The 2024 UCL Institute will be held on Thursday, January 18 at the City Club Los Angeles.

In the age of big data and algorithms, litigation and M&A analysis utilize increasingly sophisticated economic tools to seek the evidence for the appropriate enforcement action. This panel outlines a brief description of the most commonly used economic models – ranging from damages analysis to merger simulations - and real-world lessons from practitioners in the trenches on how and when such models have been used in the courts and agencies across a range of legal cases.

In this program, government officials and experienced practitioners will share their perspectives on recent trends in antitrust law enforcement. The discussion will be of interest to antitrust specialists and to practitioners in other fields alike. Topics will include DOJ and FTC antitrust enforcement priorities and recent civil and criminal matters; the in-house perspective on the current antitrust landscape; the merger review process under the 2023 Merger Guidelines; proposed changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification rules and forms, and their practical impact for business; and the revitalized popular interest in antitrust.

Join practitioners from the private and public sectors as they compare and contrast various pending litigations concerning the intersection of artificial intelligence and the federal antitrust laws, with a focused discussion on cases challenging pricing practices in the multifamily rental and hotel spaces, as well as statements of interest by federal antitrust enforcers concerning those cases.

The Section will be hosting two happy hour mixers (Los Angeles & San Francisco) this summer for junior and summer associates.

The Section will be hosting two happy hour mixers (Los Angeles & San Francisco) this summer for junior and summer associates.

Save the date for the Golden State Antitrust & Unfair Competition Law Institute (GSI) hosted each year at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco.

Join us for an engaging and insightful career panel hosted by the California Lawyers Association Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section’s Diversity Committee. Titled “Pathways to Antitrust,” this event will feature three distinguished antitrust lawyers from diverse backgrounds who will share their unique journeys and experiences in the field. 

This program is designed as an update on pending litigation at the intersection of artificial intelligence and antitrust, focusing on cases involving claims of algorithmic collusion in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act. Seasoned practitioners from the plaintiffs and defense bar will have a roundtable discussion updating the audience on divergent rulings at the district court level and the state of play at the appellate level on various legal challenges to algorithmic collusion.