The purpose of the course is to introduce or ex-pand upon students’ understanding of anti-trust/competition law, largely that of the Europe-an Union (EU). The course has a traditional learning component, in which each student will be as-signed a case decided by the European Court of Justice and present it to the class. The student will be required to research the case in light of subsequent cases, review the case file (on-line at the Europa web-site), prepare an Advocate General’s opinion, and argue the case before a mock European tribunal. Individual meetings with students to critique their draft opinion, and to work on oral argument skills will be scheduled. The course will be co-taught by Lloyd Bonfield, Professor of Law at New York Law School, and Marc Firestone, President, External Affairs and General Counsel for Philip Morris International Inc. This course will satisfy the upper-level writing requirement. The course will meet eleven days during the 2018-2019 academic year: the classes on April 19-20, 2019 will be reserved for presentation of oral arguments. Professors Bonfield and Firestone plan to invoke a rule penalizing students for lack of preparation and/or excessive absenteeism. The course will have class meetings on the following dates: 8/31/18, 9/14/18, 10/5/18, 10/26/18, 11/16/18, 1/25/18, 2/1/19, 2/8/19, 4/19/19, 4/20/19. (1 credit in fall, 2 credits in spring)

Semester

Year Long

Instructor(s)

Lloyd Bonfield & Marc Firestone

Academic Area(s)

International & Comparative Law

Seminars