Carl Hittinger was a panelist during the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law's Corporate Counseling and Unilateral Conduct Committees' presentation on the threat of private lawsuits and government investigations. The panel ("When Offense is the Best Defense: Handling Concurrent Threats of Private Lawsuits and Government Investigations") provided counseling and guidance for attorneys whose clients may be faced with concurrent private lawsuits and investigations by the government, offering advice on the potential benefits and risks of proactively moving to court before opponents.