Antitrust Review

In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by two veteran observers of U.S. antitrust enforcement – Dave Gelfand, who served as Assistant Attorney-General for Antitrust Litigation at the Department of Justice during President Obama’s second term, and Bruce Hoffman, who served as Director of the Bureau of Competition at the Federal Trade Commission during President Trump’s first term.  Together, they discuss the legacy of the Biden Presidency and assess what to expect under President Trump in antitrust enforcement, merger control, and digital regulation.

In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Brian McHugh, Chair of the Irish Competition & Consumer Protection Commission.  Their conversation covers an array of topics, including the agency’s historic record and new enforcement powers, merger control and the implications of Illumina/GRAIL, consumer protection, digital regulation, and much more.

In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by a panel featuring Jackie Holland, Cleary partner and former Senior Director of the UK Office of Fair Trading; Ricardo Zimbrón, former Director of Mergers at the Competition & Markets Authority and currently a partner at Cleary; Alexander Baker, CEO, Fingleton; and John Gray, Partner, FGS Global, to discuss the implications of the new Labour Government for competition enforcement and practice in the UK. Their conversation covers an array of topics, including the new government’s growth agenda, the role of politics in antitrust enforcement, merger control, consumer protection, digital regulation, and much more.

In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by the team of lawyers who represented Illumina in its landmark appeal to the European Court of Justice, which last week overturned the Commission’s assertion of jurisdiction under the EU Merger Regulation over below-threshold mergers. 

Mario Siragusa, Enrique González-Díaz, Cesare Rizza, and Anita Magraner Oliver explain how they litigated the case, why the Court of Justice sided with Illumina, and what implications the Court’s judgment will have for EU merger control.

In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Martijn Snoep, Chair of the Dutch Authority for Consumers & Markets. 

Their conversation covers an array of topics, including the role of sustainability in antitrust enforcement, merger control, consumer protection, digital regulation, and much more.

In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Barry Hawk, one of antitrust law’s leading jurists and commentators.  Their conversation covers an array of topics, including the U.S. antitrust enforcement under President Biden, the evolution of EU competition law, the proliferation of antitrust agencies, digital regulation, and much more.

In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by George Cary, one of the leading U.S. antitrust lawyers of his generation and a former Deputy Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition. 

Their conversation covers an array of topics, including the continued relevance of the consumer welfare standard, U.S. antitrust enforcement under President Biden, hipster economics, merger control, Big Tech, and much more.

In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Sir John Vickers, Warden of Oxford University’s All Souls College and a former head of the Office of Fair Trading, the predecessor to the Competition & Markets Authority. 

Their conversation covers an array of topics, including the relevance of industrial economics, the evolution of UK competition law, the CMA’s enforcement priorities post-Brexit, consumer protection, merger control, judicial review, Big Tech, and much more.

In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Damien Gerard, Prosecutor General of the Belgian Competition Authority. 

Their conversation covers an array of topics, including the agency’s enforcement priorities, enhanced capabilities, and new powers, merger control, sustainability, Big Tech, and much more.

In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Bill Kovacic, a legend in the world of antitrust. 

Their conversation covers an array of topics, including Bill’s 50-year career, the consumer welfare standard, the progressive leadership of the U.S. antitrust agencies, regulation of Big Tech, the global antitrust landscape, and much more.