Webinar: AI and Antitrust - A Cross-Border Comparison
2024-10-24 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
**This program will be hosted in (ET) Time Zone**
This program examines how antitrust agencies in the U.S. and EU are addressing competitive effects in AI and Generative AI markets. Among topics to be covered are investigations, new and pending statutes and regulations, and international cooperation efforts. The audience will come away with an understanding of recent developments and practical advice for clients.
Presented by the Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section
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Speakers

(Moderator) Jennifer Driscoll, Counsel at Robinson & Cole
Jennifer M. Driscoll is Counsel at Robinson & Cole and Co-Chair of the firm’s Antitrust and Trade Regulation Team. Her practice focuses on antitrust and government investigations. She has been recognized by the Legal 500 for her expertise in cartel investigations and merger work. Jen also works on cybersecurity and data privacy matters. She is a Certified Privacy Professional in the U.S. and EU.

Cecilia (Yixi) Cheng, Attorney at U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
Cecilia Cheng serves as Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General in the United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division. She was an inaugural Rill Fellow at DOJ Antitrust and has been involved in the DOJ’s criminal, civil, and appellate efforts. Cecilia represents the DOJ in the DOJ’s and FTC’s statements of interest regarding alleged algorithmic price fixing.

Justin P. Murphy, Partner, Baker Hostetler
Justin Murphy is a partner in Baker Hostetler’s Washington, D.C. office and is the leader of the firm’s Cartel and Government Antitrust Investigations Task Force. Justin focuses his practice on government enforcement of complex antitrust, fraud and white-collar criminal matters. A former federal prosecutor with the Department of Justice for 6 years, he advises corporate and individual clients involved in antitrust and other white collar investigations, including bid-rigging, price fixing, procurement fraud, and labor market practices in a broad range of industries. He served as trial counsel in the first ever criminal no poach market allocation case, where his client was acquitted on all counts.

Hendrik Viaene, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery Belgium LLP

Hendrik Viene – Hendrik Viaene focuses his practice on competition law, regulated markets and regulatory law. He advises clients across a wide range of competition issues (state aid, cartels, licensing agreements, merger filings, M&A negotiations, abuse of dominance cases, distribution agreements), and on the Foreign Subsidies Regulation.
Hendrik assists governments as well as privately and publicly owned companies. He has a wealth of experience in a range of sectors such as energy, chemicals, paints, automotive, financial data, recycling and waste management, telecom, construction, renewables, media, private equity and the financial industry. Hendrik represents companies before national competition authorities and before the European Commission. He also assists governments and companies on defense strategies as well as compliance programs to avoid fines or having to refund or recover state aid.
Hendrik has successfully guided clients through first and second phase investigations in merger clearance proceedings before competition authorities across the globe. He also counsels clients on compliance audits, immunity and leniency initiatives, and general risk avoidance in relation to competition law. Hendrik has additional experience in intellectual property rights licensing initiatives specifically with regard to restrictions imposed by competition law.
During his career he has represented clients in proceedings before the European Commission, the European Court of Justice, the Belgian Competition Authority, the Brussels Court of Appeals, the New Caledonian Competition Authority, the Paris Court of Appeals, and the Luxembourg Competition Authority. He acted as co-counsel for other clients for most major competition authorities worldwide, and he also audited a number of competition authorities’ operations and output as a subject matter expert.
Hendrik is managing partner of the Firm’s Brussels office.
Education: King’s College London, LLM European Law, 1999; University of Gent, MA Law, 1998

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CLE
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Procurement Collusion: The Intersection of Antitrust and Fraud Crimes
2025-05-06 14:00 - 15:00
**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone**
Competition is one of the cornerstones of government procurement, and many statutes can apply to conduct that affects the integrity of the process. The Department of Justice’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF) has harnessed the expertise of the Antitrust Division, U.S. Attorney’s Offices, and federal agents to investigate and prosecute crimes affecting the federal contracting process. This webinar will provide key insights from the government and defense perspectives. Participants will learn the breadth of statutes that can apply, types of cases the PCSF has brought, and the factors that can affect whether conduct is viewed as a Title 15 antitrust offense or a Title 18 offense such as fraud.
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Presented by the Federal Bar Association’s Antitrust & Trade Regulation Section.

About the Presenters

Michael Sawers is the Assistant Deputy Director for Federal Spending in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force.  Mike also serves as a Trial Attorney in the Antitrust Division’s Washington Criminal Section, where he continues to prosecute cases involving price fixing, bid-rigging, and market allocation schemes, including complicated procurement collusion cases.
As Assistant Deputy Director of the PCSF, Mike actively engages with counterparts in various United States government law enforcement agencies to safeguard federal procurement dollars and, where appropriate, coordinate the investigation and prosecution of fraud and collusion at all stages of the procurement and grant process.

Chris Campbell is a Special Agent with the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Inspector General where he has been investigating high-profile criminal and civil matters since 2012. With extensive experience in federal law enforcement, he plays a critical role in protecting national security and enforcing complex regulatory regimes and criminal statutes. Chris has served as the lead case agent on procurement collusion cases with the PCSF, and he received an Award of Distinction from the Antitrust Division for the successful trial of an individual for violating 18 U.S.C. § 371, Conspiracy to Defraud the United States.
Prior to his current position, Chris served as a Special Agent with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), where he was assigned to the Southwest border. In this role, he investigated cartel-related drug trafficking and smuggling operations, gaining firsthand expertise in transnational crime and border enforcement.

Chris Huber is the founding member of The Huber Law Firm, where he primarily represents white-collar defendants in complex matters. Prior to founding his firm, Chris served in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia for over 15 years, where he focused on complex frauds and False Claims Act cases. He served as the Deputy Chief of the Complex Frauds and Cyber Crime Section for the last seven of those years, where he took on supervisory responsibilities for cases involving corporate and investment fraud, tax fraud, bank and mortgage fraud, and environmental crimes. Among other awards, Chris received an Award of Distinction from the Antitrust Division for his successful trial of three executives who violated 18 U.S.C. § 1031, Major Fraud Against the United States.
Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Chris was the Chairman of the Board for the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Chris received the Federal Bar Association Clifford Scott Green Bill of Rights Award for his representation of two prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, who have since been released. He was awarded the Allentown Human Relations Award for his work to defend its anti-discrimination ordinance.

Meg Lewis (Moderator) is a partner at McGuireWoods LLP in Washington D.C., where her practice focuses on advising clients on navigating multi-faceted investigations and litigation, including antitrust enforcement and white-collar prosecutions. She has two decades of experience managing teams and handling complex legal issues and high-stakes litigation in the public and private sectors. Meg served as Assistant Chief in the Washington Criminal and Criminal II Sections of DOJ’s Antitrust Division, where she supervised investigations and prosecutions of domestic and international antitrust and fraud violations, including procurement collusion cases. Prior to joining DOJ, Meg worked at a large law firm, where she represented clients in civil antitrust class action litigation, counseled clients on antitrust compliance, and conducted internal investigations.

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CLE
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MyLaw and the FBA will seek 1.0 General CLE credit hours in 60-minute states, and 1.2 General CLE credit hours in 50-minute states.
Posted credit hours are estimated and subject to respective state approval and rounding rules. CLE qualifications vary by state/jurisdiction.
For questions regarding this program, please contact MyLaw CLE by email: registration@mylawcle.com or phone: 877-406-8636.

Antitrust Career Webinar: How I Got Here
2025-10-01 12:00 - 13:00
**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone**
Antitrust law is an incredibly varied and interesting area of practice. This webinar will bring together individuals who have worn multiple hats during their stellar careers, and they will reflect upon the experiences and decisions that led them to where they are today. Please join us to hear about their career paths and the advice they have for law students and young attorneys.
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Presented by the Federal Bar Association’s Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section

Presenters

Makena Rauch, Moderator.
Makena Rauch is a 3L at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law. She is the current Chair of the Federal Bar Association Law Student Division Board and the President of the S.J. Quinney FBA Chapter. Originally from Idaho, she earned dual degrees in Political Science and Criminal Justice from Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia.
Makena is dedicated to fostering an inclusive legal community. She serves as the Past President of Pride Law Caucus and is a former board member of LGBTQ+ and Allied Lawyers of Utah (LALU). She is also a member of the Federalist Society and previously served as Treasurer of the Minority Law Caucus. Passionate about pro bono work, she seeks opportunities to assist underserved communities and finds purpose in providing meaningful legal support to those in need. Her professional interests center on antitrust law, where she champions fair competition and works to ensure competitive prices for consumers and businesses. She is also engaged in policy work that aims to shape legal frameworks for a balanced and equitable marketplace.
Outside of law school, Makena thrives in the mountains, whether biking, camping, or hiking. A former Division I college golfer, she carries the discipline and strategic thinking from the sport into her legal career and remains committed to leadership, advocacy, and public service so that diverse voices are heard in the legal profession.

Anthony Mariano, Antitrust Division Chief, Mass. Attorney General’s Office.
Anthony Mariano is the Antitrust Division Chief at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office. He joined the Attorney General’s Office after having worked at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division for over eight years, working in both civil and criminal sections, and at the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Eastern District of Virginia and the District of Columbia. He was previously an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York, where he worked on antitrust matters. He graduated from the University of Michigan and Harvard Law School.

Jesús M. Alvarado-Rivera, Senior Corporate Counsel, Microsoft.
Jesús M. Alvarado-Rivera is Senior Corporate Counsel at Microsoft, where he regularly advises global leadership and business units on competition topics and handles key matters before regulators worldwide. Jesús worked as Global Legal Director at Anheuser Busch InBev for three years. He also served as Trial Attorney and International Counsel at the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice for almost seven years, where he investigated and litigated complex mergers and monopolization matters. Before joining DOJ, Jesús was Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust at Puerto Rico’s DOJ, where he led civil and criminal antitrust matters. He graduated from the University of Puerto Rico and Harvard Law School.​​
Jesús is Co-chair of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law Federal Civil Enforcement Cmte., Chair of the USCIB Competition Cmte., and Vice-chair of the BIAC Competition Cmte.

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Webinar: Don’t Shoot the Messenger: Information Exchange and the Sherman Antitrust Act
2025-10-02 14:00 - 15:00
**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone**
Tony Stauber and Bailey Twyman-Metzger from Gustafson Gluek will present an introduction and up-to-date analysis of information exchanges in antitrust law. They will discuss the established caselaw on how information exchange exists in Section 1 Sherman Act violations, and then survey the recent updates, including the Agri Stats protein and wage-fixing cases, the DOJ statements of interest in Pork, Realpage, Granulated Sugar, the Las Vegas/Atlantic City algorithmic price-fixing cases, and other related developments with an eye towards providing foundational information for antitrust and non-antitrust practitioners alike.
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Presented by FBA Annual Meeting & Convention 2025 sponsor Gustafson Gluek PLLC. Co-sponsored by the FBA Antitrust & Trade Regulation Section.

Presenters
Tony Stauber, Associate, Gustafson Gluek PLLC
Tony Stauber is an associate at Gustafson Gluek practicing in the firm’s antitrust group, representing individuals, consumers, and businesses in class action litigation challenging anticompetitive and illegal conduct by some of the largest institutions in the world. Mr. Stauber is currently part of the Gustafson Gluek team acting as co-counsel in such cases as In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Ill.) and In re Cattle and Beef Antitrust Litigation (D. Minn.), pursuing price-fixing claims in the chicken and beef industries, respectively and Ray v. NCAA (E.D. Cal.), representing a certified class of former Division I athletics coaches who were victims of wage-fixing by the NCAA. In addition to antitrust, Mr. Stauber also practices in the arena of civil rights, including class actions and individual litigation.
Mr. Stauber is an active member of the Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws (COSAL), and currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Amicus Committee. In that role, Mr. Stauber has organized and drafted several amicus briefs on cutting-edge issues in antitrust law, including those involving algorithmic price-setting. Mr. Stauber graduated magna cum laude from Mitchell Hamline School of Law and is an active member of the National Speech and Debate Association and the Minnesota State High School League as a speech and debate coach.
Bailey Twyman-Metzger, Associate, Gustafson Gluek PLLC
Bailey Twyman-Metzger is an associate at Gustafson Gluek practicing in the firm’s antitrust group, representing individuals, consumers, and small businesses harmed by multinational corporate giants in class action litigation nationwide. She is passionate about assisting her clients and the class members that they represent to preserve their rights in the face of wrongful corporate conduct. Ms. Twyman-Metzger is a member of the Gustafson Gluek team serving as co-lead counsel in cases such as In re Cattle and Beef Antitrust Litigation (D. Minn.), pursuing price-fixing claims in the beef industry, and In re Fragrances Indirect Purchaser Antitrust Litigation (D.N.J.), pursuing collusion and price-fixing claims in the global fragrance and fragrance ingredients market. She also practices in the areas of consumer protection and data breach litigation.
Ms. Twyman-Metzger is a 2018 cum laude graduate of the University of Minesota Law School, where she served as lead symposium editor for the Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality and student director of the University of Minnesota Human Rights Litigation and International Legal Advocacy Clinic. Prior to joining Gustafson Gluek, Ms. Twyman-Metzger worked in the area of international human rights, including on businesses and human rights and the economic harms associated with the denial of women’s and LGBTQI human rights. She is an active member of the Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws (COSAL), Minnesota Lavendar Bar Association, and Minnesota Women Lawyers, and was most recently recognized as an Up & Coming Attorney by Minnesota Lawyer magazine for 2025.

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On-Demand Broadcast | Nonmember: $95

CLE
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MyLaw and the FBA will seek 1.0 General CLE credit hours in 60-minute states, and 1.2 General CLE credit hours in 50-minute states.
Posted credit hours are estimated and subject to respective state approval and rounding rules. CLE qualifications vary by state/jurisdiction.
For questions regarding this program, please contact MyLaw CLE by email: registration@mylawcle.com or phone: 877-406-8636.
