#336 What Are the Risks of Serial Acquisitions? Empirical Evidence From the Dialysis Industry
There is a growing interest in understanding the economics of serial acquisitions, particularly in the healthcare industries and markets, and whether such corporate strategies lead to changes in price...
28 Jul 202538min
#335 Are You Ready To Respond? Developments in Competition Law Dawn Raids
The "dawn raid" is one of the rare moments of high drama in the work of many competition lawyers. How can you be prepared when that early-morning phone call or text from a client comes? Ashley Latham,...
21 Jul 202534min
#334 What's the Word on Wage-Fixing? Cracking Down on Collusion Among Employers
The U.S. Department of Justice has made it clear that some agreements among competing employers regarding workers' salaries or other terms of compensation--so-called "wage-fixing agreements"--may be s...
14 Jul 202527min
#333 Is Antitrust Fashionable This Season? Antitrust in the Fashion Industry
What happens when antitrust law meets high fashion? In this episode, experienced fashion and luxury industry counsel Andowah Newton, joins Jeny Maier and Puja Patel to unpack recent antitrust cases in...
7 Jul 202538min
#332 What Is the Role of Behavioural Economics in Consumer Protection Enforcement? The UK's New DMCC Act Regime
The UK's consumer protection regime changed early in 2025. How will behavioural economics be used by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in applying the rules? Stefan Hunt, partner at Keyst...
30 Jun 202538min
#331 Wait, We Have to Tell Who? What You Need to Know About State Premerger Notifications
State legislatures around United States have passed or are on track to pass legislation that requires parties to submit notice to the state attorney general or other state authority when certain trans...
23 Jun 202529min
#330 What's Happening in Paraguay and Costa Rica? Catching Up With International Enforcers at the 2025 Spring Meeting
While on site at the 2025 Spring Meeting of the ABA Antitrust Law Section, the Our Curious Amalgam team recorded interviews with senior competition agency enforcers from all over the world, including ...
16 Jun 202524min
#329 What's Happening in Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Japan? Catching Up With International Enforcers at the 2025 Spring Meeting
While on site at the 2025 Spring Meeting of the ABA Antitrust Law Section, the Our Curious Amalgam team recorded interviews with senior competition agency enforcers from all over the world. In the fir...
9 Jun 202554min
