Daniel Hanley, Senior Legal Analyst at the Open Markets Institute, discusses his recent paper “Illuminating the Anti-Coercion Foundations of Refusals to Deal” and its...

Antitrust attorney Basel Musharbash and Farm Action’s Sarah Carden discuss a groundbreaking report on corporate control in American agriculture. Commissioned by Farm Action and written by Basel,...

Co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and director of the Energy Democracy Initiative, John Farrell, discusses his recent report on the 100-year-old business model granting private...

Hear the editors of the new book Antitrust Economics at a Time of Upheaval: Recent Competition Policy Cases on Two Continents discuss the recent resurgence and transformation in competition policy...

On this episode of Second Request, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey speaks with CEO of REX, Jack Ryan, and RealClearMarkets Editor John Tamny about the recent settlement involving the National...

CEO of Digital Content Next, Jason Kint, offers his analysis of the recently concluded Google trial proceedings. As one of the foremost authorities on digital media and tech policy, Jason offers...

Listen in as Capitol Forum Executive Editor Teddy Downey interviews the authors of a recent paper entitled “The Re-Monopolization of the U.S. Sports Trading Card Industry.” Authors Marc Edelman,...

On 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,...

Hear 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...

On 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...

404 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...

On 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 present antitrust landscape in the US....

Experienced 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...

Former Deputy Director for the National Economic Council Bharat Ramamurti discusses the White House’s approach to improving competition across all sectors of the economy. During his time on the...

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...

Dr. Michael J. Birrer, an expert in oncology, discusses the complexities of generic oncology drug shortages, exploring the root causes and potential solutions to this recurring problem. Dr. Birrer...

Kevin Erickson, director of the Future of Music Coalition, discusses the DOJ and State AGs’ monopolization investigations into Live Nation and how anticompetitive conduct in the industry hurts...

Jack Ryan, cofounder and CEO of the real estate brokerage REX, and Darren McCarty, lead lawyer in the current antitrust litigation for REX, discuss the recent litigation against the National...

Legal expert Seth Bloom delves into the Google antitrust trial, amidst the current legal landscape, tech trends, and evolving regulatory environment. Analyzing the trial’s dynamics, he and host...

On the latest episode of Second Request, Associate Professor of Law Matthew Wansley and Professor of Law Samuel Weinstein of Cardozo School of Law discuss their recent article entitled “Venture...

On this episode of Second Request, Teddy Downey and the FTC’s Shaoul Sussman discuss the new draft merger guidelines from the FTC and DOJ. Shaoul describes some of the market dynamics, economic...

On July 20, Capitol Forum Executive Editor Teddy Downey spoke with Diana Moss, President of the American Antitrust Institute (AAI), about what a LiveNation-Ticketmaster monopoly breakup could look...

In the latest episode of Second Request, Teddy interviews Bob Lande on the impact of textualism on merger analysis. Bob Lande is Venable Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Baltimore...

In our latest podcast episode, hear from special guest Rob Bonta, the 34th Attorney General of the State of California. In his interview with Teddy Downey and Jeff Bliss, Bonta discusses his...

Stacy Mitchell is Co-Executive Director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, a research and advocacy organization that challenges concentrated corporate power and works to build thriving,...

Alvaro Bedoya was sworn in May 16, 2022 as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission. President Joe Biden named Bedoya to a term that expires on Sept. 25, 2026. Bedoya was the founding director...

This week on Second Request, our host Teddy Downey is joined by Luke Slindee, Senior Pharmacy consultant at Myers and Stauffer LC. In this role, Luke helps facilitate the data collection, data...

This week on Second Request, the Hatch-Waxman Act of 1984 laid out a pathway for generic drugs to come to market as patent protections for brand name drugs expire. But brand-name producers have found...

Tommaso Valletti is Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School and also the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (on leave). He was formerly the Chief Competition Economist of...

With the FTC already investigating the liquor distribution market as well as Big Soda as it tries to enter the beer market, and with the Department of Treasury’s TTB undertaking a rulemaking to...

46brooklyn is a group of pharmacy experts who set out to educate others about what they had learned about the frustrating complexity of the U.S. drug pricing system. As 46brooklyn dug into the...

On February 2nd, Propublica and The Capitol Forum co-published a blockbuster article: “UnitedHealthcare Tried to Deny Coverage to a Chronically Ill Patient. He Fought Back, Exposing the...

The FTC recently proposed to ban noncompete agreements, and one of the most persistent advocates for this rule is Sandeep Vaheesan, legal director at the Open Markets Institute. Vaheesan leads Open...

The FTC recently issued a proposed rule to ban noncompete clauses, which the agency estimates could increase workers’ earnings by nearly $300 billion per year. Elizabeth Wilkins is the FTC’s...

“In Chokepoint Capitalism, scholar Rebecca Giblin and writer and activist Cory Doctorow argue we’re in a new era of “chokepoint capitalism,” with exploitative businesses creating...

Lina M. Khan was sworn in as Chair of the Federal Trade Commission on June 15, 2021.  Prior to becoming head of the FTC, Khan was an Associate Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. She also...

Xbox CEO Phil Spencer discusses competition in the video game...

Steven Salop is a Professor of Economics and Law (Emeritus) at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC, where he teaches antitrust law and economics. His research and consulting...

Heather Vogell is a ProPublica journalist currently investigating the  rental housing market. Her recent article, “Rent Going Up? One Company’s Algorithm Could Be Why,” has resonated with...

Neeva is an ads-free search engine that Sridhar co-founded after overseeing advertising at Google.  We discuss big tech, competition policy, and how his views on data have shifted since creating...

Daniel Sherwood, Energy Team Editor at the Capitol Forum, and his colleague Sharon Kelly discuss their investigation into the Natural Gas Liquids market, where they found indications that dominant...

Lisa Epstein and Vikas Kumar from the Capitol Forum’s corporate investigations team discuss their reporting on the aggressive marketing tactics and sales strategies of Signify Health on the eve of...

Dr. Caffarra is a world-renowned competition economist with over two decades of experience. She’s served as a top advisor and expert before the European Commission and has provided guidance to...

Gilad Edelman is a senior writer for WIRED, covering the intersection of tech, politics, and law. Before that, he was executive editor of the Washington Monthly. He has a degree from Yale Law School....

Niko Lusiani is the co-author of the Roosevelt Institute’s recently published paper, “Prices, Profits, and Power: An Analysis of 2021 Firm-Level Markups. How to understand and respond to...

U.S. Representative Buddy Carter is a pharmacist by trade and a lifelong resident of the First District of Georgia, which he represents. He recently wrote a letter to the FTC calling for an...

Moe Tkacik is a Senior Fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project.  She’s a former journalist who has worked for the Wall Street Journal and Time, and she discusses the supply chain crisis...

Maurice Stucke is the Douglas A. Blaze Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee and recently wrote Breaking Away: How to Regain Control Over Our Data, Privacy, and Autonomy....

His recent report, “To Stem the Tide of Rural Decline, Stop the Bank Merger Wave,” is making its own waves in the antitrust community as regulators look to revamp the banking merger guidelines....

Josh Kosman has been covering the financial industry for twenty-five years. He is a reporter for the New York Post, a former editor at Mergermarket.com and a former senior writer for The Deal and...

Baron Public Affairs recently issued a report naming the top 10 antitrust super influencers, and they share their findings in this episode. Baron Public Affairs is a unique firm that “combines...

Shahid Naeem is a policy analyst at the American Economic Liberties Project and the author of a memo calling for the Department of Justice and Department of Transportation to block the merger between...

Tahir Amin is an attorney with more than 25 years of experience in intellectual property law and the co-founder of I-Mak, which seeks to build a more just and equitable medicine system for all via...

Jason Kint is CEO of Digital Content Next, the only trade association to exclusively serve the unique and diverse needs of high-quality digital content companies that manage trusted, direct...

Ted Tatos is Managing Director of EconOne and co-author of the recent report, “Protecting the U.S. Postal Service from Amazon’s Anticompetitive Assault.” In the conversation, we get into a lot...

Matthew Jinoo Buck is a fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project and a first-year student at Yale Law School. His article in the American Prospect, “How America’s Supply Chains Got...

Jeff Horwitz is a Wall Street Journal technology reporter who covers Facebook. He is the lead reporter on the groundbreaking series of articles titled The Facebook Files. The conversation covers...

Evan Starr, Associate Professor of Management & Organization at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, discusses the likely economic benefits of the FTC banning...

Matt Stoller, Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project, discusses the debate around monopoly and inflation. Matt also shares his predictions for the antimonopoly movement in...

Luke Herrine, author of “The Folklore of Unfairness.” Herrine’s article, published recently in the New York University Law Review, argues that conventional wisdom – which holds that the FTC...

Stacy Mitchell is co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and directs its Independent Business Initiative, which produces research and designs policy to counter concentrated corporate...

Jeff Hauser is the founder and director of the Revolving Door Project, which is an influential organization that scrutinizes executive branch appointees to ensure they serve the public interest...

Brendan Ballou is a trial attorney at DOJ’s antitrust division and author of “The ‘No Collusion’ Rule,” published earlier this year in the Stanford Law & Policy Review. In that...

Barry Lynn has literally written the book on two of the hottest economic and policy topics right now—monopolies and supply chain fragility. His book on monopoly is called Cornered: The New Monopoly...

The Honorable Bill Kovacic gives his outlook for antitrust enforcement in the Biden administration and distinguishes between antitrust Transformationalists and Traditionalists and their struggle for...

Teddy talks with Claire Kelloway, a senior reporter with the Open Markets Institute. She’s also the primary writer for Food & Power, a website providing original reporting and resources on...

Teddy chats with Seth Bloom, founder of Bloom Strategic Counsel and former General Counsel of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, to get his thoughts on which antitrust bills can pass Congress and get...

Teddy chats with Ron Knox, senior researcher and writer at The Institute for Local Self-Reliance, about his recent article in Wired Magazine, “Big Music Needs to Be Broken Up to Save the...

Teddy chats with Bill Baer about antitrust being at an inflection point, the consumer welfare test as “not even a useful construct anymore,” antitrust rule-making as a new tool in the enforcer...

Second Request provides in-depth discussions with antitrust...

On December 5, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Mark Wetjen, Partner at Dentons in their Federal Regulatory and Compliance Practice, to discuss the impact of likely Crypto legislation in...

On November 21, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Tim Cowen to discuss the outlook for the Google adtech cases in the U.S., EU and the UK following the Presidential Elections and change...

On October 31, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Daniel Hanley, Senior Legal Analyst at the Open Markets Institute, to discuss his recent paper “Illuminating the Anti-Coercion...

On October 30, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Brian Ray and Joseph Turow to discuss Zeta Global and data collection practices in the adtech industry. The full transcript, which has...

On October 24, The Capitol Forum’s Sara Sirota hosted a conference call with Eva Gunasekera and Renée Brooker, partners at Tycko & Zavareei, to discuss the latest legal trends in healthcare...

On September 26, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with antitrust attorney Basel Musharbash and Farm Action Research and Policy Development Director Sarah Carden to discuss a new report that...

On June 13, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey spoke with John Farrell, co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and director of the Energy Democracy Initiative, about his recent report...

On May 13, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey spoke with CEO of REX, Jack Ryan, and RealClearMarkets Editor John Tamny about the recent settlement involving the National Association of Realtors (NAR)...

On May 10, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Jason Kint, CEO of Digital Content Next, to discuss the implications and potential outcomes of the recently concluded Google trial...

On April 30, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey spoke with Marc Edelman, Nathaniel Grow and John Holden about their recent article “The Re-Monopolization of the U.S. Sports Trading Card...

On August 3, The Capitol Forum hosted one of the world’s best known and most respected antitrust/competition enforcers, Bill Baer, for a discussion on “Antitrust Enforcement—Past, Present and...

On March 28, The Capitol Forum’s Sara Sirota and Teddy Downey hosted a conference call with Shahid Naeem, senior policy analyst at American Economic Liberties Project, to discuss his recent report...

On March 19, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey spoke with antitrust expert Cristina Caffarra about how the major shift underway in US antitrust is propagating across the globe, and the implications...

On March 15, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey had a conversation with Joseph Cox, one of the founders of 404 Media, on his latest investigation into how hackers and fraudsters are gaining access to...

Transcript of Conference Call with John Newman on Antitrust, AI and Current FTC Cases On March 12, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey spoke with antitrust and competition law expert John Newman about...

On March 7, The Capitol Forum hosted Michael Podhorzer, the former political director at the AFL-CIO and current Board Chair for the Analyst Institute, for a conversation about the upcoming...

On January 9, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Bharat Ramamurti to discuss likely competition policy priorities for the White House in 2024. The full transcript, which has been...

On November 16, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Kevin Erickson, director of Future of Music Coalition, to discuss the DOJ and State AGs’ monopolization investigations into Live Nation...

On November 21, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Brennan Gilmore, executive director of Clean Virginia, to discuss the biggest successes and challenges Clean Virginia has experienced...

On November 8 The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with President and Founder of Bloom Strategic Counsel, PLLC, Seth Bloom, for a conversation about the historic antitrust trial U.S. v....

On November 9, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Dr. Michael Birrer, MD, PhD, to discuss potential solutions to drug shortages and lack of competition in the pharmaceutical...

On November 7, The Capitol Forum spoke with Jack Ryan, cofounder and CEO of the real estate brokerage REX, and Darren McCarty, lead lawyer in the current antitrust litigation for REX, to discuss...

On October 3, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with éclat Law founder and managing partner Kevin Ross-Andino for a conversation on the allegations raised against LifeStance Health by his...

On October 5, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with IPVM’s Government Director Conor Healy to discuss IPVM’s reports that raise questions about the effectiveness of Evolv’s weapons...

On September 12, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Associate Professor of Law Matthew Wansley and Professor of Law Samuel Weinstein of Cardoza School of Law for a conversation about...

On September 15, The Capitol Forum provided an Upstream tutorial on how to track asset retirement obligations leveraging recently obtained and curated oil and gas production and ownership data from...

Transcript of Energy Conference Call on Vistra/Energy Harbor Increased Scrutiny, EQT/Quantum Consent Orders, and Lofty Drilling Plans for Small Upstart On August 25, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy...

On August 16, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Anya Litvak, energy reporter at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, to discuss her work on the energy industry in Appalachia. The full transcript,...

On July 28, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey, Sharon Kelly, Julia Arbutus, and Daniel Sherwood discussed the most pertinent issues impacting energy markets and policy. The full transcript, which...

On July 26, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey held a conference call with Shaoul Sussman, the FTC’s Bureau of Competition Associate Director for Litigation, to discuss the release of the new draft...

On July 20, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey talked with Diana Moss, President of the American Antitrust Institute, about what DOJ enforcement action against entertainment company Live Nation might...

On July 14, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey, Sharon Kelly, and Daniel Sherwood discussed the most pertinent issues impacting energy markets and policy. The full transcript, which has been modified...

On June 29, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey held a conference call with Robert Lande to discuss his recent article for the Utah Law Review, in which Lande discusses the use and rise of textualism...

On June 19, The Capitol Forum’s Jeff Bliss and Teddy Downey interviewed California Attorney General Rob Bonta. The full transcript, which has been modified slightly for accuracy, can be found...

On June 28, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey, Sharon Kelly, Julia Arbutus, and Daniel Sherwood held a conference call to discuss the most pertinent issues impacting energy markets and policy,...

On June 15, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey held a conference call with Stacy Mitchell, Co-Executive Director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, to discuss how big retailers leverage their...

On June 16, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey, Daniel Sherwood, Julia Arbutus and Sharon Kelly held a conference call to discuss the most pertinent issues impacting energy markets and policy. The...

On June 7, The Capitol Forum interviewed Alvaro Bedoya, a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission. The full transcript, which has been modified slightly for accuracy, can be found below. TEDDY...

On June 2, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey and Daniel Sherwood held a conference call to discuss the most pertinent issues impacting energy markets and policy. The full transcript, which has...

On June 1, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Stanley Dub, a lawyer who specializes in franchise law and who has extensive experience representing franchisees, to discuss our reporting...

On May 25, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Luke Slindee, Senior Pharmacy Consultant at Myers and Stauffer LC, to discuss alleged anticompetitive conduct by the big three drug...

On May 19, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Tommaso Valletti, currently Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School and formerly the Chief Competition Economist of the...

On May 19, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey, Daniel Sherwood and Sharon Kelly held a conference call to discuss the most pertinent issues impacting energy markets and policy. The full transcript,...

On May 12, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey and Daniel Sherwood held a conference call to discuss the most pertinent issues impacting energy markets and policy. The full transcript, which has...

On May 5, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Michelle Leder, SEC filing expert and founder of footnoted*, to discuss risks facing regional banks and their SEC disclosures. The full...

On May 5, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey, Daniel Sherwood, Sharon Kelly and Julia Arbutus held a conference call to discuss the most pertinent issues impacting energy markets and policy. The full...

Transcript of Exclusive Talk with Brendan Ballou, Author of Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America On May 5, The Capitol Forum hosted an exclusive talk with Brendan Ballou to discuss his...

On April 28, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey, Daniel Sherwood and Sharon Kelly held a conference call to discuss the most pertinent issues impacting energy markets and policy. The full transcript,...

On April 21, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Harry Schuhmacher, editor and publisher of Beer Business Daily and Wine & Spirits Daily, to discuss antitrust issues in alcohol markets...

On March 31, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey, Daniel Sherwood and Sharon Kelly held a conference call to discuss the most pertinent issues impacting energy markets and policy. The full transcript,...

On March 24, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey, Daniel Sherwood and Julia Arbutus discussed the most pertinent issues in energy markets and policy last week. The full transcript, which has been...

On March 21, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Dr. Rick Gilfillan to discuss CMS’s proposed changes to the risk adjustment system and what medical diagnosis are likely to be...

On March 16, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Antonio Ciaccia, CEO and Cofounder of 46brooklyn and Ben Link, President and Treasurer of 46brooklyn’s Board of Directors about spotting...

On March 14, The Capitol Forum hosted a virtual conference with national security experts Antonia Tzinova, Stephen Whitfield, Stephan Müller and Gerrit Oosterhuis, to discuss the emerging trend...

On March 10, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey and Daniel Sherwood held a conference call to discuss the most pertinent issues impacting energy markets and policy. The full transcript, which has...

On February 23, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with researchers Robert Tyler Braun, of Weill Cornell Medical College, and David G. Stevenson, of Vanderbilt University, to discuss their...

On February 10, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey and Daniel Sherwood sat down to discuss the most pertinent issues impacting energy markets and policy last week. The full transcript, which has been...

On February 2, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call to discuss problems in the FDA’s review process with Madris Kinard, founder and CEO of the company Device Events. The full transcript,...

On January 27, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Sandeep Vaheesan of Open Markets Institute to provide history and context to how the FTC’s proposal to ban non-compete agreements came...

On January 11, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Elizabeth Wilkins, the FTC’s director of the Office of Policy Planning and lead staff on the proposed rule to ban...

On December 9th, The Capitol Forum interviewed Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission, on the FTC’s Section 5 authority. The full transcript, which has been modified slightly for...

On November 9, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Professor Steven Salop to get his views on where we are on “litigating the fix” and how he thinks courts should view the issue. The...

On October 7, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Neeva CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy, to talk about Big Tech, competition, and how his views on data have shifted in creating Neeva. The full...

On September 9, Teddy Downey, Lisa Epstein and Vikas Kumar discussed The Capitol Forum’s in-depth reporting on Signify Health in the context of its pending merger with CVS. The full transcript,...

On July 28, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Dr. Cristina Caffarra to discuss the current state of antitrust regulation and enforcement in Europe and her concerns about the influence...

On June 9, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Moe Tkacik to discuss what really caused the baby formula shortage, Abbott Laboratories’ parallels to Boeing, and potential policy...

On May 5, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Patrick Rucker to discuss our recent article on TD Bank, and Basel Musharbash, rural and community development lawyer and founder of Basel...

On April 21, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Josh Kosman, author of “The Buyout of America: How Private Equity is Destroying Jobs and Killing the American Economy,” for a...

On March 14, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Dr. Julie Eggington, Co-Founder and CEO of the Center for Genomic Interpretation, to discuss how the genetic testing industry benefits...

On March 4, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with our corporate investigations team to discuss their recent article, “Multiplan’s ‘Independent’ Prices Can Be Set by Insurers,...

On January 26, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Evan Starr, Assistant Professor of Management and Organization at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland,...

On January 12, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Dr. Rick Gilfillan, who served as the Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation from 2010 to 2013, to discuss a...

On January 13, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Matt Stoller, Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project, to discuss his recent writing on Inflation and Antitrust....

On January 5, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Ted Boettner, Senior Researcher at the Ohio River Valley Institute (ORVI) and author of ORVI’s most recent report, “Stayin’ Alive:...

On December 16, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Luke Herrine to discuss his article “The Folklore of Unfairness,” published recently in the New York University Law Review, which...

On December 9, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Stacy Mitchell, co-founder of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, to discuss the ILSR’s recent “Amazon Toll Road” report. The...

On December 2, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Jeff Hauser, founder and director of Revolving Door Project, to discuss their new “Corporate Crackdown” project. The full...

On November 17, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Dechert antitrust partners Mike Cowie and Rani Habash to discuss the Boiling Points Collection and Counseling Program that Dechert...

On October 27, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Brendan Ballou, trial attorney at DOJ’s antitrust division and author of “The ‘No Collusion’ Rule,” to discuss the...

On October 19, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Barry Lynn, Executive Director of the Open Markets Institute, to discuss the Biden administration’s approach to antitrust enforcement...

On September 30, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Brad Williams of Spitfire Energy Advisors to discuss the state of play for the North American LNG export market and a status update on...

On September 2, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Professors John Kwoka and Professor Spencer Weber Waller to discuss current U.S. merger remedy policy and their proposals to reform it,...

On July 7, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call Seth Bloom, President and Founder of Bloom Strategic Counsel, to discuss the legislative prospects for bills to crack down on Big Tech, shift the...

On May 27, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Shaoul Sussman, legal fellow at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and associate at Pearl Cohen, to discuss the antitrust landscape for...

On May 18, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with AAI President Diana Moss to discuss AAI’s letter to DOJ antitrust division head Richard Powers expressing concern that UnitedHealth...

Our panel on healthcare middlemen was part of our December 2024 Health Care Competition Conference in Washington,...

This panel on drug prices comes from our 2024 Health Care Competition Conference in Washington, D.C., at the National Press...

Our fireside chat with FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter was part of our December 2024 Health Care Competition Conference in Washington,...

Our panel on risks to insurers was part of our December 2024 Health Care Competition Conference in Washington,...

Our keynote from Michael Kades was part of our December 2024 Health Care Competition Conference in Washington,...

Our panel on PBM litigation and legislation was part of our December 2024 Health Care Competition Conference in Washington,...

Congressman Buddy Carter offered remarks during a keynote at our 2024 Health Care Competition Conference in Washington,...

Jonathan Baron, founder of Baron Public Affairs, gave a keynote to begin our December 2024 Health Care Competition Conference in Washington,...

Jason Kint (Digital Content Next), Koren Wong-Ervin (Jones Day and GW’s Competition & Innovation LAB), James Rosewell, (Movement for an Open Web), and Karina Montoya (Open Markets Institute)...

John Newman (University of Miami School of Law), Barry Lynn (Open Markets Institute), and Cristina Caffarra (UCL London and CEPR Competition Research Policy Network) joined Capitol Forum’s...

Matt Stoller (American Economic Liberties Project), Tim Cowen (Preiskel & Co), Dylan Carson (Manatt, Phelps & Phillips), and Stacy Mitchell (Institute for Local Self-Reliance) joined Capitol...

Jason Kint offered closing remarks at our September 2024 conference on remedies and the Google (GOOG) ad-tech trial....

Bill Baer, former Department of Justice antitrust head, was a featured speaker at our September 2024 conference focused on remedies and the Google (GOOG) ad-tech...

Seth Bloom (Bloom Strategic Counsel, Megan Gray (GrayMatters Law & Policy), Bilal Sayyed (TechFreedom), Josh Tzuker (FGS Global), and Joshua Koran (Koran Consulting) joined Capitol Forum’s...

Capitol Forum’s executive editor Teddy Downey provided opening remarks for our September 2024 event focused on remedies and the Google (GOOG) ad-tech trial....

Michael Kades joined The Capitol Forum in 2024 for its continued tradition of interviewing antitrust thought leaders during the ABA Spring...

Barry Nigro joined The Capitol Forum in 2024 for its continued tradition of interviewing antitrust thought leaders during the ABA Spring...

Mark Ostrau joined The Capitol Forum in 2024 for its continued tradition of interviewing antitrust thought leaders during the ABA Spring...

Seth Bloom joined The Capitol Forum in 2024 for its continued tradition of interviewing antitrust thought leaders during the ABA Spring...

Katrina Robson joined The Capitol Forum in 2024 for its continued tradition of interviewing antitrust thought leaders during the ABA Spring...

George Cary joined The Capitol Forum in 2024 for its continued tradition of interviewing antitrust thought leaders during the ABA Spring...

Will Diaz joined The Capitol Forum in 2024 for its continued tradition of interviewing antitrust thought leaders during the ABA Spring...

Adam Di Vincenzo joined The Capitol Forum in 2024 for its continued tradition of interviewing antitrust thought leaders during the ABA Spring...

Ausra Deluard joined The Capitol Forum in 2024 for its continued tradition of interviewing antitrust thought leaders during the ABA Spring...

Bruce Sokler joined The Capitol Forum in 2024 for its continued tradition of interviewing antitrust thought leaders during the ABA Spring...

Leslie Overton joined The Capitol Forum in 2024 for its continued tradition of interviewing antitrust thought leaders during the ABA Spring...

Alberto Bacchiega, Filomena Chirico, Brando Benifei, Amba Kak, Francesca Bria, Johnny Ryan, and Joanna Bryson speak at the 2024 “Antitrust, Regulation and the Next World Order” conference in...

Daron Acemoglu and Erik Brynjolfsson speak at the 2024 “Antitrust, Regulation and the Next World Order” conference in Brussels, organized and chaired by Cristina Caffarra, with support from The...

Roberto Viola, Director General of DG Connect, speaks at the 2024 “Antitrust, Regulation and the Next World Order” conference in Brussels, organized and chaired by Cristina Caffarra, with support...

Lina Khan, Chair for the US Federal Trade Commission, speaks at the 2024 “Antitrust, Regulation and the Next World Order” conference in Brussels, organized and chaired by Cristina Caffarra, with...

Sarah Cardell, Benoit Coeuré, Nuno Rodrigues, Aviv Nevo, and John Newman speak at the 2024 “Antitrust, Regulation and the Next World Order” conference in Brussels, organized and chaired by...

AAG Jonathan Kanter gives a fireside talk at the 2024 “Antitrust, Regulation and the Next World Order” conference in Brussels, organized and chaired by Cristina Caffarra, with support from The...

Didier Reynders, Commissioner for Justice, European Commission, speaks at the 2024 “Antitrust, Regulation and the Next World Order” conference in Brussels, organized and chaired by Cristina...

Nathan Lane, Ufuk Akgicit, Heather Boushey, and Rene Repasi speak at the 2024 “Antitrust, Regulation and the Next World Order” conference in Brussels, organized and chaired by Cristina Caffarra,...

Rohit Chopra speaks with Rana Foroohar, Barry Lynn, and Stephanie Yon Courtin at the 2024 “Antitrust, Regulation and the Next World Order” conference in Brussels, organized and chaired by...

Katherine Tai, Franziska Brantner, and James Hodge speak at the 2024 “Antitrust, Regulation and the Next World Order” conference in Brussels, organized and chaired by Cristina Caffarra, with...

Isabella Weber, Jan Eeckout, Gabriel Zucman, Florian Ederer, and Doha Mekki speak at the 2024 “Antitrust, Regulation and the Next World Order” conference in Brussels, organized and chaired by...

Marc Van Der Woude and Sir Marcus Smith speak at the 2024 “Antitrust, Regulation and the Next World Order” conference in Brussels, organized and chaired by Cristina Caffarra, with support from...

Andreas Mundt, Luigi Zingales, Tommaso Valletti, Rebecca Slaughter, and Gina Cass-Gottlieb speak at the 2024 “Antitrust, Regulation and the Next World Order” conference in Brussels,...

Olivier Guersent and Andreas Schwab speak at the 2024 “Antitrust, Regulation and the Next World Order” conference in Brussels, organized and chaired by Cristina Caffarra, with support from The...

Cristina Caffarra sets the stage with introductory remarks at the 2024 “Antitrust, Regulation and the Next World Order” conference in Brussels. She’s the event organizer and chair,...

This discussion with Krista Brown and Sara Sirota comes from our October 2023 conference on antitrust issues in health care...

Our health care competition conference featured speakers from the DOJ and FTC, including a fireside chat with FTC Commissioner Alvaro...

Our health care competition conference featured speakers from both the DOJ and the FTC, including a keynote by DOJ Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Andy...

This panel on vertical power in pharmaceutical supply chains comes from our October 2023 conference on antitrust issues in health care...

Dr. Richard Evans, Founder of SSR Health, presented during our October 2023 conference on antitrust issues in health care...

This panel on underappreciated market power in pharmaceutical supply chains comes from our October 2023 conference on antitrust issues in health care...

This panel on corporate influence in medicine comes from our October 2023 conference on antitrust issues in health care...

This conversation on vertical power issues in medical care comes from our October 2023 conference on antitrust issues in health care...

The Capitol Forum provided an Upstream tutorial on how to track asset retirement obligations leveraging recently obtained and curated oil and gas production and ownership data from Louisiana. The...

The Capitol Forum obtained a distressing video recorded by a patient who experienced two consecutive cancellations of weekly appointments by a LifeStance gatekeeper. The patient, who is not being...

The Capitol Forum Upstream is a real-time Production & Well Reporting data platform for the Appalachian Basin. This video gives a general overview of platform’s...

In this panel at our conference, Energy and the Regulated State, speakers joined us from Arsenal Resources, Rystad Energy, and FLOW...

In this panel at our conference, Energy and the Regulated State, hear from JT Morgan as he discusses renewable funds, RIN market and federal...

View this recording for a discussion on shale, infrastructure, new tech and the energy transition at our “Energy and the Regulated State”...

In this video, Sam Arnold discusses new markets, carbon credit tokens, and plugging at the Capitol Forum conference: Energy and the Regulated...

In this video, Ted Boettner and Kelly Mitchell present “First Frontier of National Plugging Efforts” at our “Energy and the Regulated State”...

In this video, Natalie Pekney presents “IIJA in Action, National Inventory & Tracking Unknown Wells” at our “Energy and the Regulated State”...

Hear opening remarks from our Editor and Upstream Director, Daniel Sherwood, at our “Energy and the Regulated State”...

At our “Populism and Political Economy” conference in February 2020, Matt Stoller talked about the history of monopoly power in America. Later, Reed Hundt sat down with him to discuss...

See and hear former Congressman Brad Miller’s opening remarks at our “Populism and Political Economy” conference in February 2020. The overall event focused on what a populist...

Sanjukta Paul, Sandeep Vaheesan, and Mya Frazier joined our tech platforms, labor and small business panel at our “Populism and Political Economy” conference in February 2020. The overall...

Speakers and moderators from ProPublica, Economic Policy Institute, Public Citizen, Megaphone Strategies, and Sierra Club joined our trade panel at our “Populism and Political Economy”...

Hear from speakers on banking and financial services panel at our conference, “Populism and Political Economy: Looking Ahead to 2021,” from February 2020. The overall event focused on...

Hear from speakers from the Center for Economic and Policy Research, Knowledge Ecology International, Social Security Works, and Open Markets Institute at our conference, “Populism and...

Hear from speakers about food, agriculture, the environment, and energy at our conference, “Populism and Political Economy: Looking Ahead to 2021,” from February 2020. The speakers...

Hear from speakers about telecommunications, technology, and media at our conference, “Populism and Political Economy: Looking Ahead to 2021,” from February 2020. The speakers discussed...

In December 2019, we hosted Luke Herrine to discuss the findings and thesis of his paper “The Law and Political Economy of a Student Debt Jubilee,” in which he details how a significant...

In our December 2019 conference, speakers on the “Merger Review in TMT Markets” panel discussed issues facing the future of antitrust and consumer protection enforcement in the...

In our December 2019 conference, speakers on the “C-Band Auction Outlook in 2020” panel discussed issues facing the future of antitrust and consumer protection enforcement in the...

From our December 2019 conference, speakers discussed the environment of increasingly bipartisan calls for tougher, more rigorous antitrust enforcement for dominant tech platforms. They addressed how...

From our December 2019 conference, Jon Sallet gave the opening remarks. The conferenced focused on the environment of increasingly bipartisan calls for tougher, more rigorous antitrust enforcement...

From our November 2019 conference, economist John Kwoka gave the opening remarks. The conference focused on arguments for and against the T-Mobile/Sprint deal. Experienced litigators evaluated...

Speakers on this panel from our November 2019 conference focused on arguments for and against the T-Mobile/Sprint...

Speakers on this panel from our November 2019 conference evaluated potential courtroom strategies and possible outcomes in the T-Mobile/Sprint...

In October 2019, The Capitol Forum hosted a C-Band conference on proposals to reallocate C-band satellite spectrum rights for terrestrial wireless purposes. This panel focused on the the state of...

In October 2019, Michael Calabrese, New America Open Technology Institute’s Director for the Wireless Future Project, joined us for a discussion at our C-Band...

In October 2019, The Capitol Forum hosted a C-Band conference for policy players to discuss proposals to reallocate C-band satellite spectrum rights for terrestrial wireless purposes, the state...

Michael O’Rielly, FCC Commissioner, joined our October 2019 C-Band conference. He gave a keynote at the event, which focused on proposals to reallocate C-band satellite spectrum rights for...

In July 2019, we hosted a conference to discuss changes to the DOD procurement processes and whether they go far enough, or too far, in rectifying the issues exposed by the DOD OIG report and their...

In July 2019, we hosted a conference to discuss changes to the DOD procurement processes and whether they go far enough, or too far, in rectifying the issues exposed by the DOD OIG report and their...

In July 2019, we hosted a conference to discuss changes to the DOD procurement processes and whether they go far enough, or too far, in rectifying the issues exposed by the DOD OIG report and their...

At our DOD Procurement Conference in July 2019, Dr. Alexis Lasselle Ross of the Army gave the closing remarks to wrap up the day’s discussion. The event focused on changes to the procurement...

The Capitol Forum’s executive editor, Teddy Downey, sat down in June of 2019 with former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt to discuss his book, “A Crisis Wasted: Barack Obama’s Defining...

View a recording of The Capitol Forum conference on C-Band spectrum repurposing and its role in the race to 5G, held in April 2019. Speakers discussed relevant interests and issues at play in the...

View a recording of The Capitol Forum conference on C-Band spectrum repurposing and its role in the race to 5G, held in April 2019. Speakers discussed relevant interests and issues at play in the...

View a recording of The Capitol Forum conference on C-Band spectrum repurposing and its role in the race to 5G, held in April 2019. Speakers in this panel provided insight from Capitol Hill’s...

At the 2019 ABA Spring Meeting, we interviewed Aimee DeFilippo of Jones Day. This conversation was part of a series of interviews during the conference in Washington,...

At the 2019 ABA Spring Meeting, we interviewed Barbara Rosenberg of Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão. This conversation was part of a series of interviews during the conference in Washington,...

At the 2019 ABA Spring Meeting, we interviewed Federal Trade Commissioner Becca Slaughter. This conversation was part of a series of interviews during the conference in Washington,...

At the 2019 ABA Spring Meeting, we interviewed Creighton Macy from Baker McKenzie. This conversation was part of a series of interviews during the conference in Washington,...

At the 2019 ABA Spring Meeting, we interviewed Dave Reichenberg of Cozen O’Connor. This conversation was part of a series of interviews during the conference in Washington,...

At the 2019 ABA Spring Meeting, we interviewed Franco Castelli of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. This conversation was part of a series of interviews during the conference in Washington,...

At the 2019 ABA Spring Meeting, we interviewed Jeny Maier from Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider. This conversation was part of a series of interviews during the conference in Washington,...

At the 2019 ABA Spring Meeting, we interviewed Jesse Solomon of Davis Polk & Wardwell. This conversation was part of a series of interviews during the conference in Washington,...

At the 2019 ABA Spring Meeting, we interviewed Joe Krauss from Hogan Lovells. This conversation was part of a series of interviews during the conference in Washington,...

At the 2019 ABA Spring Meeting, we interviewed Laura Collins of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. This conversation was part of a series of interviews during the conference in Washington,...

At the 2019 ABA Spring Meeting, we interviewed Lisl Dunlop of Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider. This conversation was part of a series of interviews during the conference in Washington,...

At the 2019 ABA Spring Meeting, we interviewed Paula Riedel of Kirkland & Ellis International. This conversation was part of a series of interviews during the conference in Washington,...

At the 2019 ABA Spring Meeting, we interviewed Reiko Aoki of the Japan Fair Trade Commission. This conversation was part of a series of interviews during the conference in Washington,...

At the 2019 ABA Spring Meeting, we interviewed Rod Sims from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. This conversation was part of a series of interviews during the conference in...

This interview with Scott Sher of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is part of a series of conversations we held during the 2019 ABA Spring Meeting in Washington,...