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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz and Commissioner William E. Kovacic will speak at the Fordham Law 37th Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy on September 23 and 24, 2010, which is being held at the McNally Amphitheater in New York City.

Chairman Leibowitz will participate in a panel discussion September 23 at 9 a.m. on “Enforcers’ Perspectives on International Antitrust.” Chairman Leibowitz and other panelists will discuss a range of competition and consumer protection issues. Chairman Leibowitz’s remarks will cover:

• The FTC’s strengthened cooperative relationship with the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, including against pay-for-delay pharmaceutical settlements;
• the significance of the new FTC/DOJ horizontal merger guidelines;
• the FTC’s enforcement against monopolistic conduct;
• the FTC’s increased use of Section 5 of the FTC Act to protect consumers;
• new approaches to the protection of personal and data privacy, including through multilateral efforts such as the APEC Cross-border Privacy Initiative and the Global Privacy Enforcement Network; and
• the FTC’s continued commitment to working closely with its international partners to achieve sound competition and consumer protection policies that benefit consumers.

Commissioner Kovacic will be featured on a panel on “Competition Policy, Abusive Dominance and Economic Development” on Friday, September 24 at 9 a.m., also at the McNally Amphitheater.

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