CALIF | Competition and Agricultural Markets

Competition and Agricultural Markets Schedule:

9:00 | Light Breakfast

9:15 | Panel One - Inputs: Seeds and Pesticide

Kathleen Bradish, American Antitrust Institute

Patent Barriers in Pesticides: The Latest Efforts to Forestall Generic Entry

Kiki Hubbard, University of Wisconsin, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Intellectual Property and Fair Competition in the Seed Industry

Maya Korb, Natural Resources Defense Council

Silent Seed: Neonic Seed Treatments Threaten Farmer Choice and Ecosystems

10:30 | Break

10:45 | Panel Two - Industries: Meat Packing and Dairies

Peter Carstensen, University of Wisconsin Law School

The Curdling of Milk Markets: Antiquated Statutes, Enforcement Failure, and Market Manipulation Harming Farmers, Processors, and Consumers

Felix Chang, Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law

Revisiting Dairy Cooperatives and Capper-Volstead

Kelly Nuckolls, University of Arkansas School of Law

The State of Sustainable Meat Processing: What Laws and Policies Make a Difference?

12:00 | Lunch

1:00 | Panel Three - Misconduct in Agricultural Markets: Instances and Approaches

Luke Herrine, University of Alabama School of Law

Horizontal Horizons for Agricultural Antitrust

Salil Mehra, Temple University, Beasley School of Law

“Chickenization,” Data-Harvesting, and Antitrust
 

Mary Zhao, University of Georgia School of Law

Green Marks and Mismatched Meanings

2:15 | Break

2:30 | Panel Four - Policy Levers: Remedies and The Packers and Stockyard Act

Mary Hendrickson, University of Missouri, Department of Rural Sociology

Monopolies = Bad, Government = Bad, Monopolies + Government = Worse: Farmer Perceptions of Remedies for Consolidated Markets

Michael Kades, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, DOJ Antitrust Division

The Untapped Potential of the Packers and Stockyards Act

Randy Stutz, American Antitrust Institute

The Complementary Goals of the Competition and the Fairness Provisions in Section 202 of the Packers & Stockyards Act

3:45 | Conclusion

This event is pending approval for 5.0 hour of Minimum Continuing Legal Education Credit by the State Bar of California. UC Irvine School of Law is a State Bar-approved MCLE provider.

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