Former acting United States Attorney General, Doug Melamed, will speak at the CU School of Law on Wednesday, April 4, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in room 154 of the Fleming Law Building.
The speech, titled "The New Economy, Intellectual Property, and the Challenges for Antitrust: An Address by Former Acting Assistant Attorney General Doug Melamed," is sponsored by the law school's Silicon Flatirons Telecommunications Program.
"Doug Melamed is simply one of the finest legal minds around," explained Phil Weiser, the Silicon Flatirons Program's executive director. "From the Microsoft case to the review of the major telecom mergers over the last several years, Doug helped to mastermind and spearhead the Department of Justice's antitrust enforcement efforts. We are honored to host him for a talk at CU."
Melamed was acting assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division from September 2000 until President Bush's inauguration in January. He took over the post following the departure of Assistant Attorney General Joel Klein. Melamed had previously served as Klein's principal deputy since October 1996.
Before joining the Clinton Administration, Melamed was a partner in the Washington, D.C., law firm of Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering and chair of the firm's Antitrust and Consumer Protection Practice Group. While at Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering, Melamed counseled numerous clients on antitrust matters and litigated a wide range of issues in the United States Supreme Court, lower federal and state courts and the Federal Trade Commission.
The Silicon Flatirons Program, now in its second year, represents an effort by CU to develop a community of professionals in the local telecommunications and high-tech arena and students aspiring to careers in those fields.
Its programs, which address the intersection of law, technology and business, are open to the public and provide continuing legal education credit to practicing lawyers.
The cost is $50 for the public, $25 for CU law alumni, members of the Colorado Bar's technology or communications sections, Denver telecommunications professionals or the FCC Bar Association. It is free to CU students, faculty and staff.
For more information on the program, check its Web site at or call (720) 839-6505.