2026 Antitrust Tech Summit
Event summary
Join us for the fall 2026 Antitrust Tech Summit, a focused half-day program exploring how technology companies can navigate deal risk and antitrust strategy in a shifting regulatory environment, sponsored by Cooley and Bates White Economic Consulting.
The program will feature panels on technology mergers, evolving enforcement priorities and practical approaches to managing antitrust risk, followed by a keynote lunch with guest speaker Stephanie Greco, deputy assistant attorney general for litigation at the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, and a networking reception immediately following the program.
Breakfast and Registration
9:00 – 10:00 am PT
Panel 1: Technology Mergers in the Trump Administration
10:00 – 10:50 am PT
Initial views that the Trump administration would continue the previous administration’s approach to merger enforcement, particularly in the tech space, seem to have faded, with the Trump administration following a more traditional approach. But the administration continues to investigate technology transactions, and state attorneys general have played a greater role in antitrust reviews. What should technology companies expect heading into the remaining years of the Trump administration, and what are the key issues that enforcers are looking at in technology mergers?
Moderator: Norman Armstrong – Partner, Antitrust and Competition, Cooley
Panelists:
- Peggy Femenella – Assistant Director, Mergers II Division, Federal Trade Commission
- Paula Blizzard – Senior Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Section, Office of the California Attorney General
- Nicholas Hill – Partner, Antitrust and Competition, Bates White Economic Consulting
Panel 2: Antitrust Risk and Compliance in an Ever-Shifting Regulatory and Dynamic Market
11:00 – 11:50 am PT
Antitrust practitioners and in-house counsel face added complexity in the technology industry as policymakers and competition enforcers redraw the boundaries of antitrust theories and the application of antitrust to technology markets. Not only is the legal landscape changing, but these fluctuations are occurring in rapidly developing and dynamic markets. This panel will focus on navigating antitrust risk in technology markets.
Moderator: Jeremy Morrison – Partner, Antitrust and Competition, Cooley
Panelists:
- Thomas (Tom) York – Chief of the Antitrust Division, Office of the Texas Attorney General
- Dennis McWeeny – Principal, Bates White Economic Consulting
- Beatriz Mejia – Partner, Antitrust and Competition, Cooley
Keynote Lunch With Stephanie Greco, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Litigation at the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division
12:00 – 1:00 pm PT
Networking Reception
1:00 – 2:00 pm PT
For more information or to request to register, please email Caroline Keane.
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