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COVID-19, Collaboration, Liability, and Immunity

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The impact of COVID-19 led competitors to collaborate to meet public needs. The Defense Production Act, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, and DOJ’s Business Review Letter process offered ways for businesses to mitigate the antitrust risk of doing so and even to obtain immunity. Looking ahead, what are the implications of these COVID-19 collaborations for antitrust counselors and litigators?



The impact of COVID-19 led competitors to collaborate to meet public needs. The Defense Production Act, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, and DOJ’s Business Review Letter process offered ways for businesses to mitigate the antitrust risk of doing so and even to obtain immunity. Looking ahead, what are the implications of these COVID-19 collaborations for antitrust counselors and litigators?On Wednesday, April 6, 2022, Morrison & Foerster partner David Shaw will moderate the “COVID-19, Collaboration, Liability, and Immunity” panel at the 70th Annual ABA Antitrust Law Spring Meeting. Presented by the Exemptions & Immunities and Joint Conduct Committees, his panel includes:Session Chair/ModeratorDavid Shaw, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, DCSpeakers<ul><li>Thomas O. Barnett, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC</li><li>David B. Lawrence, Chief, Competition Policy & Advocacy, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Washington, DC</li><li>Margarida Matos Rosa, President, Portuguese Competition Authority, Lisbon</li><li>June Rhee, Director, Master of Management Studies in Systemic Risk, Yale School of Management, New Haven, CT</li></ul><a href="https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/antitrust_law/events/2022-spring-meeting/2022-at-spring-brochure.pdf" target="_blank">View conference information</a>. Continuing Legal Education Credits are being offered for this program.<hr>

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David Shaw is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Global Antitrust Law Practice group, where he draws upon his extensive experience across merger clearance litigation, cartel representations, counseling, and State Attorney General antitrust enforcement to guide clients through government-facing antitrust matters.Most recently, David was the Deputy Chief of Staff and Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ). In this role, he advised and assisted the head of the Antitrust Division on law and policy related to the Division and managed relationships with state attorneys general across all Division matters, including directly handling relationships in the highest stakes and most sensitive matters facing the Division.Additionally, David held a leadership role with respect to conduct and merger reviews related to leading online platforms and held particular responsibility for Telecommunications and Broadband; Transportation, Energy, and Agriculture; Competition Policy and Advocacy; and International Sections of the Antitrust Division.David also served as a Trial Attorney in the Technology and Financial Services Section of the Antitrust Division, where he handled all aspects of the merger review process, from reviewing HSR filings to preliminary investigations, Second Request investigations, and merger challenges. In this role, he served on the trial teams for some of the most high-profile antitrust lawsuits in the technology and energy sectors.Before his government service at the DOJ, David was an associate at another leading international firm. David is also active in the bar and currently serves as co-chair of the Exemptions and Immunities Committee of the ABA Antitrust Law Section.David earned his B.A., magna cum laude with Highest Honors in government, from Patrick Henry College, and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, where he served as Articles Editor for the Georgetown Law Journal.

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Antitrust Law

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COVID-19, Collaboration, Liability, and Immunity

06 Apr 2022 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PDT