ABA’s Antitrust in Healthcare Conference

8:30 am - 9:15 am REGISTRATION, COFFEE, NETWORKING

9:15 am WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS

Jeremy A. GUNN, Conference Vice Chair, Bass Berry & Sims PLC, Nashville, TN

Renata B. HESSE, Chair, ABA Antitrust Law Section, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, DC

Joshua H. SOVEN, Conference Chair, Paul Hastings LLP, Washington, DC

9:15 am - 10:00 am KEYNOTE INTERVIEW (NON-CLE)

Questioner: Joshua H. SOVEN, Paul Hastings LLP, Washington, DC

Speaker: Peter ORSZAG, CEO and Chairman, Lazard, New York, NY

10:00 am - 11:00 am STATE ENFORCERS’ VIEW ON ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT

State attorneys general have emerged as a critical and increasingly assertive force in healthcare antitrust enforcement. With federal enforcement priorities in flux, state AGs are independently initiating investigations, filing suits, shaping the regulatory landscape for hospital mergers, physician practice acquisitions, and pharmaceutical conduct. Panelists will address how state-level oversight is interacting with (and at times diverging from) federal enforcement, and what healthcare stakeholders can expect from state AG offices in the year ahead.

Moderator: D. Bruce HOFFMAN, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Washington, DC

Panelists:

• Stacy FRAZIER, Clifford Chance, Washington, DC
• Adam GITLIN, Antitrust Chief, Office of the Attorney General, Washington, DC
• Elizabeth ODETTE, Assistant Attorney General, Consumer, Wage, and Antitrust Division, Office of the Minnesota Attorney General, St. Paul, MN
• Thomas YORK, Chief, Antitrust Bureau, Office of the Attorney General, Dallas, TX

11:00 am - 11:15 am BREAK

11:15 am - 12:15 pm THE ART OF THE CASE: LITIGATORS’ LESSONS

Antitrust litigation has grown more complex and high-stakes than ever, as parties navigate aggressive federal and state enforcement, private class actions, and novel theories of harm. This panel examines litigation strategy, with practical insights from experienced litigators who have tried and argued these cases.

Moderator: Jeremy A. GUNN, Bass Berry & Sims PLC, Nashville, TN

Panelists:

• Jennifer FLEURY, Hogan Lovells LLP, Washington, DC
• Jamie E. FRANCE, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC
• Katherine A. ROCCO, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY
• Sara Y. RAZI, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Washington, DC

12:15 pm - 1:00 pm NETWORKING LUNCH

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS (NON-CLE)

Aviv NEVO, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

1:30 pm -2:30 pm ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVES ON HEALTHCARE COMPETITION

Academic researchers have played a pivotal role in shaping the evidentiary record and policy frameworks underlying healthcare competition. This panel assembles leading scholars from economics, law, and health policy to examine the latest empirical evidence on competition and consolidation in healthcare markets.

Moderator: Jonathan LASKEN, Attorney, Washington, DC

Panelists:

• Zack COOPER, Yale University, New Haven, CT
• Aaron S. KESSELHEIM, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
• Amanda STARC, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
• Ashley SWANSON, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison WI
• Erin TRISH, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

2:30 pm - 2:45 pm AFTERNOON BREAK

2:45 pm - 3:45 pm ROUNDTABLE WITH LEADING ECONOMISTS

Economic analysis is the cornerstone of modern antitrust enforcement in healthcare, shaping how agencies define markets, measure competitive effects, and assess remedies. This panel of leading experts will discuss the methodologies at the frontier of healthcare competition.

Moderator: Sonia K. PFAFFENROTH, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC

Panelists:

• Cory S. CAPPS, Bates White, Washington, DC
• Aditi MEHTA, Analysis Group, Washington, DC
• Subramaniam RAMANARAYANAN, NERA, New York, NY
• Matt SCHMITT, Econic Partners, Washington, DC

3:45 pm - 4:45 pm RECENT TRENDS IN HOSPITAL MERGERS

Federal and state antitrust enforcers’ scrutiny and enforcement of hospital mergers and physician-practice acquisitions remain active. This panel will examine recent challenges to these transactions. Are there genuinely new issues and emerging trends, or more of the same, namely, the persistent debate over geographic market definition? Does the old adage still hold: the more things change, the more they stay the same?

Moderator: Jonathan ELSASSER, Clifford Chance, Washington, DC

Panelists:

• Alexis GILMAN, Alston & Bird LLP, Washington, DC
• Rohan PAI, Attorney, Washington, DC
• Peter J. SCHWINGLER, Jones Day, Washington, DC

4:45 pm - 5:00 pm CLOSING REMARKS

Jeremy A. GUNN, Bass Berry & Sims PLC, Nashville, TN

Joshua H. SOVEN, Paul Hastings LLP, Washington, DC

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm NETWORKING RECEPTION