We debate the hits and misses from the first two years of antitrust enforcement under the Biden Administration, and make some predictions about what to expect in the next two years.

With special guests:

Eyitayo St. Matthew-Daniel, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and Lauren Willard, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP

Hosted by:

Anant Raut and Michael Murray

Have judges gone too far and become too reliant on economic experts in antitrust cases? Legendary plaintiffs' attorney Michael Hausfeld joins hosts Anant Raut and Travis Wheeler to talk about whether dueling professional economists either cancel each other out or decide the fate of antitrust cases, and the right way for judges and practitioners to think about their testimony.

With special guest:

Michael Hausfeld, Hausfeld LLP

Hosted by:

Anant Raut and Travis Wheeler

Would-be monopolists have traditionally faced fines and civil remedies; under the Biden Administration's more muscular enforcement of the Sherman Antitrust Act, they could face jail time as well. Law professor Travis Wheeler walks the former acting head of the DOJ Antitrust Division Richard Powers through some of the most famous monopolization cases in US legal history to help us understand where we could see criminal charges under the new regime.

With special guests:

Travis C. Wheeler, Nexsen | Pruet and Richard A. Powers, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Hosted by:

Anant Raut

Dual challenges to the Illumina/GRAIL merger on both sides of the Atlantic underscore the differences between US and European approaches to mergers. A group of experts featuring a veteran of DG Comp and an FTC alum walk us through the procedural and litigation intricacies, what happened on both sides of the pond, and key lessons for practitioners about proposed behavioral fixes to embattled mergers.

With special guests:

Paul Csiszar, Unit Director, DG Comp and Jennifer Milici, Partner, WilmerHale

Hosted by:

Anant Raut and Bill Batchelor

This past February, Amara reported on a panel discussion hosted by the ABA Antitrust Law Section on attorney-economist communications and how to enhance efficiency in the relationship between attorneys and economists. We provide a recap of that programming.

With special guest:

Amara Conteh, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati

Hosted by:

Gabriela Antonie, Cornerstone Research

Summary of a recent panel on ML and antitrust.

With special guest:

Masha Melkonyan

Hosted by:

Gabriela Antonie

This podcast will cover the basics of cryptocurrency, discuss recent regulatory developments in this area, provide an overview of what keeps in-house counsel dealing with cryptocurrency issues up at night and tips on how to navigate the challenging space.

With special guest:

Nguyen Vu, Associate General Counsel – Payments, Bolt

Hosted by:

Annie M. Ugurlayan, Assistant Director, BBB National Programs' National Advertising Division

Tips and tricks for lawyers who are new to presenting expert witnesses at trial and reflections on the importance of eliciting effective expert testimony in antitrust cases.

With special guest:

Eric Hochstadt, Partner, Weil, Gotshal and Manges LLP

Hosted by:

Katherine Kelly Fell, Associate, Milbank LLP, Vice President of Trial Practice Committee of ABA Antitrust Section

Dr. Caminade discusses the basic economics behind two-sided platforms and its implications for antitrust.

With special guest:

Juliette Caminade, Vice President, Analysis Group

Hosted by:

Gabriela Antonie, Manager, Cornerstone Research

On behalf of the ABA Antitrust Section's Privacy Legislation Task Force, Kathleen Benway (Alston & Bird), JeanAnn Tabbaa (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher), and Joshua Wade (McGuireWoods) host a conversation about the possibility of privacy rulemaking at the FTC, and specifically Magnuson-Moss rulemaking. They cover the sources of authority for FTC rulemaking (starting at the two-minute mark), Magnuson-Moss rulemaking generally (at the eight-minute mark), the FTC's recent changes to the Magnuson-Moss rulemaking process (at the 22-minute mark), and the potential substance of a privacy rulemaking (at the 28-minute mark).

Hosted by:

JeanAnn Tabbaa and Joshua Wade