

15:00-15:15                 Coffee Break

15:15-16:15                 Robert O' DONOGHUE, Barrister, Brick Court Chamber

                                     Frank MAIER RIGAUD, Associate Director, Head of Competition Economics, Europe, NERA economic consultants

16:15-17:00                 Roundtable Discussion – Q&A session

17:00                            Close of the Conference

Important Notice: This event is contingent on the General Court’s judicial calendar. Should the General Court not release the Intel judgment at the expected date (12 June), this seminar will be rescheduled, and tickets will remain valid for the new date. UPDATE: The the Court has recently made public in its calendar the issuing date (12 June) of the Intel v Commission judgment. (See: http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo1_6581/?dateDebut=12/06/2014&dateFin=12/06/2014)