JASI

Japan External Trade Organization
(JETRO)
and
Japan-America Society of Indiana
(JASI)

Corporate Seminar

 JETRO

YOUR SALES TALK COULD LEAD TO
AN ANTITRUST INVESTIGATION

HOW TO PREPARE
YOUR SALES PEOPLE BEFORE
TRADESHOWS, BUSINESS DEALINGS WITH COMPETITORS

This seminar will discuss the basics of US antitrust compliance to train your sales people before tradeshows and industry association meetings on what they need to know to avoid any antitrust investigation.  Your sales employees sometimes meet and deal with the competitors in different settings. Often your company and your competitors will need to discuss joint ventures, supply arrangements and toll manufacturing.  Media attention often focuses on executives of large companies, but antitrust issues are also important for small companies. This seminar will provide a basic understanding of antitrust compliance for your management and sales forces and introduce the current focus of the Japan and US governments’ joint efforts to aggressively investigate violations.  You will learn what types of activities are considered as suppressing competition.

◆Date & Time

Thursday, November 15, 2012,  2:30 pm～4:30 pm
Registration Open: 2:00 pm

◆Place　

Barnes & Thornburg LLP
11 South Meridian Street, 5th Floor Auditorium
Indianapolis, IN 46204

Parking is available in the parking garage next to the building.
Kindly check in with the security guard in the main lobby (street level).

◆Speakers

◆ Mari Yamamoto Regnier
Barnes & Thornburg, LLP
Partner

◆ Kendall Millard
Barnes & Thornburg, LLP
Partner


◆The seminar will be conducted in both English and Japanese
  • Why are Japanese companies targeted?
  • Recent collaboration of Japanese and US governments for enforcement efforts.
  • Serious penalties for companies in violation.
  • Why the basic training of your sales force is important?
  • What type of training for your sales employees is necessary?
  • What you need to know before attending tradeshows.
  • What you need to know before you start discussions with your competitors for JV.

◆ Fee

Seminar is free of charge

◆ Registration

Please register online here or download the registration form (word file) and send it to the JASI office via e-mail (admin＠japanindiana.org) or fax (317-635-1452) by Tuesday, November 13, 2012.