The Hub and Spoke

SCL Partner Wyatt Fore sat down with Neil Tracey, correspondent at The Capitol Forum, to dig into what's happening at the Federal Maritime Commission — and why it matters far beyond the shipping industry. Wyatt and Neil covered:

Neil brings a reporter's eye for how these seemingly technical regulatory fights (fees, shipping capacity, procurement rules) are quietly reshaping competition policy and global trade.

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On this episode of SCL’s The Hub and Spoke Podcast, Founding and Managing Partner Kellie Lerner sits down with Dr. R. James Toussaint and Joe Van Wye to discuss Private Equity’s takeover of hospital systems around the U.S., the impacts of these takeovers on patients and providers, and what organizations like the Coalition for Patient Centered Care are doing to put power back in the hands of those who receive and provide medical care.

Dr. R. James Toussaint is an orthopedic foot and ankle surgeon and faculty member at the University of Florida and a member of the Coalition for Patient Centered Care who has testified before the U.S. Senate Banking Subcommittee on Economic Policy on the impact of non-compete agreements in medicine.

Joe Van Wye is a competition policy strategist and advocate who most recently served as senior legislative strategist at P Street, a leading progressive advocacy organization, before joining Cuneo, Gilbert, Flannery, and LaDuca as a senior advisor on public policy and legislative affairs.

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In the latest episode of The Hub and Spoke, we bring you insights straight from one of the most important gatherings in antitrust law, hosted by ABA Antitrust Law Section.

In this episode, our host SCL Partner Wyatt Fore sits down with:

If you’re interested in where antitrust enforcement is headed—and how top practitioners are thinking about litigation and remedies—this is one you won’t want to miss.

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On this episode of SCL’s The Hub and Spoke Podcast, Founding and Managing Partner Kellie Lerner sits down with Burford Capital’s Aviva Will.

Aviva discusses the four pillars a company needs to develop a successful Affirmative Litigation program, changes in the litigation finance industry and more.

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On this episode of the Hub and Spoke Podcast, James Kovacs and Wyatt Fore interview Daniel Vukelich of the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors (AMDR) to unpack the competitive dynamics shaping the medical device reprocessing space.

Topics include:

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On the latest episode of The Hub and Spoke Podcast, Founding and Managing Partner Kellie Lerner and Associate Tyler Ross sit down to discuss Antitrust in Sports with Professor Jodi Balsam, a professor of clinical law at Brooklyn Law School and a nationally recognized expert on sports law.

Topics include the history of the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 and potential reforms; the intersection of antitrust and labor reform in college sports; and the NASCAR settlement and its impact on antitrust in sports.

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In this special edition of SCL’s the Hub and Spoke Podcast, Founding Partner Jeffrey Shinder sits down with two experts in payments and commerce to unpack what AI and Agentic Commerce may spell for the payments industry as a whole.

John Drechny is the CEO of the Merchant Advisory Group and a recognized leader in payments innovation and merchant advocacy. As MAG’s CEO, he leads efforts to ensure merchants’ voices are heard and progress across the evolving payments ecosystem, and has helped shape the direction of merchant payments and championed the interests of retailers worldwide.

Trent Addington is a member of Walmart’s Global Treasury Payments Team and is responsible for US Payment Acceptance across Walmart and Sam’s Club. As part of his role, he works closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure customers have convenient, secure, and accurate payment experiences while shopping at the world’s largest retailer.

For more on this topic, you can read The Hub and Spoke’s latest blog, “Artificial Intelligence, Agentic Commerce, and the Next Frontier in Payments”, at the following link:

Artificial Intelligence, Agentic Commerce, and the Next Frontier in Payments

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California recently passed AB 325, a landmark update to the Cartwright Act—and this week on The Hub and Spoke, we break it all down.

Our guest is Lee Hepner, Senior Legal Counsel at the American Economic Liberties Project, who played a key role in shepherding AB 325 through the California legislature. Lee brings unparalleled insight into why the law was crafted, what problems it aims to solve, and how it could reshape antitrust enforcement in the state.

AB 325 represents an extraordinary development in California antitrust law. If you’re a practitioner enforcing or defending Cartwright Act claims—or a business potentially affected by algorithmic pricing scrutiny—this episode is a must-listen.

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What do the Google Search case, Microsoft’s browser wars, and AI regulation all have in common? More than you might think. In this episode, SCL Partner Wyatt Fore sits down with Gene Burrus — who’s spent two decades on the front lines of digital competition — to unpack how yesterday’s antitrust battles are shaping tomorrow’s tech.

From his time at Microsoft to leading Spotify’s efforts to open up app stores, Gene shares an insider’s view of how landmark cases can spark entire eras of innovation. We also talk about the renewed fight over browsers, what the Google remedies might mean for emerging artificial intelligence, and why antitrust has suddenly become a bipartisan cause again.

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On this episode of SCL’s The Hub and Spoke Podcast, Associates Lindsay Maher and Keagan Potts report live from the 2025 Anti-Monopoly Summit hosted by the American Economic Liberties Project in Washington DC.

Lindsay and Keagan took the opportunity to speak with Minnesota State Representative Emma Greenman and Healthcare Consultant and Author Matt Ohrt, and their conversations covered topics ranging from upholding Minnesota’s ban on non-competes to developing a self-funded employer health plan, all with the goal of aiding workers and consumers in fighting monopoly power on multiple fronts.

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