April 25, 2014
Information about an interesting new competition law and associations webinar come into my inbox this morning entitled: Antitrust Risks for Trade Associations and Members: Ensuring Compliance Amid Intensive Federal Scrutiny. Given that I work with many associations, I thought I would post the details. While this particular webinar is US-based, many of the same issues and compliance strategies are the same in Canada. Strafford is also an excellent CLE provider (and no I have not been paid to say that!)
From Strafford:
“Trade associations and their members regularly participate in activities that involve potential antitrust pitfalls. The areas most vulnerable for antitrust violations are information exchanges, membership decisions, non-member access to association events and services, codes of ethics and advertising rules, and trade shows.
Associations and members must avoid even the appearance of anticompetitive intent in all activities to ensure they do not violate antitrust laws and regulations. Failure to comply with antitrust laws can result in millions of dollars in civil forfeitures, triple damages to individual plaintiffs, enormous attorneys’ fees, and even criminal sanctions.
Trade associations must have clear compliance programs in place to prevent conduct that would facilitate competitors unlawfully coordinating on pricing or competition. Recent cases offer critical guidance on antitrust compliance for counsel to trade associations and their members.
Listen as our panel of experienced antitrust practitioners examines potential antitrust pitfalls for trade associations and their members, discusses lessons from recent antitrust enforcement actions, and offers guidance for minimizing anticompetitive conduct.”
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