Barbara T. Sicalides, a partner with Pepper Hamilton and the head of the Antitrust Section of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group, will be speaking at the European American Chamber of Commerce's (EACC's) Antitrust Update. This will be a discussion aimed at providing the New York legal and business community with an overview of some of the current hot topics in EU antitrust law and their potential implications from a U.S. perspective.
Key topics include:
- Private enforcement in the EU
- What is new in the European private enforcement tool kit?
- Does it change the private enforcement landscape in EU Member States?
- What is the relevance for U.S. businesses – simply more of the same or essentially different opportunities and risk in Europe?
- The (new) European passion for vertical restraints in the online world
- Where does the EU’s recent focus on vertical restraints (RPM, restrictions to online distribution etc.) come from?
- A real threat for U.S. firms – like Google, Amazon, Facebook and the likes – when doing business in Europe?
- And a potential inspiration for U.S. enforcers/courts?
- EU focus on algorithm driven cartels
- European Enforcer’s agenda?
- Where are the (European) cases?
- Can U.S. businesses in the meantime navigate in the EU while relying on guidance from U.S. precedents?
Speakers
- Alexander Birnstiel, Partner, Noerr LLP
- Oriol Armengol, Partner, Pérez-Llorca
- Barbara T. Sicalides, Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP
- M. Henri Piffaut, Senior Advisor, Deputy Director-General for Mergers, DG COMP