29th Annual Antitrust Symposium - The George Mason Law Review

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2026 Symposium

• February 20, 2026

George Mason Law Review 29th Annual Antitrust Symposium

The Current Boundaries of Antitrust Policy

Schedule

The George Mason Law Review and the Law & Economics Center (LEC) will host the 29th Annual Antitrust Symposium on February 20, 2026, on the George Mason University Arlington Campus.

The Symposium, titled The Current Boundaries of Antitrust Policy, will examine the shifting landscape across multiple areas of antitrust law and will include panel discussions featuring leading academics and practitioners in the field.

8:00 – 8:50 am	Registration* *Continental breakfast will be available
9:00 – 9:10 am	Welcome and Opening Remarks. Garrett Gillespie, Symposium Editor, George Mason Law Review Donald J. Kochan, Professor of Law and Executive Director, Law & Economics Center, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
9:10 – 10:25 am	Panel 1: 25th Anniversary of the Microsoft Decision & the State of Section 2 Leah Brannon, Partner and Co-Lead of U.S. Antitrust Group, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Renata B. Hesse, Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP William E. Kovacic, Global Competition Professor of Law and Policy, Professor of Law, and Director, Competition Law Center, The George Washington University Law School Howard Shelanski, Joseph and Madeline Sheehy Chair in Antitrust Law and Trade Regulation and Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center; Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLPModerator: Douglas H. Ginsburg, Judge, US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; Professor of Law, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law

10:25 – 10:45 am	Break
10:45 am – 12:00 pm	Panel 2: Revival of the Robinson-Patman Act Alden Abbott, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University Daniel P. O’Brien, Senior Consultant, Econic Partners, LLC; Senior Consultant, Compass Lexecon; Founder, Microfoundations, Inc. Jonathan Nuechterlein, Distinguished Scholar, Competition Law Center, The George Washington University Law School; Lecturer, University of Virginia School of Law; Adjunct Law Professor, Georgetown University Law Center Mark Poe, Partner & Co-Founder, Gaw \| Poe LLP Moderator: Bruce H. Kobayashi, Paige V. and Henry N. Butler Chair in Law and Economics, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law
12:00 – 1:15 pm	Luncheon Discussion ^{* Lunch will be provided. Kindly indicate if you will be joining us for lunch in your registration.}Eleanor M. Fox, Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation Emerita, New York University School of Law Abbott (Tad) B. Lipsky, Jr., Assistant Professor and Director of Competition, Law & Economics Center, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
1:15 – 2:45 pm	Panel 3: Boundaries of Refusal to Deal & Predatory Tying/Bundling Erika Douglas, Associate Professor of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law Erik Hovenkamp, Professor of Law, Cornell Law School Thomas A. Lambert, Wall Chair in Corporate Law and Governance and Professor of Law, University of Missouri School of Law Kristen C. Limarzi, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Moderator: J. Shahar Dillbary, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty Research, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
2:45 – 3:45 pm	Panel 4: Rethinking Monopoly Maintenance Law in the Digital Economy Giovanna Massarotto, Lecturer in Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Thomas B. Nachbar, Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law Nicolas Petit, Visiting Professor of Law, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School; Chair in European Competition Law, European University Institute; Senior Fellow University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business; Co-Founder, Brussels School of Competition Moderator: John M. Yun, Professor of Law, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law
3:45 – 4:00 pm	Break
4:00 – 4:50 pm	Afternoon Fireside Chat Andrew N. Ferguson, Chairman, U.S. Federal Trade Commission Timothy J. Muris, George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School; Senior Counsel, Sidley Austin LLP; Fmr Chairman, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
4:50 – 5:00 pm	Closing Remarks

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