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...

Andrea Rivers walks us through a publicly available tool developed by Prof Luke Froeb to teach non-economists about regression analysis. Hosted by: Gabriela Antonie, Cornerstone Research

Two seasonal antitrust trial lawyers, Barbara Hart and Debra Brookes, share their insights into how minority women thrive as antitrust trial lawyers in the private and public sectors. They address the unique issues that minority women face when practicing antitrust law, advise on how to succeed while handling these issues, and suggest how minority women promote their presence in the world of antitrust litigation. Hosted by: Yi-Hsin Wu, Judicial Law Clerk, New Jersey Superior Court

A former antitrust prosecutor will share insights on how to use trial exhibits effectively. Most antitrust trials involve hundreds or even thousands of exhibits—often admitted under the business records exception to the hearsay rule—and liberal use of summary exhibits. The speaker will share helpful tips for identifying high-impact exhibits, laying the foundation for their admissibility, and using them persuasively before a lay judge or jury. Hosted by: Pete Schwingler

A table talk with Haijing Hu, Director, Regulatory and Implementation Staff, Office of Dietary Supplement Program, regarding emerging FDA priorities that should be top of mind for anyone engaged in the marketing and promotion of dietary supplements. The talk will cover a range of topics including enforcement trends and collaboration with the FTC.  Hosted by: Raqiyyah Pippins, Partner, Arnold & Porter 

In this episode of the Section of Antitrust Law's Trust and Trade podcast, Alexandre Cordeiro discusses his agenda as President of Brazil's antitrust enforcer CADE, reviews recent agency activity, and shares a Brazilian perspective on the ongoing relevance of the consumer welfare standard. Hosted by: Hartmut Schneider, Section of Antitrust Law, International Officer 

The State Enforcement Committee is proud to present the latest installment in our State Enforcer You Need to Know series, which aims to introduce state antitrust and consumer protection enforcers and the work that they do to the ABA. This episode features Elinor Hoffmann, the Chief of the Antitrust Bureau at the Office of the New York Attorney General. Previous episodes in this series can be found here. Hosted by: Kelsey Paine, Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust Division of the...

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.  Hosted by: ...

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...

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. Hosted by: Gabriela...

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)...

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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