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#268 Bringing Big Tech to Heel? Compliance Day Under the EU Digital Markets Act

Our Curious Amalgam - April 08, 2024 04:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
The EU Digital Markets Act introduces a radical change to regulation of the digital sector in the EU. But what does it require and what have the designated "gatekeepers" been doing to ensure compliance? Aleksandra Zuchowska, Competition Policy Manager at CCIA in Brussels, appearing in her perso...

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FERC-alicious: US Energy Market Trends & Regulatory Update

Law, Policy & Markets - April 06, 2024 10:00 - 38 minutes
The United States  Federal Energy  Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulates US  energy markets. FERC’s latest annual report on key market trends noted falling average prices for natural gas and electricity despite increased demand for both. New renewable energy and storage facilities are coming on...

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#267 Dial L for Liability? Evolving Restrictions on Telemarketing to Consumers

Our Curious Amalgam - April 01, 2024 04:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
Anyone with a phone number understands how annoying it is to receive unsolicited promotional voice calls and text messages. For that reason, telemarketing and telephone sales practices in the U.S. are regulated by decades-old federal and state consumer protection laws, which permit private right...

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The Best of LPM: Muslim Cemetery Battles for Justice in Virginia – “So Lose Not Heart Nor Despair”

Law, Policy & Markets - March 28, 2024 00:00 - 39 minutes
Originally broadcast: Tuesday, December 14, 2021.    A charity encounters surprising roadblocks to building a new cemetery for low-cost Muslim burials in Stafford County, Virginia. In this episode, host Allan Marks follows the cemetery’s path to justice with the lawyers who handled the civil ri...

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#266 Is It Time To Burst the Bubble? Antitrust Law in the Age of the Polycrisis

Our Curious Amalgam - March 25, 2024 04:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
The antitrust law bubble, particularly in the U.S., has in recent years focussed on the mantra of promoting efficiency above all else. In the age of the global polycrisis and increasing corporate concentration and power in numerous sectors, should this bubble be popped? Dr Cristina Caffarra, lea...

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#265 Can I Avoid Targeted Ads? The EU Rules on Pay or OK

Our Curious Amalgam - March 18, 2024 04:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
Many companies already use or are introducing "pay or OK" models for targeted ads on the Internet. What legal issues does this raise in the EU? Frithjof Michaelsen, Digital Policy Officer at UFC-Que Choisir, the French Federation of Consumer Associations, joins Matthew Reynolds and Matthew Hall ...

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Episode 37: Supreme court briefing

Modern Law - Droit Moderne - March 14, 2024 13:00 - 46 minutes
Nadia Effendi joins us again to review the output of the Supreme Court last year, shares her thoughts regarding Chief Justice Richard Wagner’s recent comments about the high number of judicial vacancies as well as comments about restricting interveners to virtual appearance. We discuss some rece...

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#264 What’s Wrong With Having Lots of Patents? Patent Thickets and Antitrust Law

Our Curious Amalgam - March 11, 2024 05:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
It's often said that patent protection rewards innovation and benefits consumers. But are there competition law issues with having "too many" patents? Kate Swisher, an antitrust litigator at White & Case, joins co-hosts Alicia Downey and Lijun Zhang to discuss the tension between patent law and ...

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Necromancers of the Public Domain: Broadway Racketeers

Engelberg Center Live! - March 08, 2024 19:14 - 1 hour
Theater of the Apes, Library Futures, and the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy bring you this very special Public Domain Day presentation of Necromancers of the Public Domain. Performers skilled in the art of necromancy will transform the book Broadway Racketeers (plucked from the sh...

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#263 What’s the Role of a Magistrate Judge? Conversation With Judge Lindsey Vaala

Our Curious Amalgam - March 04, 2024 05:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
The U.S. federal district courts have magistrate judges who are appointed to assist the district court judges and generally oversee first appearances of criminal defendants, set bail, and conduct other administrative duties. But is the role of a magistrate judge different across districts? In a ...

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What's at Stake for Mergers, Antitrust and CFIUS in the US 2024 Presidential Election

Law, Policy & Markets - February 28, 2024 00:00 - 56 minutes
What impact will the 2024 presidential election have on antitrust policy, federal merger approvals, and foreign investment in the United States? Uncertainty about future federal policy makes investment decisions this year especially challenging.  In this episode, host Allan Marks speaks with Mi...

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#262 What’s Up With U.S. Merger Remedies?

Our Curious Amalgam - February 26, 2024 05:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
The US antitrust agencies' approach to merger remedies has undergone a significant change under the Biden administration. Remedies are increasingly disfavored. In this episode, Dan Ducore, former Assistant Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition Compliance Division, join...

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Episode 36: Dr. Anton Korynevych on the effort to create a Special Tribunal on Crimes of Aggression Against Ukraine.

Modern Law - Droit Moderne - February 22, 2024 14:00 - 51 minutes
As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine hits the two-year mark – 10 years since the invasion of the Crimean Peninsula – the situation is dire. The ground battle had become mostly deadlocked until Ukrainians retreated earlier this month from the town of Avdiivka. Support from Western democraci...

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#261 Can Demanding Price Parity Harm Competition? The MFN Paradox

Our Curious Amalgam - February 19, 2024 05:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
When are MFNs good and when are they bad? A "most favored nation" (MFN) price requirement ensures that a buyer receives the lowest price that a seller is offering to other buyers. Under U.S. antitrust law, such MFNs are typically viewed as a procompetitive outcome of price bargaining between par...

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Episode 35: Justice Minister Arif Virani on criminal law reform, expanding MAiD and the state of our courts

Modern Law - Droit Moderne - February 15, 2024 14:00 - 34 minutes
Our guest today is Arif Virani, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada who has kindly agreed to share with our listeners the status of several pressing issues. We discuss criminal justice reform, the recent pause on the expansion of medical assistance in dying and plans to introd...

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#260 What’s The (Data Protection) Difference? An EU/U.S. Comparison of Personal Data Protection Issues In Merger and Behavioural Investigations

Our Curious Amalgam - February 12, 2024 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
Large amounts of information are collected during merger control and behavioural competition law investigations. What are the personal data protection issues raised? Dan Rupprecht, Director for Europe of iDiscovery Solutions, joins Aaron Yeater and Matthew Hall to discuss the differences between...

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#259 Is Competition in Canada in Decline?

Our Curious Amalgam - February 05, 2024 05:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
In recent years competition agencies in several jurisdictions have undertaken studies to assess the state of competition within their borders. Canada now joins the list. In this episode, co-hosts Alicia Downey and Barry Nigro speak with economist Matthew Osborne about the Canadian Bureau of Comp...

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TLP@10: TLP Alums: Perspectives from Government and NGOs

Engelberg Center Live! - January 29, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour
Brett Max Kaufman (moderator), American Civil Liberties Union Patrick Holvey, U.S. Department of Justice Santana Jackson, Institute of Museum and Library Services Dillon Reisman, American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Charlotte Slaiman, Public Knowledge

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#258 Will the UK CMA Find Out About My Deal? The Operation of the CMA’s Mergers Intelligence Committee in Practice

Our Curious Amalgam - January 29, 2024 05:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
The UK merger control system provides for voluntary filings but that does not mean parties to deals can hide from the regulator, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). But how does the CMA's Mergers Intelligence Committee (MIC) identify deals to ask about and review the informal briefin...

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TLP@10: TLP Alums: Perspectives from the Private Sector

Engelberg Center Live! - January 26, 2024 14:00 - 59 minutes
Jake Karr (moderator), Technology Law and Policy Clinic Ava McAlpin, Lincoln Center for Performing Arts Samanatha Fink Hedrick, FullStory Florina Yezril, Gibson Dunn Ethan Lin, Brown Rudnick

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Episode 34: Amanda Chaboryk and Alex Hawley on how to use AI in a legal practice

Modern Law - Droit Moderne - January 25, 2024 14:00 - 47 minutes
In the field of law, there are several crucial areas where generative AI demonstrates considerable promise – namely in the efficiencies it can create in contract generation, document review, legal research, and predictive analytics. So it’s expected to become an indispensable productivity tool a...

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TLP@10: Current TLP Students: Perspectives from the Classroom

Engelberg Center Live! - January 25, 2024 14:00 - 46 minutes
Melodi Dincer (moderator), Technology Law and Policy Clinic Kiana Boroumand, Technology Law and Policy Clinic Batya Kemper, Technology Law and Policy Clinic Talya Nevins, Technology Law and Policy Clinic Talya Whyte, Technology Law and Policy Clinic

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TLP@10: TLP Alums: Perspectives from Clinical Teaching

Engelberg Center Live! - January 24, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour
Jason Schultz (moderator), New York University School of Law, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy, and Technology Law and Policy Clinic Megan Graham, Samuelson Law Technology & Public Policy Clinic at UC Berkeley School of Law Brett Max Kaufman, American Civil Liberties Union Amanda L...

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Exploring the Anti-Ownership Ebook Economy: Copyright Law and Digital Ownership

Engelberg Center Live! - January 23, 2024 14:00 - 45 minutes
Michael Weinberg (moderator), New York University School of Law and Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy Mehtab Khan, Yale Law School Michelle Wu, Formerly Georgetown University Law Center

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Exploring the Anti-Ownership Ebook Economy: How Libraries Handle Ebooks

Engelberg Center Live! - January 22, 2024 14:00 - 46 minutes
Jennie Rose Halperin (moderator), Library Futures Micah May, Digital Public Library of America Carmi Parker, Whatcom County Library System Kathleen Riegelhaupt, New York Public Library

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#257 Throwing the Book at Orange Book Listings? The FTC’s Views on the Antitrust Implications of Listing Patents in the Orange Book

Our Curious Amalgam - January 22, 2024 05:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
The interplay between patent law and competition law has been a consistent focus for the antitrust agencies over the years, most notably in the pharmaceutical sector between brand and generic drugs. But will the FTC take a new approach to dealing with branded drug company patents listed in the F...

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Exploring the Anti-Ownership Ebook Economy: Publishers Who Sell Ebooks

Engelberg Center Live! - January 19, 2024 14:00 - 47 minutes
Claire Woodcock (moderator), Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy Emily Hamilton, University of Minnesota Press Dennis Johnson, Melville House Claire Kelley, Seven Stories Press

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Energy Storage at Utility Scale: California Goes All-in

Law, Policy & Markets - January 19, 2024 06:00 - 52 minutes
The push for cleaner energy has led to greater reliance on intermittent renewable energy resources, particularly solar and wind energy. To integrate these resources into a more efficient and reliable “smart grid” requires new investment in energy storage.  What are the best ways to provide resou...

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Exploring the Anti-Ownership Ebook Economy: Publisher-Platform Data Relationships

Engelberg Center Live! - January 18, 2024 14:00 - 46 minutes
Talya Cooper (moderator), New York University Libraries Sam Biddle, The Intercept Annalee Hickman Pierson, Brigham Young University Law School Melanie Walsh, Information School at the University of Washington

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Exploring the Anti-Ownership Ebook Economy: Economics of Ebook Publisher/Platform Workflows

Engelberg Center Live! - January 17, 2024 13:59 - 1 hour
Michael Weinberg (moderator), New York University School of Law and Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy Guy LeCharles Gonzalez, Library Pass Michael Tamblyn, Rakuten Kobo

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