tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134205962024-03-02T17:07:35.577-08:00ABA LSD Antitrust LiaisonsAmerican Bar Association Law Student Division Liaisons to the Section of Antitrust LawNivine K. Zakharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105942216879970083noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13420596.post-1154894341562833072006-08-06T12:20:00.000-07:002006-08-06T12:59:01.596-07:00Tempus FugitI have to say yesterday's Opening Assembly was a great program! It opened with a beautiful performance by students from the Kamehameha School Concert Glee Club and Hawaiian Ensemble. Local Hawaii Bar member Kahikino Noa Dettweiler also performed a welcome chant. Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle and Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann gave attendees a warm Aloha ahead of the keynote address by U.S. Nivine K. Zakharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105942216879970083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13420596.post-1154806416472688482006-08-05T12:02:00.000-07:002006-08-05T12:33:36.506-07:00Saturday in ParadiseThis morning, law students had the chance to enjoy "Coffee with Experience," an opportunity to meet with senior lawyers over breakfast. The LSD assembly will soon be convening, where several resolutions pending before the House of Delegates will be discussed. Stephen Lessard, LSD Liaison to the ABA Standing Committee on Legal Assistance for Military Personnel, also has a recommendation before Nivine K. Zakharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105942216879970083noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13420596.post-1154725077286404512006-08-04T13:04:00.000-07:002006-08-04T13:57:57.356-07:00Aloha from HonoluluIt is my pleasure to bring this final series of posts as LSD-AT Liaison from the 2006 ABA Annual Meeting (AM) in beautiful Honolulu, Hawaii (tough job, but somebody had to do it). I am also pleased to introduce my successor for 2006-2007, Robyn Rosen, a rising 2L at the University of Houston Law Center. She is also attending the AM and will soon be blogging here about what's in store for LSD-ATNivine K. Zakharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105942216879970083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13420596.post-1153529996585240372006-07-21T17:52:00.000-07:002006-07-21T18:00:41.933-07:00Why Antitrust? 7/26A discussion of the importance of diversity in the antitrust field(and the many benefits of a career in antitrust)Leslie Overton, Partner in Jones Day's D.C. Office, will be moderating next Wednesday's "Why Antitrust?" panel in Washington, including:Gail Kursh, Deputy Chief and Special Counsel for Federal-State Cooperation, Legal Policy Section, U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division Nivine K. Zakharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105942216879970083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13420596.post-1149191547128957132006-06-01T12:26:00.000-07:002006-06-01T12:52:27.150-07:00AMC at Mid-Course Symposium June 8-9FREE for AT Members & Law StudentsThe AT is sponsoring the “Antitrust Modernization Commission at Mid-Course Symposium” at Georgetown Law Center in Washington, D.C. on June 8-9, 2006. AT members and law students can register online for FREE.The AT has pulled together an impressive list of panelists totake stock of the Commission's activities to date, and to discover whether there are Nivine K. Zakharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105942216879970083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13420596.post-1149144131282644722006-05-31T23:29:00.000-07:002006-05-31T23:42:11.323-07:00Congratulations to the 2006-07 LSD LiaisonsLSD Liaison appointments for the next bar year have been notified and it is my pleasure to welcome James M. Curtin of Northwestern Law as LSD-AT Liaison-elect. Over the next couple months I will be transitioning out of my role as LSD liaison and into my new role as Vice-Chair of the AT-MEO Committee, so you can keep sending in those questions and suggestions (I'm only slightly distracted Nivine K. Zakharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105942216879970083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13420596.post-1148447340911268532006-05-23T21:49:00.000-07:002006-06-12T17:16:01.836-07:00Bar/Bri Antitrust case - class certifiedSince we just started our bar review course here in Houston this week, I had to check and see how the Bar/Bri antitrust case was going. Well, Eliot Disner of McGuireWoods LLP just announced last week that the court certified the plaintiff's class to include law students who registered for the bar review course between 1997 and 2006, or approximately 300,000 students.Among other things, the Nivine K. Zakharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105942216879970083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13420596.post-1146977310524445982006-05-06T21:36:00.000-07:002006-05-06T21:48:30.543-07:00Practical Experience PaysTake a "random" break from finals and find out from AntitrustReview's David Fischer why some law students don't need to pass a bar exam to practice after graduationLike every practicing attorney, I can assure you that the practice of law bears little to no relation to the bar exam... and what his firm's associate hiring committee is really looking for these days. Hint: Steiger fellows will have Nivine K. Zakharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105942216879970083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13420596.post-1146685415900787032006-05-03T12:32:00.000-07:002006-05-03T13:04:52.583-07:00Congratulations to the 2006 Janet D. Steiger FellowsThere were almost 200 applications for 15 positions with OAG's across the country and the CNMI, so competition was very stiff. Congratulations are in order for the following students: Illinois: Brian Miller, University of Miami School of Law Iowa: Jason M. Yates, Drake University Law School Mississippi: Anders Ferrington, Mississippi College School of Law Montana: Jessie Lundberg, University of Nivine K. Zakharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105942216879970083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13420596.post-1146331584004597262006-04-29T10:21:00.000-07:002006-04-29T10:26:24.020-07:00ABA Day in WashingtonFor members in or near the D.C. area this week, don't forget ABA Day in Washington will be taking place Tuesday evening thru Thursday. "Hot topics" of particular interest to LSD/YLD members include loan forgiveness for public interest attorneys and the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina. If you have questions about on-site registration, please contact Julie Strandlie at (202) 662-1764.Nivine K. Zakharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105942216879970083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13420596.post-1146112447658743172006-04-26T20:40:00.000-07:002006-04-26T21:34:07.700-07:00As the semester draws to a close...I want to take this opportunity to wish the best of luck to all our student members during finals and congratulations to our 3L members (including yours truly) who will soon be graduating!While the AT still has a full calendar of events and activities during the summer, I know many of you will be joining me in preparing for the bar exam in your favorite jurisdiction. Many of us will be testing Nivine K. Zakharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105942216879970083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13420596.post-1145039891674486452006-04-14T11:30:00.000-07:002006-04-14T11:38:11.696-07:00Enroll now for the next bar year and get 4 months FREELaw students should have recently received information about the LSD's membership drive. If you enroll now for the 2006-07 bar year, you will get the next 4 months of member benefits FREE. In addition, some entities have dropped their dues requirements for next year, so you can try even more sections, forums, and divisions starting at less than $2 a month. Enroll today!Nivine K. Zakharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105942216879970083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13420596.post-1144127287340701182006-04-03T15:39:00.000-07:002006-08-18T12:51:02.230-07:0054th AT Spring Meeting wrap-upThe AT Spring Meeting closed Friday with the Chair's Roundtable Conference with Enforcement Officials. We heard from FTC Chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras; U.S. Department of Justice AAG of the Antitrust Division, Thomas Barnett; Chair of the NAAG Multistate Task Force, Robert Hubbard; and European Commission Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes. This was the first time the EC Competition Nivine K. Zakharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105942216879970083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13420596.post-1144103626453577522006-04-03T15:24:00.000-07:002006-04-03T15:33:46.466-07:00Problems with abanet.org aliasesABA members are able to use an email alias service that will forward messages sent to theirname@abanet.org to another address. When the service has problems, however, the messages received at the alias address are not queued, and the senders of such messages have no idea there is a delivery problem. This is a bit unusual because, normally, you would expect an NDR (non-deliverable report) when aNivine K. Zakharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105942216879970083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13420596.post-1143785135762935012006-03-30T21:17:00.000-08:002006-03-31T06:14:14.090-08:00Second Day at the AT Spring MeetingThursday was yet another interesting and, at times, hilarious day of sessions and receptions at the AT Spring meeting in Washington.I managed to sit in on the Privacy & Security committee's second session of the meeting on "Preventing, Confronting and Controlling Security Breaches and Identity Theft." We heard from Julie Brill of the Vermont OAG, FTC Commissioner Jon Leibowitz, and Jessica Rich Nivine K. Zakharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105942216879970083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13420596.post-1143692356706264722006-03-29T19:23:00.000-08:002006-03-29T20:19:16.726-08:00First Day at the AT's Spring MeetingWow! It's been a great first day for this first-timer at the AT's 54th Spring Meeting. Although many of the first-time attendees were taking advantage of the antitrust fundamentals session this morning, I had the opportunity again to observe the AT Council meeting where numerous reports from section leadership and liaisons were presented. Among the invited guests were Thomas Barnett of the DOJ Nivine K. Zakharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105942216879970083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13420596.post-1143531053371657272006-03-27T23:20:00.000-08:002006-03-27T23:30:53.393-08:00Join us in WashingtonThe registration desk will be open later today (Tuesday) for those of you arriving early for the Spring meeting. First-timers and those in practice <=10 years, I hope you caught the info about the Barristers reception in the Garden Terrace at the JW Marriott Tuesday evening. MEO Committee members (including yours truly) will be there along with some of the AT officers and committee leaders. Nivine K. Zakharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105942216879970083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13420596.post-1143253783236225462006-03-24T18:28:00.000-08:002006-03-24T18:29:43.253-08:00March LSD Liaison Reports Now AvailableThe March liaison reports are now available online so you can find out what other law students around the ABA have been up to.Nivine K. Zakharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105942216879970083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13420596.post-1141976804474573672006-03-09T23:10:00.000-08:002006-03-09T23:51:49.636-08:00Last Day for Advance RegistrationThe AT's 54th Spring Meeting is just a few weeks away and today is the last day to register online. Don't be surprised if the luncheon on the 29th and dinner on the 30th are already sold out - as Section Chair Don Klawiter mentioned in his update earlier this week, "registration continues to run at record levels."The AT Chair's update also included details on two major events, the Chair's Nivine K. Zakharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105942216879970083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13420596.post-1141859289829971022006-03-08T15:02:00.000-08:002006-03-08T15:08:09.850-08:00Congratulations to Heather Schneider of Columbia Law School!The AT's 2005-2006 writing competition winner is Heather Schneider, a 3L at Columbia Law School. Read more about her great accomplishment and her winning article, "An Antitrust Tying Analysis of Microsoft's Security Software Products."Nivine K. Zakharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105942216879970083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13420596.post-1141233797121920622006-03-01T08:56:00.000-08:002006-03-01T14:00:08.920-08:00The Supreme Court's Antitrust Docket - Part IIAs mentioned previously, the Supreme Court considered a couple cases with antitrust issues during this term and recently made available the slip opinions for Illinois Tool Works v. Independent Ink and Texaco v. Dagher.In Illinois Tool Works, which argued that a per se presumption of market power for patented products was unwarranted, the Court held:Because a patent does not necessarily confer Nivine K. Zakharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105942216879970083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13420596.post-1140629988993126592006-02-22T09:33:00.000-08:002006-02-22T09:39:49.006-08:00Looking for a paper topic?Although the deadline for this year's AT writing competition has already passed, it's not too early to start planning for next year's! ESPN reports on an antitrust case filed last week on behalf of Division I-A football players and major-college basketball players. The suit against the NCAA is targeting the scholarship caps in place that do not fully cover the cost of attendance for many Nivine K. Zakharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105942216879970083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13420596.post-1139850616595982222006-02-13T08:12:00.000-08:002006-02-13T09:10:16.643-08:00Midyear Meeting SummaryI'm back from the ABA Midyear meeting in Chicago where I had the chance to catch up with fellow AT members and staff ahead of the Spring meeting next month in Washington. Although the AT usually does not meet during the Midyear meeting, they did host a "Section Round-up" in the Boardroom of ABA HQ Thursday night that was well-attended by current and future AT members and staff. Albert Kim, YLD Nivine K. Zakharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105942216879970083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13420596.post-1139447364028721292006-02-08T16:47:00.000-08:002006-02-08T17:10:44.263-08:00Let's Meet in ChicagoThe ABA Midyear meeting is under way in Chicago at the downtown Hyatt this week. For you antitrust law geeks out there, the AT is co-sponsoring 2 sessions on Friday, Feb 10, with the Section of Administrative Law & Practice (AL):9AM: The Antitrust Pot Boils Over: Is Deception in Rule Making an Antitrust Violation? (The Unocal Case) Unocal raised the question of whether the FTC can punish Nivine K. Zakharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105942216879970083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13420596.post-1136816743211895112006-01-09T06:17:00.000-08:002006-01-09T06:25:43.223-08:00This Month's Consumer Protection UpdateLater today, Thompson Hine, LLP will be presenting this month's Consumer Protection update. This telephonic brown bag program will summarize the significant developments in consumer protection law that occurred during December 2005. The presentation will cover cases, settlements, and other initiatives at the federal and state levels, as well as consumer class actions, Lanham Act litigation, andNivine K. 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