Golden State Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Institute
The Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section hosts the Golden State Antitrust & Unfair Competition Law Institute (GSI) each year at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco. This is the Section’s marquee event and brings together private and public sector attorneys, academics, experts, judges, and law students for a multi-session conference on recent developments in the law, trials, and enforcement, followed by a cocktail reception and dinner honoring the California Antitrust Lawyer of the Year.
We are now soliciting sponsorships for our Annual Golden State Institute.
Below are the sponsorship levels we are offering:
Law Firm Table Sponsorships:
$4,500 – Gold Table Sponsor
- Five tickets to the Full-Day Institute
- Table of Eight for Dinner
- ALOY Dinner Program Attribution (Firm name listed and large logo)
- Congratulatory Slide in Dinner Program Presentation
$2,250 – Silver Table Sponsor (Shared Table)
- Two tickets to the Full-Day Institute
- Table of four for Dinner
- Firm name listed as an “Additional Sponsor” in the Antitrust Lawyer of the Year program materials
- Full-page congratulatory slide in Dinner Program Presentation
Event/Vendor Sponsorships:
Court Reporter Supplied/No Cost
- Two tickets to the Full-Day Institute
- One Exhibit Table
- Promotional Slide in Sponsor Recognition Video
- Sponsor Ribbons for your attendees
- One full page Ad in the Competition Journal
- Attribution: Company Logo on Website, Institute program, On-site signage and Email Marketing, Social Media Acknowledgment, Welcome Remarks
$6,000 – Break Sponsor (4 Available)
- Two tickets to the Full-Day Institute
- One Exhibit Table
- Promotional Slide in Sponsor Recognition Video
- Sponsor Ribbons for your attendees
- One full page Ad in the Competition Journal
- Attribution: Company Logo on Website, Institute program, On-site signage and Email Marketing, Social Media Acknowledgment, Welcome Remarks
$12,000 – Breakfast Sponsor
- Welcome Remarks prior to the introduction of the first panel (a representative of your organization will say a few words prior to the introduction of the first panel)
- Two tickets to the Full-Day Institute
- One Exhibit Table
- Promotional Slide in Sponsor Recognition Video
- Sponsor Ribbons for your attendees
- One full page Ad in the Competition Journal
- Attribution: Company Logo on Website, Institute program, On-site signage and Email Marketing, Social Media Acknowledgment, Welcome Remarks
$25,000 – Lunch Sponsor
- Opening Remarks at Luncheon
- Four tickets to the Full-Day Institute
- One Exhibit Table and appreciation banner
- Logo Placement on Conference Signage
- Option to distribute sponsor-branded promotional items
- Promotional Slide in Sponsor Recognition Video
- Sponsor Ribbons for your attendees
- One full page Ad in the Competition Journal
- Attribution: Company Logo on Website, Institute program, On-site signage and Email Marketing, Social Media Acknowledgment, Welcome Remarks
$25,000 – Kickoff Sponsor
(Wednesday, October 25)
- Welcome Remarks (a representative from your organization will say a few words prior to our Kickoff Reception on October 25, 2023)
- Five tickets to the Full-Day Institute
- One Exhibit Table and appreciation banner
- Logo Placement on Conference Signage
- Promotional Slide in Sponsor Recognition Video
- Sponsor Ribbons for your attendees
- One full page Ad in the Competition Journal
- Attribution: Company Logo on Website, Institute program, On-site signage and Email Marketing, Social Media Acknowledgment, Welcome Remarks
- Invitations to the Kickoff Reception the night Prior
$25,000 – Cocktail Sponsor
(Evening Reception)
- Welcome Remarks (a representative from your organization will say a few at the Antitrust Lawyer of the Year award dinner, along with the Wine Sponsor representative)
- Five tickets to the Full-Day Institute
- One Exhibit Table and appreciation banner
- Placement of your branded conference signage (sponsor provided)
- Logo Placement on Conference Signage Promotional Slide
- Sponsor Ribbons for your attendees
- One full page Ad in the Competition Journal
- Attribution: Company Logo on Website, Institute program, On-site signage and Email Marketing, Social Media Acknowledgment, Welcome Remarks
- Invitations to the Kickoff Reception the night Prior
$25,000 – Wine Sponsor
(Award Dinner)
- Welcome remarks (a representative from your organization will say a few words at the Antitrust Lawyer of the Year award dinner, along with the Cocktail Sponsor representative)
- Five tickets to the Full-Day Institute
- One Exhibit Table and appreciation banner
- Logo Placement on Conference Signage
- Promotional Slide in Sponsor Recognition Video
- Sponsor Ribbons for your attendees
- One full page Ad in the Competition Journal
- Attribution: Company Logo on Website, Institute program, On-site signage and Email Marketing, Social Media Acknowledgment, Welcome Remarks
- Invitations to the Kickoff Reception the night Prior
Click here for materials regarding Vendor Sponsorships.
Click here for materials regarding Law Firm Sponsorships.
For more information on GSI, please contact Melissa Leal at melissa.leal@calawyers.org.
32nd Annual Golden State Institute
- November 9, 2022
- 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.: Welcome Reception
- November 10, 2022
- 7:30 a.m.: Breakfast and Registration
- 8:30 a.m. – 5:15 p.m.: Golden State Antitrust & UCL Institute
- 5:30 p.m.: Hosted Cocktail Reception
- 7:00 p.m.: Antitrust Lawyer of the Year Dinner and Award Ceremony Honoring Elizabeth C. Pritzker of Pritzker Levine LLP.
The Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section hosts the Golden State Antitrust & Unfair Competition Law Institute (GSI) each year at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco. This is the Section’s marquee event and brings together private and public sector attorneys, academics, experts, judges, and law students for a multi-session conference on recent developments in the law, trials, and enforcement, followed by a cocktail reception and dinner honoring the California Antitrust Lawyer of the Year.
This year’s GSI program features all-star sessions on:
- Recent Developments in Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law
- Big Stakes Antitrust Trial
- A Conversation with Antitrust Enforcement
- Competition Economics
- California UCL Practice
- Federal Judges Panel on Competition Litigation
For more information on GSI sponsorships, please contact Belinda Lee at belinda.lee@lw.com.
31st Annual Golden State Institute
November 17, 2021 – GSI Welcome Reception (outdoor in-person event)
November 18, 2021 – 31st Annual GSI Institute (virtual event)
Spring 2022 – 31st Annual Antitrust Lawyer of the Year Reception and Dinner honoring Daniel M. Wall with additional CLE programming (in-person event with separate registration closer to event)
The Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section hosts the Golden State Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Institute (GSI) each year. This is the Section’s marquee event and brings together private and public sector attorneys, academics, experts, judges, and law students. GSI is a multi-session conference that features programs on recent developments in antitrust and unfair competition law, big stakes antitrust trials, antitrust enforcement, and a judges panel. Due to the pandemic, this year we will hold the Welcome Reception outdoors and most of the programming for the 31st Annual GSI virtually in the fall (registration open now), and hold the 31st Annual Antitrust Lawyer of the Year Reception and Dinner with some additional programming in Spring 2022 (separate registration to follow closer to the event).
For more information on GSI, please contact Rob McNary or Aaron Sheanin (asheanin@robinskaplan.com).
30th Annual Golden State Institute
In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the GSI conference was virtual, though it was a record-setting success. Over 300 attendees participated in our six programs and two networking receptions. The programs were:
- Recent Developments in Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law;
- A Conversation With California Supreme Court Justice Joshua P. Groban;
- Big Stakes Antitrust Trial: New York v. Deutche Telecom AG (S.D.N.Y.);
- Antitrust and Social Justice;
- Cartel Enforcement; and
- A Conversation About Diversity, Racism, and Equality in the Legal Profession
Click here for materials regarding the 2020 GSI conference. We received extremely positive feedback for the informative and worthwhile conference.
A big thank you to our 2020 sponsors
Premier Vendor Sponsors
- Parabellum Capital
- A.B. Data
- Angeion Group
- Ankura
- applEcon
- Cornerstone Research
- Epiq
- Huntington Bank
- mLex Market Insight
- OSKR
- Rust Consulting
- The Brattle Group
- U.S. Legal Support
Gold Sponsors
- Cooley LLP
- Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy LLP
- Crowell & Moring LLP
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Freitas & Weinberg LLP
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
- Hausfeld LLP
- Herrera Purdy LLP
- Jones Day
- Joseph Saveri Law Firm
- Kesselman Brantly Stockinger LLP
- Kobre & Kim LLP
- Latham & Watkins LLP
- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP
- Mogin Rubin LLP
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- O’Melveny & Meyers LLP
- Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
- Robins Kaplan LLP
- Saveri & Saveri, Inc.
- Shearman & Sterling LLP
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Steyer Lowenthal Boodrookas Alvarez & Smith LLP
- Susman Godfrey LLP
- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Winston Strawn LLP
- Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP
- Zelle LLP
Silver Sponsors
- Bleichmar, Fonte & Auld LLP
- Covington & Burling LLP
- Farmer Brownstein Jaeger Goldstein & Klein LLP
- Girard Sharp LLP
- Hartley LLP
- Pritzker Levine LLP
- Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
- Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP