James F. Rill Liber Amicorum

This Liber Amicorum honors James F. Rill's extraordinary career, his professional accomplishments, and his exceptional and lasting influence on the development of national and international antitrust law and policy. This selection of 21 essays, written by Jim's friends, current and former colleagues, academics and other prominent practitioners, provides insightful, analytical and thoughtful reflections on an array of current and historical topics in antitrust law. Together, they also reflect Jim Rill's life in antitrust: his illustrious career as an antitrust practitioner, his successful tenure as Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust within the US Department of Justice and his ground-breaking work as Co-Chair of the International Competition Policy Advisory Committee (ICPAC), culminating in the creation of the International Competition Network (ICN). As testified by this compilation of articles, Jim's keen interest in the law, his dedication to the principles of international cooperation, convergence, and due process in antitrust, and his genuine interest in and affection for the people who are part of the antitrust community have made an enduring impact in the field of competition law and will continue to do so for many decades.

Paul Lugard is Brussels-based EU and international competition lawyer and a partner in the Antitrust Practice Group of Baker Botts LLP. His practice focuses on complex merger review proceedings and investigations into alleged anticompetitive business practices. He represents clients before the European Courts, the European Commission, national competition authorities, national courts, and international arbitration tribunals. Over the past 20 years, Mr. Lugard has steered over 100 international mergers and joint ventures through the merger review process of the European Commission and government agencies around the world. His areas of particular experience include distribution agreements in the energy sector and the application of the antitrust laws to high technology sectors, including standardization, patent pools, and licensing of standard essential patents. For many years, Mr. Lugard has been active in the development of international competition law and policy. He serves as a European Commission Non-Governmental Advisor to the International Competition Network and as Vice Chair of the Business at OECD (BIAC) Competition Committee. He is also a current member of the International Chamber of Commerce Commission on Competition, having previously served a term as Chair. Before joining Baker Botts LLP, Mr. Lugard was a Senior Vice President and the Head of Antitrust at Royal Philips Electronics N.V. He is also the co-editor and contributing author of the book The International Competition Network at Twenty and co-editor of the Tribute James F. Rill: A Life in Antitrust.Paul Lugard is the co-editor of the James F. Rill Liber Amicorum

Jane Antonio is the co-editor of the James F. Rill Liber Amicorum

John M. Taladay is Co-Chair of the Antitrust Practice Group of Baker Botts, he is based in their Washington office. He is well-recognized as a leading global antitrust practitioner, known for his work in defending criminal cartel investigations, litigating civil antitrust cases, gaining merger approvals, and managing complex international competition matters. He has particularly extensive experience in gaining merger clearances before the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, the European Commission, and other international agencies. He has also led the defense of U.S. and foreign corporations and individuals in dozens of major cartel matters including antitrust grand jury investigations into allegations of price fixing, bid-rigging, market allocation and related offenses. He has navigated corporate clients through a range of cartel representation strategies from steadfast defense to leniency application to formal non-prosecution treatment. His litigation work includes acting as lead counsel in numerous civil antitrust class action and other litigation matters involving nearly all aspects of the antitrust laws. Mr. Taladay has been a leader in the development of international competition policy. He serves as Chair of the Business at OECD (BIAC) Competition Committee, and as past Chair of the United States Council for International Business Competition Committee. He has been appointed as a Non‐Governmental Advisor to the International Competition Network for more than 15 years and has served as a faculty member at several international merger workshops aimed at training more than 50 ICN member agencies in the analysis of mergers, investigations, and other matters. He also serves as Co-Chair of the Global Private Litigation Committee of the ABA Antitrust Law Section and as a member of the ICC Commission on Competition. He is also the co-editor of the Tribute James F. Rill: A Life in Antitrust.John Taladay is the co-editor of the James F. Rill Liber Amicorum