3 March 2026
12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Networking lunch and registration
1:00 pm-1:05 pm
GCR opening remarks
1:05 pm-1:10 pm
Chairs' opening remarks
Lisa Phelan
Partner, Morrison & Foerster
Nana Wilberforce
Partner, Antitrust & Competition, WilmerHale
1:10 pm-1:40 pm
Keynote address
Maria Jaspers
Director, Cartels Directorate, DG COMP, European Commission
1:40 pm-2:40 pm
A new kind of payday: whistleblower program rewards
- How will the new whistleblower reward program work? How much money can a whistleblower make? Where will this money come from? When can a whistleblower expect to have their payday?
- How effective have whistleblower programs been in the context of other crimes? In other jurisdictions?
- Are there similar benefits already available by joining a qui tam civil lawsuit?
- How will this new program interplay with the leniency program?
Heather Nyong'o
Partner and Co-Chair of US Antitrust Practice, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Ryan Danks
Partner, WilmerHale
Ronald Fiorillo
Trial Attorney, Washington Criminal Section, US Department of Justice
Daniel Oakes
Partner, Axinn
2:40 pm-3:10 pm
Networking break
3:10 pm-4:10 pm
Trial de-brief: lessons from the first successful criminal labour antitrust case, US v Lopez (D.NV
- Why did the government get a conviction in this case, when it had fared poorly in prior labour market cases at trial?
- DOJ noted in speeches it had learned lessons from those prior cases – what was the secret recipe- tape recordings? Sympathetic victims? Added fraud counts?
- Are juries understanding wage fixing but not “no poach” harm?
Lisa Phelan
Partner, Morrison & Foerster
Dan Goldfine
Partner, Stinson
Kavan Kucko
Principal, Cornerstone Research
Manish Kumar
Partner, Freshfields
Michelle A. Mantine
Partner & Chair, Reed Smith
4:10 pm-5:10 pm
Bid rigging and government procurement: whither the Sherman Act?
- Is The Procurement Collusion Strike Force currently the only active focus of the criminal program at DOJ?
- Are Title 15 offenses being subsumed into fraud? Is it a reaction to the vertical relationship challenges post-Brewbaker?
- Benefits/burdens of fraud counts vs Sherman Act
- International focus on government procurement
Megan Lewis
Partner, McGuireWoods
Gopal Das Varma
Vice President, Cornerstone Research
Ann O'Brien
Partner, Sheppard Mullin
Ryan Tansey
Chief, Washington Criminal Section, Antitrust Division, US Department of Justice
5:10 pm-5:30 pm
Keynote address
Daniel Glad
Acting Director of Criminal Enforcement and Procurement Collusion Strike Force, US Department of Justice
5:30 pm-5:35 pm
Chairs' closing remarks
Lisa Phelan
Partner, Morrison & Foerster
Nana Wilberforce
Partner, Antitrust & Competition, WilmerHale
5:35 pm-6:35 pm
Networking drinks reception
