BYLAWS OF THE ANTITRUST LAW SECTION
(Amended as of
January 31, 2008)
ARTICLE
I
Name and
Purpose
Section 1. This Section shall be known as the Antitrust Law Section (the
“Section”) of the New York State Bar Association (“the
Association”).
Section 2. The purpose of this Section shall be to bring together such
members of the Association as are interested in antitrust law, to
educate and promote the interests of the public and the Bar in the area
of antitrust law and to review and, where appropriate, comment upon
pending antitrust legislation and regulations.
ARTICLE
II
Membership
Section 1. Any member of the Association shall be eligible for membership
in the Section, and shall be enrolled as a member of the Section upon
application to the Association and payment of such annual dues as shall
be determined by the Executive Committee of the Section pursuant to
Article VII, Section 3.
ARTICLE III
Executive Committee and
Officers
Section
1. Members of the Section, at the Annual Meeting of the Section,
shall elect an Executive Committee. The
number of members of the Executive Committee shall be fixed by the
Nominating Committee based on the best interests of the Section, subject
to the approval of the current Executive Committee, but shall not be
fewer than nine members.
Section
2. Members of the Section, at the Annual Meeting of the Section,
shall elect four officers: the Chair,
Vice-Chair, Secretary and Financial Officer.
Section
3. (a) All members of the Executive
Committee shall serve terms of two years except when an individual is
elected to fill a vacancy. Members of the
Executive Committee shall be elected in classes whose terms commence in
alternate years. (b) The Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretary shall serve terms not to
exceed two years. The Executive Committee
shall determine whether terms shall be for one year or two years,
whether an individual is nominated for election or to fill a vacancy in
any of the named offices. (c) The Financial Officer shall serve
a term not to exceed three years, and may be re-elected to the office
for as many terms as the Executive Committee may determine.
(d) All terms of office shall
commence at the close of the Annual Meeting of the Section at which the
Executive Committee and officers are elected and continue until their
successors are elected, except that the term of an officer elected to
fill a vacancy shall commence on the date of election.
ARTICLE IV
Nominations of Officers
Section
1. Prior
to each Annual Meeting of the Section, the Chair shall appoint a
Nominating Committee of not fewer than three members of the Section,
which committee shall make and report nominations to the Section for the
offices of Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, and in appropriate years,
Financial Officer, and members of the Executive Committee.
Other nominations for the same offices may be made from
the floor.
ARTICLE V
Meetings and Governance
Section
1. The
Annual Meeting of the Section shall be held at a time and place
designated by the Executive Committee during the week in which the
Annual Meeting of the Association is held.
Section
2. The
Executive Committee shall meet on a regular basis throughout the year on
a schedule that it shall determine. The
Executive Committee may take action on behalf of the Section, subject to
Article VII, Section 1.
Section
3. (a) The members of the Section
present at any meetings of the Section shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business. (b)
A quorum of the Executive Committee shall consist of
fifteen (15) members, unless the total number of members of the
Executive Committee is less than fifteen (15), in which case a quorum
shall consist of half the number of members, or if there is an odd
number of members of the Executive Committee, the next largest whole
number.
Section
4. All
binding actions of the Section shall be by a majority vote of the
members present, if at an Annual Meeting, or of the Executive Committee
present, if at a meeting of the Executive Committee.
ARTICLE VI
Committees
Section
1. The
Executive Committee shall establish such committees of the Section as it
determines to be useful to carry out the business of the Section,
including but not limited to the committees identified in Section 2 of
this Article. Membership on committees shall
be open to all members of the Section in good standing.
Section
2. In
addition to the Nominating Committee, there shall be the following
committees: Membership and Diversity,
Finance, Annual Meeting, Programs, Publications, and Awards.
ARTICLE VII
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section
1. Any
action taken by the Section must be approved by the Association before
the same is given publicity or becomes effective as the action of the
Association.
Section
2. These
bylaws shall become effective upon adoption by the members of the
Association who may be in attendance at the first meeting of the
Section, and upon approval by the House of Delegates of the
Association.
Section
3. The
Executive Committee of the Section shall fix dues for membership in the
Section, subject to approval by the Association’s Finance
Committee. Dues shall be payable to the
Association’s Treasurer, to be held by the Association’s
Treasurer for the use and purposes of the Section.
Section
4. These
bylaws may be amended by any Annual Meeting of the Section by a majority
vote of the members of the Section present, provided that no amendment
shall be effective until approved by the Executive Committee of the
Association.
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