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For For further details on any of these events, please contact further details please contact [email protected] [email protected] Call +44 (0)20 7908 1185 12 October 2010 GCR’S ANTITRUST LITIGATION 2010 The King’s Fund A review of developments in private litigation in the UK, Europe and the US London Programme Chairman: John Pheasant Partner, Hogan Lovells International LLP 09.00 Chairman’s Introduction 13.00 Lunch 09.15 Jurisdiction and Forum Shopping: 14.15 Quantifying damages: Towards guidance to Germany v the UK courts • Choice of jurisdiction, Cooper Tire, and the CAT’s • The Oxera report jurisdiction, Enron • Economic methods that fit within the legal rules • Permission in the CAT, Emerson, and in the High Court, • Simple versus complex models National Grid • Examples of cartel damages cases • Options pending annulment proceedings Gunnar Niels, Director, Oxera • Limitation periods • Disclosure • Assessment of damages 14.45 Damages: A case study • Passing on, including burden of proof • Scope of the infringement • Costs rules, including availability of alternative costs • Causation arrangements, funding • Quantification • Track record of cases • Proof of passing on Mark Hoskins QC, Brick Court Chambers Panellists: Elizabeth Morony, Partner, Clifford Chance LLP Richard Pike, Partner, Baker & McKenzie Nick Heaton, Partner, Hogan Lovells International LLP Bruno Augustin, Assistant Director, Ernst & Young Ingo Brinker, Partner, Gleiss Lutz Gunnar Niels, Director, Oxera Georg Berrisch, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP 15.45 Tea 11.15 Coffee 16.00 Dealing with the individual 11.35 Settlements: Relevant issues when • Criminal sanctions: implications for civil litigation settling international claims • The liability of the individual • Multi-jurisdiction litigation • Does D & O cover respond to civil liability of a director for • Contribution claims infringing activity? 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