Antitrust Matters

2023 Draft Merger Guidelines: A Conversation with Professor Thomas Greaney

In this episode of Antitrust Matters, James Kovacs and Jean Kim are joined by Professor Thomas Greaney from UC Law San Francisco to discuss the impact of the 2023 Draft Merger Guidelines on healthcare mergers with a focus on cross-market and vertical acquisitions.

Inside the 2023 Draft Merger Guidelines: A Conversation with Michael Kades

 In this episode, Jeff Shinder and Wyatt Fore are joined by Michael Kades, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division at the U.S. Department of Justice.  The three discuss the 2023 Draft Merger Guidelines, and whether they mark a shift in merger enforcement policy moving forward.

Epic v. Apple Ninth Cir. Appeal: Reactions to and Analysis of the Decision

In this episode of Antitrust Matters, Matt Cantor, Ankur Kapoor, and David Golden analyze and react to the April 24, 2023, decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal in the Epic Games v. Apple case.  This episode is a follow-up podcast to Episode 9, Epic v. Apple Ninth Cir. Appeal: Reactions to and Analysis of the Oral Argument.

First, Do No Harm. Does the Business of Hospitals Follow this Creed?

In this episode of Antitrust Matters, Constantine Cannon partner, Matthew L. Cantor, discusses economic and antitrust issues raised by the conduct of certain large hospital systems.  Joining him on the podcast as guests are Duke University Professor of Law, Barak Richman, and CEO of the policy group known as the Catalyst for Payment Reform, Suzanne Delbanco. 

The EU’s and UK’s Differing New Antitrust Regimes

In this episode, our guests, Robin Noble and Helen Ralston-Smith, expert economists with Oxera Consulting discuss with Jeff Shinder and Stephen Critchley the UK’s post-Brexit divergence from EU competition law generally but taking a particularly deep dive into the UK’s and EU’s new vertical agreements rules which both came into force earlier this year.