INTRODUCTION â" CARTEL SETTLEMENTS AND COMMITMENT DECISIONS
Mel Marquis
SESSION ONE: PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES OF ANTITRUST SETTLEMENTS
PANEL I
BROAD OVERVIEW: LEGAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVES
Discussion
Written contributions
I Wouter Wils, The Use of Settlements in Public Antitrust Enforcement: Objectives and Principles
II Andreas Reindl, The Legal Framework Governing Negotiated Settlements/Plea Agreements in Cartel
Cases in the United States
III Aurora Ascione and Massimo Motta, Settlements in Cartel Cases
IV Daniel Rubinfeld, Settlements in Antitrust Enforcement: A U.S. Economic Perspective
V Stephen Wilks, A Political Science Approach: Restorative Justice and the "Fairness Critique"
PANEL II
A CLOSER LOOK FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ENFORCERS, DEFENDANTS, POTENTIAL PLAINTIFFS, THE COURTS AND THE LEGAL PROFESSION
Discussion
Written contributions
I Bruno Lasserre and Fabien Zivy, A Principled Approach to Settlements: A Few Open Issues
II Ann O'Brien, Cartel Settlements in the U.S. and EU: Similarities, Differences and Remaining Questions
III Mario Siragusa and Erika Guerri, Antitrust Settlements under EC Competition Law: The Point of View of the
Defendants
IV Shepard Goldfein and Thomas Pak, Negotiated Antitrust Settlements: Some Perspectives from U.S. Defendants
V Michael Hausfeld, Brian Ratner and Scott Campbell, Principles and Objectives of Formal and Informal
Settlements in EU Competition Cases: The Claimant's Perspective
VI Albrecht Bach, Negotiated Antitrust Settlements: Some Perspectives from the Point of View of (Potential)
Plaintiffs
VII John Cooke, Negotiated Settlements under EC Competition Law: A Judicial Perspective
VIII Diane Wood, Antitrust Settlements in the United States
IX John Ratliff, Negotiated Settlements in EC Competition Law: The Perspective of the Legal Profession
X John Taladay, Implications of International Cartel Settlements for Private Rights of Action
SESSION TWO: SETTLEMENTS IN CARTEL CASES. PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES IN MAJOR JURISDICTIONS
PANEL III
THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AND THE EUROPEAN UNION
Discussion
Written contributions
I William Kovacic, Plea Bargaining and the Enforcement of Competition Law Against Cartels in the United States
II Calvin Goldman, Rob Kwinter, Navin Joneja and Evangelia Litsa Kriaris, Cartel Settlements in Criminal
and Civil Proceedings: A Canadian Perspective
III Kirtikumar Mehta and Mara Luisa Tierno Centella, EU Settlement Procedure: Public Enforcement
Perspective
PANEL IV
FRANCE, GERMANY, THE NETHERLANDS AND THE UNITED KINGDOM
Discussion
Written contributions
I Bruno Lasserre and Fabien Zivy, A Principled Approach to Settlements: a few open issues1
II Eric Morgan de Rivery, The French "Non-Contest Procedure": A Practitioner's Point of View
III Jochen Burrichter, Settlements in Cartel Cases: Practical Experience in Germany
IV Pieter Kalbfleisch, The Dutch Experience with Plea Bargaining/Direct Settlements
V Onno Brouwer, Antitrust Settlements in the Netherlands: A Useful Source of Inspiration?
VI Ali Nikpay and Deirdre Waters, The Emerging Settlements Regime in the UK: The Use of "Settlements"
in Competition Act Cases
VII Lynda Martin Alegi and Grant Murray, Settling an Appropriate Policy: Reflections on OFT Work in
Progress
SESSION THREE: COMMITMENT DECISIONS
PANEL V
SETTLEMENTS UNDER ARTICLE 9 OF REGULATION 1/2003
Discussion
Written contributions
I Heike Schweitzer, Commitment Decisions under Article 9 of Regulation 1/2003: The Developing
EC Practice and Case Law
II Santiago Martnez Lage and Rafael Allendesalazar, Commitment Decisions ex Regulation 1/2003:
Procedure and Effects
SESSION FOUR: LESSONS TO BE DRAWN
PANEL VI
PART ONE: POLICY CONSEQUENCES FOR PUBLIC ENFORCEMENT
Discussion
PART TWO: POLICY CONSEQUENCES FOR PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT
Discussion
PART THREE: OVERALL CONCLUSIONS
Written contributions
I Kirtikumar Mehta and Mara Luisa Tierno Centella, EU Settlement Procedure: Public Enforcement Perspective2
II Ian Forrester, Creating New Rules? Or Closing Easy Cases? Policy Consequences for Public Enforcement of
Settlements under Article 9 of Regulation 1/2003
III Kirsten Edwards and Jorge Padilla, Antitrust Settlements in the EU: Private Incentives and Enforcement Policy
IV Kris Dekeyser, Rainer Becker and Daniele Calisti, Impact of Public Enforcement on Antitrust Damages
Actions: Some Likely Effects of Settlements and Commitments on Private Actions for Damages
V Lorenzo Coppi and Robert Levinson, The Interaction between Settlements and Private Litigationâ"
An Economic Perspective
