Price-Fixing, Cartels & Competition:

Best Practices for Avoiding Catastrophic

Antitrust Investigations, Litigation and Liability
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October 14, 2015 The Sherwood Hotel, Taipei

Asian companies continue to suffer massive penalties in the U.S. and Europe for price-fixing and
other allegedly anticompetitive acts that took place in Asia among Asian companies.
Three years ago, Taiwans AU Optronics Corp. was fined $500 million by U.S. regulators and two of
its top executives were imprisoned for alleged price-fixing in the TFT-LCD industry. Chi Mei
Optoelectronics, Chunghwa Picture Tubes and Hannstar Display were also fined more than $300
million in that case. Taiwan companies have also been punished in cases relating to air cargo, air
passengers, optical disc-drives, capacitors, cathode ray tubes and auto parts.
In fact, U.S. courts levied fines of more than $1 billion per year and sent 29 executives to prison,
on average, in each of the past three years for alleged violations of U.S. antitrust laws. European
authorities have also issued antitrust fines of $1 billion per year and China is cracking down, too,
issuing $200 million in fines in one case last year.
Taiwan is also getting tough. While the Fair Trade Commission has already punished illegal cartels
relating to cement, petroleum, liquid petroleum gas, paper and other products, the Fair Trade Act
was dramatically amended in 2015, increasing the severity of antitrust probes in Taiwan. The
maximum fine for anticompetitive conduct was doubled, a legal presumption was created forcing
defendants to prove their innocence, and the statute of limitations was lengthened by two years.
On top of that, Taiwans government is creating a fund to pay rewards to whistle-blowers who
report wrongdoing to the authorities.
And those are just the government actions. Often the greatest costs of antitrust cases arise from
not government actions, but multiple class-action and civil lawsuits that follow, with each action
leading to potentially millions of dollars in attorney fees and hundreds of millions in liability.

Fortunately, many best practices can effectively help those companies that are truly committed to
keeping employees out of prison and preventing the huge costs of antitrust investigations,
litigation and liability.
Dont miss this highly-practical seminar, with guidance from five antitrust experts, each with
extensive experience handling investigations and litigation relating to illegal cartels, price-fixing,
and other anti-competitive conduct. The broad overview of legal principles and procedures,
criminal and civil litigation, case studies and best-practices, is designed to minimize costs of
antitrust disputes or avoid them altogether.
Speaker Bios:
Andy Chen served as Commissioner of the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission
(TFTC) from 2007 to 2010, where he was responsible for international
affairs and review of cases involving price-fixing and other cartel activities.
He regularly provides testimony in lawsuits and advises the TFTC, regulatory
agencies as well as private business. He earned law degrees from National
Taiwan University, Soochow University, Duke University and Northwestern
University and serves as Professor of Law and Chairman of the Department of
Financial and Economic Law at Chung Yuan Christian University.
Keith A. Walter, Jr. is a Partner with the Philadelphia firm of Drinker Biddle &
Reath, LLP, which has 650 lawyers in 11 offices. He acts as lead counsel in
litigation involving diverse matters, including antitrust, patents, trademarks,
trade dress, false advertising and unfair competition and handles global
prosecution and licensing of patents. He earned his law degree from Temple
University cum laude and his bachelors degree from Illinois State University.
Zhun Lu is a Partner with the Philadelphia firm of Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP,
which has 650 lawyers in 11 offices. He has practiced law in Delaware for
many years, representing clients in litigation involving antitrust, patents and
other matters. He presently represents several clients in global antitrust
investigations and lawsuits. He earned a PhD in molecular biology and was a
scientist at Yale University School of Medicine, before earning his JD.
DJ Lin served as Associate General Counsel at Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp.,
where his responsibilities included managing and resolving antitrust actions.
Currently, he serves as VP of Legal at ULSee Inc., a Taiwan company that
provides computer vision solutions. He also served previously as General
Counsel of Chi Mei Lighting Corp., and Counsel at HTC Corp. He earned an
Economics degree from U.C. Berkeley and a JD from Loyola Law School.
Chris Neumeyer previously served as Legal Director at Lite-On Technology
Corp. and Counsel at Texas Instruments and is presently Managing Partner of
Asia Law, a Taipei law firm that represents companies with respect to global
business, technology and intellectual property. He is counsel-of-record in
several pending US antitrust lawsuits. He earned a JD from University of
Oregon and practiced litigation in the US, before relocating to Taiwan in 2000.

Price-Fixing, Cartels & Competition:

Best Practices for Avoiding Catastrophic
Antitrust Investigations, Litigation and Liability
October 14, 2015 The Sherwood Hotel, Taipei

Agenda
1:00 - 1:30

Registration
Introduction

1:30 - 2:00

My experiences as Commissioner of the TFTC

Dramatic changes in Taiwan competition law

Overview of Antitrust Law and Enforcement

2:00 - 2:50

2:50 - 3:10

Purpose, requirements, and types of conduct.

Case study and other examples.
Best practices for avoidance and resolution.

Andy Chen
Chair, Dept. of Financial
and Economic Law,
Chung Yuan Christian
University
DJ Lin
Vice President of Legal
ULSee Inc.

Coffee Break
Solving Criminal and Civil Investigations & Litigation
Multi-jurisdictional investigations, class actions,
opt-out actions, jurisdiction, leniency, documents,
discovery, Fifth Amendment rights, summary
judgment, etc.

3:10 - 4:00

Zhun Lu
Partner - Drinker Biddle
& Reath, LLP
Keith Walter
Partner - Drinker Biddle
& Reath, LLP

Developing an Effective Internal Compliance Program

U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, risk assessment,
internal commitment, approval and oversight,
Code of Conduct, manuals, guidelines, trainings,
incentives, discipline, reporting, responses, etc.

4:00 - 4:50

4:50 - 5:15

Q&A

Chris Neumeyer
Managing Partner
Asia Law

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Date / Time

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Seminar 1:30 pm 5:15 pm

Registration 1:00 1:30 pm

Location

, 111 , ,
Sherwood Hotel, No. 111, Section 3, Minsheng E Rd, Songshan Dist., Taipei

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