Latest Cartel Podcast Episodes
#272 What’s Happening in the EU? A Conversation With DG COMP Director-General Olivier Guersent at the 2024 Spring Meeting
Our Curious Amalgam - May 06, 2024 04:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsThe 2024 Spring Meeting of the ABA Antitrust Law Section offered the Our Curious Amalgam team a chance to speak with competition law enforcers from around the world. In this episode, host Matthew Hall asks Olivier Guersent, Director-General of the Directorate-General for Competition of the Europ...
#271 What Does the UN Do For Consumers? UNCTAD’s Role in Promoting Competition and Consumer Protection
Our Curious Amalgam - April 29, 2024 04:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsThe UN General Assembly has entrusted UNCTAD (now rebranded as UN Trade and Development) to be the focal point within the UN on competition and consumer protection issues. How does UN Trade and Development implement this role? Teresa Moreira, Head of the Competition and Consumer Policies Branch ...
#270 Want To Be an Antitrust Scholar? Meet the ABA’s International Scholar-in-Residence
Our Curious Amalgam - April 22, 2024 04:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsMany practitioners wonder what it would be like to be an academic, diving deeply into the leading international legal and policy issues at the forefront of antitrust and competition law. But what does an academic researcher do all day? Natalia Moreno Belloso, one of the ABA Antitrust Law Section...
Capitol One/Discover: A Competition Policy and Regulatory Deep Dive
Second Request - April 15, 2024 15:06 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsHear senior policy analyst at Economic Liberties Shahid Naeem discuss his findings from a recent report on the proposed Capital One/Discover merger, which, if approved, would create the U.S.’s sixth-largest bank and No. 1 credit card issuer. Shahid evaluates the strength of Capital One’...
Capital One/Discover: A Competition Policy and Regulatory Deep Dive
Second Request - April 15, 2024 15:06 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsHear senior policy analyst at Economic Liberties Shahid Naeem discuss his findings from a recent report on the proposed Capital One/Discover merger, which, if approved, would create the U.S.’s sixth-largest bank and No. 1 credit card issuer. Shahid evaluates the strength of Capital One’...
Antitrust Enforcement - Past, Present, & Future with Bill Baer
Second Request - April 15, 2024 15:06 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsOn the latest episode of The Capitol Forum’s Second Request podcast, Executive Editor Teddy Downey speaks with one of the world’s best known and most respected antitrust/competition enforcers, Bill Baer. As the only person to have led antitrust enforcement at both U.S. antitrust agencie...
Exploring Shifts in the Global Antitrust Landscape with Cristina Caffarra
Second Request - April 15, 2024 15:05 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsOn this episode of Second Request, renowned antitrust expert Cristina Caffarra talks to Executive Editor of The Capitol Forum, Teddy Downey, about how the major shift underway in US antitrust is propagating across the globe. Listen to the podcast to learn what implications the shift has...
#269 What’s New in Antitrust and Tech? Unpacking United States v. Apple
Our Curious Amalgam - April 15, 2024 04:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsOn March 21, 2024, the United States Department of Justice and sixteen Attorneys General sued Apple, alleging that “Apple undermines apps, products, and services that would otherwise make users less reliant on the iPhone, promote interoperability, and lower costs for consumers and developers.” I...
#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 ratingsThe 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...
#267 Dial L for Liability? Evolving Restrictions on Telemarketing to Consumers
Our Curious Amalgam - April 01, 2024 04:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsAnyone 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...
#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 ratingsThe 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...
John Newman on Antitrust, AI and Current FTC Cases
Second Request - March 20, 2024 15:30 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsOn this episode of Second Request, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey speaks with former FTC deputy director and DOJ trial attorney, John Newman, about the current antitrust landscape in the US. Currently a Professor of Law at Miami University, John is an expert on antitrust and competiti...
2024 Presidential Election Outlook with Michael Podhorzer
Second Request - March 20, 2024 15:26 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsExperienced election analyst Michael Podhorzer talks to Executive Editor of The Capitol Forum, Teddy Downey, about the 2024 presidential election. Listen to the podcast to learn more about what polling and historical voting patterns can and can’t tell us about prospective outcomes. They...
How Hackers Dox Doctors to Order Mountains of Oxy and Adderall
Second Request - March 20, 2024 15:23 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings404 Media co-founder and journalist Joseph Cox discusses his latest investigation into how hackers and fraudsters are illegally accessing sensitive drug ordering tools and then advertising some of the most tightly controlled drugs in the country, including fentanyl. Communicating direct...
#265 Can I Avoid Targeted Ads? The EU Rules on Pay or OK
Our Curious Amalgam - March 18, 2024 04:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsMany 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 ...
#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 ratingsIt'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 ...
#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 ratingsThe 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 ...
#262 What’s Up With U.S. Merger Remedies?
Our Curious Amalgam - February 26, 2024 05:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsThe 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...
#261 Can Demanding Price Parity Harm Competition? The MFN Paradox
Our Curious Amalgam - February 19, 2024 05:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsWhen 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...
#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 ratingsLarge 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...
#259 Is Competition in Canada in Decline?
Our Curious Amalgam - February 05, 2024 05:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsIn 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...
#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 ratingsThe 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...
White House Competition Priorities: A Conversation with Bharat Ramamurti
Second Request - January 23, 2024 21:02 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsOn this episode of Second Request, Executive Editor of The Capitol Forum, Teddy Downey, speaks to former Deputy Director for the National Economic Council Bharat Ramamurti about the White House’s approach to improving competition across all sectors of the economy. During his time on the...
#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 ratingsThe 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...
#256 Is Crypto a Giant Pump-and-Dump Scheme? The Art of Selling Nothing for Something
Our Curious Amalgam - January 15, 2024 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsThe hype around cryptocurrency is at an all-time high, as the industry makes a major push to go mainstream. But is it all a giant pump-and-dump scheme? Software engineer and celebrated crypto critic Molly White and the SEC's Associate Director of Enforcement Carolyn Welshhans join Anant Raut and...
#255 Can Self-Preferencing Algorithms Be Procompetitive? A Review of the Economic Literature
Our Curious Amalgam - January 08, 2024 05:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsSelf-preferencing by digital platforms has become ubiquitous in today's antitrust discourse. But has enough focus been put on economic analysis to understand the procompetitive benefits of self-preferencing conduct? Emilie Feyler and Dr. Veronica Postal, Senior Consultants at NERA Economic Consu...
#254 How Did Antitrust Law Help Defeat the Ku Klux Klan? The Vietnamese Fisherman's Association Case
Our Curious Amalgam - January 01, 2024 05:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsIn the early 1980s, a group of Vietnamese fisherman on the gulf coast of Texas teamed up with the Southern Poverty Law Center to mount a heroic legal challenge to the Ku Klux Klan. How did antitrust law play a role in this important civil rights case? Charles Moore joins co-hosts Derek Jackson a...
#253 Ready, Player One? Antitrust and Online Gaming
Our Curious Amalgam - December 25, 2023 05:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsThe online gaming industry has been the subject of legal challenges in the antitrust and consumer protection arenas. So Player One, are you ready to hear about the legal issues to consider in this rapidly advancing sector? Josh Grant, video gaming expert with more than two decades of experience ...
A Discussion with Clean Virginia’s Brennan Gilmore
Second Request - December 21, 2023 09:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsOn this episode of Second Request, executive director of Clean Virginia, Brennan Gilmore, discusses the biggest successes and challenges Clean Virginia has experienced working to advance clean government and clean energy. Listen to the podcast to learn about the history of Virginia’s mo...
#252 Has A New Ecosystem Been Discovered? The European Commission Blocks Booking’s Proposed Acquisition of eTraveli
Our Curious Amalgam - December 18, 2023 05:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsThe European Commission's recent decision to block Booking’s proposed acquisition of eTraveli is unprecedented and even controversial to some. How should we understand the EC's concerns? Eliana Garces, Senior Advisor with Analysis Group, joins Matthew Hall and Jaclyn Phillips to discuss the EC's...