#304 Is Per Se Here to Stay? Criminal Antitrust Cases Beyond United States v. Brewbaker
In the U.S., so-called "per se" antitrust crimes require nothing more than proof that the conduct occurred, relieving prosecutors of the difficult job of proving harm to competition. Is the Fourth Cir...
16 Dec 202427min
#303 You're Charging Me How Much? A Discussion of Personalized and Surveillance Pricing
With the greater availability of data and algorithms, firms in today's digital age are increasingly generating prices or price recommendations based on individual consumers' personal characteristics a...
9 Dec 202425min
#302 Are the Critics Wrong? How the Robinson-Patman Act Has Been Misunderstood by Its Detractors
The Robinson-Patman Act (RPA) has a long, controversial history within U.S. antitrust law and economics. In this episode, Mark Poe, an attorney who specializes in RPA litigation, discusses the RPA wit...
2 Dec 202428min
#301 Are Airline Mergers Taking Off? Economic Analyses of the Recent U.S. Passenger Airline Transactions
The U.S. passenger airlines have been active in mergers and acquisitions since last year or so, with the Alaska/Hawaiian acquisition, the failed JetBlue/Spirit merger, and more being proposed. But how...
25 Nov 202438min
#300 What's on the Radar? Legal and Regulatory Analysis of Airline Mergers in the U.S.
The U.S. passenger airlines have seen waves of active mergers and acquisitions including in 2009 through 2013 and again recently since 2023. But who is involved in the legal and regulatory reviews of ...
18 Nov 202442min
#299 Who Is Lesley Fair? A Conversation With a Consumer Protection Law Legend
On the occasion of Lesley Fair's retirement after 37 years in the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission, she returns to Our Curious Amalgam to talk with co-hosts Alicia Downey ...
11 Nov 202434min
#298 What Has Happened to Merger Control in India? The Impact of the September 2024 Changes
Significant changes to the Indian merger control regime came into effect in September 2024. But what has happened? Nisha Kaur Uberoi, partner at JSA law firm in Mumbai, joins Puja Patel and Matthew Ha...
4 Nov 202433min
#297 HSR You Kidding Me? Unpacking the New Requirements for Merging Parties in the U.S.
Over a year after the FTC and DOJ first announced changes to the premerger notification form and associated rules under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, the final rules were released in October 2024. What d...
28 Okt 202431min
