1. Panelists Moderator: The Honorable Edward Chen Jina L. Choi
Securities and Exchange
Commission
Scott L. Nelson,
Public Citizen Litigation
Group
Ann O’Brien
U.S. Department of Justice
Sylvia Quast
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency

2. Instruments of Regulatory Change
Congressional Review Act
The rulemaking process: repealing old rules and promulgating new ones—or not
Procedural requirements
Substantive requirements
Delay
Changes in litigation positions
Interpretation
Enforcement discretion
The role of executive orders
Litigation impacts

3. U.S. Department of Justice
Ann O’Brien
Antitrust Division
U.S. Department of Justice
Northern District of California Judicial Conference
April 30, 2017
The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the United States Department of Justice.

5. Attorneys:         337
Paralegals:        146
Economists:       49

6. Antitrust Division San Francisco Office Kate Patchen, Chief
Assistant Chiefs: Manish Kumar & Katrina Rouse
19+ Attorneys doing criminal and civil antitrust work
Territory includes 11 States 6

7. Antitrust Division Recent ND Cases
Capacitors – criminal price fixing
Packaged Seafood – criminal price fixing
Wall Décor – criminal price fixing
Real Estate Foreclosure Auction – criminal
Bazaarvoice acquisition of PowerReviews

8. Antitrust Division Enforcement Trends

9. Antitrust Division Criminal Charges

10. Antitrust Division Criminal Fines

11. Antitrust Division Criminal Sentencing Trends

12. Antitrust Division Merger Challenges

13. Antitrust Division Civil Non-Merger Actions