Trust and Trade

In January 2021, the DOJ Antitrust Division reorganized its sections to consolidate antitrust enforcement and competition policy for the financial, banking, real estate, and publishing industries in a new section, led by Owen Kendler. In this episode of Trust and Trade, Freshfields partner Jenn Mellott interviews Owen to get his thoughts on the section’s biggest accomplishments in its first year, his career at the Antitrust Division, and his advice for young antitrust lawyers.

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Jenn Mellott, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Māvən: one who is deeply experienced or knowledgeable—an expert. In this podcast series, you will get to know trailblazing women privacy lawyers, while also learning about hot topics in data privacy law. This episode features Mary Ellen Callahan, Assistant General Counsel for Privacy at The Walt Disney Company. Mary Ellen shares her insights on in-house practice during the COVID-19 pandemic and discusses her path to becoming a foremost privacy expert, including her experience at the Department of Homeland Security. Brought to you by the ABA Antitrust Section’s Privacy and Information Security Committee and Women.Connected.

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Erika Douglas, Temple University, Beasley School of Law

Megan Browdie, partner at Cooley, discusses a recent fundamental program where Dr. Stephen Bronars, Partner at Edgeworth Economics, discussed the intersection of antitrust and labor and employment issues that are important to anti-poaching cases, including the core economic principles and empirical evidence that arise in these matters. Megan summarizes the main points of the program, and discusses recent legal developments, as well as what we can expect going forward.

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Gabriela Antonie and Nathan Blalock

A panel of distinguished speakers—FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips, President of the American Antitrust Institute Diana Moss, and Koren Wong-Ervin—discussed (1) the merits of calls for reform, including the views raised in Wong-Ervin’s forthcoming article, Acquisitions of Potential Competitors: The U.S. Approach and Calls for Reform, and (2) the types of economic analyses and evidence that may be most probative for evaluating the impact of these transactions. Joshua Hazan (Simpson Thacher) summarizes the main findings and discuss recent developments.

Hosted by:

Gabriela Antonie and Nathan Blalock

The Fourth Circuit recently unwound a consummated merger transaction that was otherwise “cleared” by the DOJ, calling it a “poster child for divestment.” Is this an anomaly, or a harbinger of things to come? Jack and Carter suggest an answer, building on the data-driven analysis of past cases in their Antitrust Magazine article on this timely topic.

An interview with Rich Cunningham, partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, regarding his new article, A Watershed Moment? - What Comes Next for the FTC in the Wake of AMG. Rich will discuss the impact of the AMG decision on FTC enforcement and related legislation.

Hosted by:

Chris Wilson, Of Counsel - Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP

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