2020 Next Generation of Antitrust, Data Privacy and Data Protection Scholars Conference

Next Generation E-mail Banner

Friday, January 31, 2020
NYU School of Law
108 West 3rd Street
Lipton Hall

Conference Co-sponsors
NYU School of Law
American Bar Association, Antitrust Law Section

Conference Co-organizers
Edward Cavanagh, St. John's University School of Law
Harry First, NYU School of Law
D. Daniel Sokol, University of Florida Levin College of Law
Katherine Strandburg, NYU School of Law

Abstract
This day-long conference, which has expanded beyond Antitrust to include Data Privacy and Data Protection, provided an opportunity for professors who began their full-time tenure-track career in or after 2012 to present their latest research. Senior scholars and practitioners in the field commented on the papers. 

Registration
Free and open to the public. For registration and more information visit the ABA Section of Antitrust Law. CLE is approved for this conference.

Conference Videos

Agenda

8:20 – 8:50am         Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:50 – 9:00am         Welcome/Opening Remarks

9:00 – 10:45am       Session 1: Algorithms, Textual Analysis, and Collusion

Collusion has been described by the Supreme Court as the “supreme evil of antitrust.” Using the latest developments in technology in AI, machine learning, and textual analysis, are we closer or farther from optimal enforcement?

Session Chair: Rosa Abrantes-Metz, Global Economics Group
Presenter: Felix Chang, University of Cincinnati College of Law

Algorithmic Antitrust; Slides
Discussant: Edward Cavanagh, St. John's University School of Law
Presenter: Benjamin Leyden, Cornell University SC Johnson College of Business
Coordinated Capacity Reductions and Public Communication in the Airline Industry
Discussant: Justin Johnson, Cornell University
Presenter: Alex MacKay, Harvard Business School
Competition in Pricing Algorithms

Discussant: George Hay, Cornell Law School
Overall Discussant: Lauren Stiroh, NERA Economic Consulting

10:45 – 11:00am         Break

11:00 – 1:00pm           Session 2: Competition and Privacy in Digital Markets

How do we properly address the intersection of antitrust with privacy, which are complements but which each have distinct issues and solutions to questions of innovation?

Session Chair: Wesley Powell, Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Presenter: Katherine Kemp, University of New South Wales
Concealed Data Practices and Competition Law: Why Privacy Matters

Discussant: Katherine Strandburg, NYU School of Law
Presenter: Wendy Ng, University of Melbourne School of Law
The Regulation and Intersection of Privacy, Data, and Competition in China

Discussant: Eleanor Fox, NYU School of Law
Presenter: Garrett Johnson, Boston University 

Online Martech after the GDPR; Slides

Discussant: Anindya Ghose, NYU Stern School of Business
Overall Discussant: Jay Himes, Labaton & Sucharow LLP

1:00 – 1:45pm             Lunch

1:45 – 3:15pm             Session 3: Antitrust Policy Issues

What lies ahead on fundamental antitrust concerns such as digital markets, mergers and collusion? 

Session Chair: Elinor Hoffmann, Antitrust Bureau, Office of the N.Y. State Attorney General
Presenter: John Newman, University of Miami School of Law

Antitrust in Attention Markets

Discussant: Harry First, NYU School of Law
Presenter: Menesh Patel, University of California Davis School of Law
Merger Breakups

Discussant: Scott Hemphill, NYU School of Law
Presenter: Alminas Zaldokas, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Motivating Collusion

Discussant: Daniel Sokol, University of Florida Levin College of Law
Overall Discussant: Katherine Forrest, Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP

3:15 – 3:30pm             Break

3:30 – 5:00pm             Session 4: Digital Privacy

How do we measure the importance of digital privacy issues as GDPR has transformed the privacy regulation landscape?  What are the implications of privacy for individuals and for the political process?

Session Chair: Maggie D'Amico, Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
Presenter: Yafit Lev-Aretz, City University of New York

Privacy Regulation and Innovation Policy

Discussant: Robert Seamans, NYU Stern School of Business
Presenter: Beibei Li, Carnegie Mellon University
Perils of Location Tracking? Personalized and Interpretable Privacy Preservation in Consumer Mobile Trajectories

Discussant: Jason Chan, University of Minnesota
Presenter: Priyanka Sharma, Illinois Institute of Technology
Advertising and Voter Data in Asymmetric Political Contests; Slides

Discussant: Yannis Bakos, NYU Stern School of Business
Overall Discussant: Divya Mathur, Analysis Group

5:00 – 5:30pm             Cocktail Reception