In this conversation, The Capitol Forum’s Europe Executive Editor, Javier Espinoza, sits down with Nuno Cunha Rodrigues, Portugal’s Competition Chief, to explore why the EU and Portugal need...

Can the European Union build a coalition to create a more competitive tech sector? In this episode of The Brussels Beat, The Capitol Forum’s Europe Executive Editor, Javier Espinoza, sits down with...

In a wide-ranging conversation, Olivier Guersent—former Director-General for Competition at the European Commission—joins Javier Espinoza, Europe Executive Editor at The Capitol Forum and host of...

In this exclusive interview, Capitol Forum’s Javier Espinoza sits down with Teresa Ribera, Executive Vice President of the European Commission, to talk climate ambition, competition policy, and the...

The European Union must accelerate consolidation in its defense and telecommunications sectors to stay globally competitive and respond to rising geopolitical and economic pressures, Enrico Letta,...

In his first interview since leaving office, Thierry Breton, the architect of the Digital Markets Act, calls recent fines against Apple and Meta “regrettable.” They’re not a victory, he says...

In this special episode, former FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter and former U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai talk to Teddy and former Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter to discuss...

Javier Espinoza, Europe Executive Editor of The Capitol Forum, speaks with Martijn Snoep, head of the Dutch Competition Authority, about the evolving landscape of antitrust enforcement in Europe....

In this conversation with Jonathan Kanter for our podcast Second Request, the former Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice discusses his...

On October 14, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Graham Steele, former Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and current Academic Fellow at...

On September 23, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Chiara Longoni, Associate Professor of Marketing at Bocconi University in Italy and co-author of “Lower Artificial Intelligence...

On September 3, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Professor John Newman to discuss the remedies opinion in U.S. v. Google and its implications for antitrust enforcement. The full...

On July 28, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Keith Kupferschmid, CEO of the Copyright Alliance, for a conversation about artificial intelligence, copyright, and what court rulings may...

On July 24, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Jeremy Sandford of Econic Partners for a conversation on his recent paper on the FTC’s challenge to the 2015 Steris/Synergy merger. The...

On July 22, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Tahir Amin, co-founder of I-MAK, for a conversation on I-MAK’s new report “Overpatented, Overpriced” and how pharmaceutical companies...

On July 25, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Catherine Simonsen, co-founder of Simonsen Sussman LLP, for a conversation on how under-enforcement of our federal and state antitrust laws...

On July 15, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Tommy Dorfman, a former music club promoter from New Jersey and current CEO of Juice Entertainment and RD Enterprises, to discuss potential...

On June 12, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Jeremy Furchtgott and Riley Kruse of Baron Public Affairs to discuss their recent article analyzing the information environment around...

On June 10, The Capitol Forum spoke with Beth Baltzan, Senior Advisor at The Capitol Forum and former Counselor for Trade and Investment at USTR, and Davis Warlick, Chief Operating Officer at...

On June 26, The Capitol Forum held a conference call on “Google’s Role in Digital Advertising” with Ari Paparo, former Google executive and founder of Marketecture.tv. The full...

On June 18, The Capitol Forum held a conference call on “Promoting AI Innovation Through Competition” with Jack Corrigan, Senior Research Analyst at the Center for Security and Emerging...

On June 5, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Sandeep Vaheesan, Legal Director at the Open Markets Institute, for a discussion of his recent review of “Abundance,” the book by Ezra...

On May 21, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Cristian Santesteban, Eamon Kelly, and Josh Gray to provide context and discuss takeaways from the federal ad tech case against Google. The...

On May 29, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Ketan Ahuja to discuss antitrust risk in OpenAI’s acquisition of Windsurf and what it means for competition and innovation in the AI...

On May 27, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Sander Tordoir, Chief Economist at the Cender for European Reform, to discuss the future of the EU’s industrial policy, trade agreements,...

On May 15, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Jonathan Kanter, former Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice, and Martin Gaynor, Carnegie Mellon University professor and...

On May 16, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Gary Hart to discuss auto glass giant Safelite’s business conduct that led to the recently reported Department of Justice investigation. The...

On April 10, The Capitol Forum’s Executive Editor Teddy Downey held a conference call with Shaoul Sussman, former Associate Director for Enforcement at the Federal Trade Commission, to discuss the...

On March 28, The Capitol Forum’s executive editor Teddy Downey and senior advisor Beth Baltzan discussed the potential impacts of upcoming tariffs on businesses, international trade, and the U.S....

On March 11, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Shweta Kumar to discuss legal considerations for companies that compound GLP-1 weight-loss drugs as these blockbuster products start to come...

On March 12, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with trade experts Beth Baltzan and Bryce Baschuk to discuss the Trump administration’s tariffs, provide context and guidance moving forward....

On February 27, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Hayden Rooke-Ley to discuss vertical consolidation in health care markets, UnitedHealth Group’s outsized lead in this trend with...

On February 27, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Dr. Augustine Fou of FouAnalytics to discuss ad fraud in digital marketing, focusing on how companies and regulators can better identify...

On February 6, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with American Economic Liberties Project Senior Fellow Mark Ellis to discuss his recent paper “Rate of Return Equals Cost of Capital,”...

On February 10, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with the Chair of Cuneo, Gilbert and LaDuca’s Public Policy and Legislative Affairs practice, Slade Bond, to discuss how the Trump...

In an exclusive interview with The Capitol Forum’s Javier Espinoza, former EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager addressed concerns about a potential shift in U.S.-EU relations with President...

On January 27, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with former U.S. Department of Agriculture Senior Advisor for Fair and Competitive Markets Andy Green to discuss the what the Biden USDA...

On January 21, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with National Independent Venue Association Executive Director Stephen Parker to discuss the potential impact on live music and other forms of...

On January 23, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Bloom Strategic Counsel Principal Seth Bloom to discuss the congressional outlook on antitrust in 2025, focusing on the shifts in...

On December 19, Teddy Downey sat down with Ambassador Katherine Tai to discuss trade policy under the Biden administration. The full transcript, which has been modified slightly for accuracy, can be...

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...

How do financial institutions shape U.S. foreign policy, and what reforms could better align financial regulation with the goals of financial statecraft? In this interview with The Capitol Forum’s...

Our panel, “DMA and Private Enforcement,” was held as part of the “DMA Implementation: Two Years Later, Where Do We Stand?” conference in Brussels on October...

Our panel, “DMA and AI—How Do They Fit?,” was held as part of the “DMA Implementation: Two Years Later, Where Do We Stand?” conference in Brussels on October...

Our Fireside Chat with Damian Collins of Geradin Partners was held as part of the “DMA Implementation: Two Years Later, Where Do We Stand?” conference in Brussels on October...

Our panel, “The DMA and Mobile Ecosystems,” was held as part of the “DMA Implementation: Two Years Later, Where Do We Stand?” conference in Brussels on October...

Our panel, “Two Years Since the First Designation Decisions: Where Do We Stand?,” was held as part of the “DMA Implementation: Two Years Later, Where Do We Stand?” conference in Brussels on...

Ian Forrester KC, former UK judge at the General Court of the European Union, delivered the keynote address opening the “DMA Implementation: Two Years Later, Where Do We Stand?” conference in...

Our Fireside Chat with Barry C. Lynn of the Open Markets Institute was held as part of the 2025 Tech Conference in Washington, D.C., on October...

Our panel “Ad Fraud, Attribution, and Transparency in Digital Marketing” was held as part of the 2025 Tech Conference in Washington, D.C., on October...

Our panel “Anticipated Trends for the Data Broker Industry and Enforcement” was held as part of the 2025 Tech Conference in Washington, D.C., on October...

Our panel “Personalization or Discrimination? Outlook for Surveillance Pricing Law” was held as part of the 2025 Tech Conference in Washington, D.C., on October...

Our panel “Litigating and Legislating Against Algorithmic Collusion” was held as part of the 2025 Tech Conference in Washington, D.C., on October...

Elizabeth Odette from the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General delivered a keynote address to open our 2025 Tech Conference in Washington, D.C., on October 1....

How does understanding AI change the way we trust it? In this interview with The Capitol Forum’s Executive Editor & CEO, Teddy Downey, Chiara Longoni, Associate Professor of Marketing at...

The rapid rise of generative AI is testing the boundaries of copyright law, and the courts are starting to weigh in. In this conversation, Keith Kupferschmid, CEO of the Copyright Alliance, discusses...

In this conversation with Catherine Simonsen, co-founder of Simonsen Sussman LLP, she discusses how under-enforcement of our federal and state antitrust laws over the last 50 years has led to...

Is Google’s ad tech empire too powerful to regulate—or just powerful enough to break up? In this wide-ranging interview, Javier Espinoza (Europe Executive Editor at The Capitol Forum) speaks with...

In this episode, Capitol Forum’s Nate Soderstrom sits down with Jeremy Sanford, partner at Econic Partners and former FTC economist, to discuss his new paper on the 2015 Steris/Synergy merger—a...

In a wide-ranging conversation, Olivier Guersent—former Director-General for Competition at the European Commission—joins Javier Espinoza, Europe Executive Editor at The Capitol Forum and host of...

In this wide-ranging conversation, Capitol Forum Executive Editor Teddy Downey sits down with Beth Baltzan — former Counselor to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai — and Capitol Forum Trade...

Teddy Downey, Executive Editor of The Capitol Forum, sits down with Tahir Amin, co-founder of I-MAK, to discuss the pharmaceutical industry’s misuse of the U.S. patent system—and what it costs...

What happens when one company controls live music—from ticketing and promotion to the venues themselves? In this conversation, Tommy Dorfman pulls back the curtain on this question. A former...

Ari Paparo has done it all in digital advertising—from DoubleClick and Google to founding Beeswax and covering the DOJ antitrust trial as an independent analyst. In this conversation with Capitol...

In this exclusive interview, Capitol Forum’s Javier Espinoza sits down with Teresa Ribera, Executive Vice President of the European Commission, to talk climate ambition, competition policy, and the...

On Wednesday, June 18, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Jack Corrigan of the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) to discuss his recent policy paper, Promoting AI...

On Thursday, June 12, The Capitol Forum hosted a conference call with Jeremy Furchtgott and Riley Kruse of Baron Public Affairs to discuss their recent article analyzing the information environment...

On Tuesday, June 10, The Capitol Forum’s Neil Tracey hosts a timely conversation with Davis Warlick, COO of Parkdale Mills, and Beth Baltzan, Capitol Forum Senior Advisor and former Counselor...

In this Capitol Forum conference call from June 4, Harvard Kennedy School’s Ketan Ahuja joins Executive Editor Teddy Downey to unpack the antitrust implications of OpenAI’s recent acquisition...

On May 21, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with Cristian Santesteban, Eamon Kelly, and Josh Gray to provide context and discuss takeaways from the federal ad tech case against Google....

On Tuesday, May 27, The Capitol Forum hosted Sander Tordoir, Chief Economist at the Centre for European Reform, for a conversation on the future of the EU’s industrial policy, trade agreements, and...

Jonathan Kanter (former DOJ Antitrust) and Martin Gaynor (Carnegie Mellon Professor and former FTC official) join The Capitol Forum to discuss their groundbreaking paper, The Rise of Healthcare...

The European Union must accelerate consolidation in its defense and telecommunications sectors to stay globally competitive and respond to rising geopolitical and economic pressures, Enrico Letta,...

Gary Hart, Executive Director of the Independent Glass Association, discusses Safelite’s alleged self-preferencing practices, the barriers facing independent auto glass shops, and the growing...

In his first interview since leaving office, Thierry Breton, the architect of the Digital Markets Act, calls recent fines against Apple and Meta “regrettable.” They’re not a victory, he says...

Bill Baer joined The Capitol Forum in 2025 for its continued tradition of interviewing antitrust thought leaders during ABA’s Spring...

Seth Bloom joined The Capitol Forum in 2025 for its continued tradition of interviewing antitrust thought leaders during the ABA Spring...

Barry Nigro joined The Capitol Forum in 2025 for its continued tradition of interviewing antitrust thought leaders during the ABA Spring...

Joe Ostoyich joined The Capitol Forum in 2025 for its continued tradition of interviewing antitrust thought leaders during the ABA Spring...

James Weingarten joined The Capitol Forum in 2025 for its tradition of interviewing antitrust thought leaders during ABA’s Spring...

Mark Ostrau joined The Capitol Forum in 2025 for its continued tradition of interviewing antitrust thought leaders during the ABA Spring...

Creighton Macy joined The Capitol Forum in 2025 for its continued tradition of interviewing antitrust thought leaders during the ABA Spring...

Jeny Maier joined The Capitol Forum in 2025 for its continued tradition of interviewing antitrust thought leaders during the ABA Spring...

Jon Orszag joined The Capitol Forum in 2025 for its continued tradition of interviewing antitrust thought leaders during the ABA Spring...

Bilal Sayyed joined The Capitol Forum in 2025 for its continued tradition of interviewing antitrust thought leaders during the ABA Spring...

Tech platforms wield immense power over the marketplace of ideas. But when companies like Amazon or Meta deplatform users, is it a free speech issue—or a competition problem? In this conversation...

“Antitrust Under Trump: Experts Weigh In” was co-hosted by The Capitol Forum and FGS Global in April 2025. In this conversation, Roger Alford, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, DOJ...

“Antitrust Under Trump: Experts Weigh In” was co-hosted by The Capitol Forum and FGS Global in April 2025. In this keynote conversation, Andrew Ferguson, Chair of the Federal Trade...

In this special episode, former FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter and former U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai talk to Teddy and former Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter to discuss...

Javier Espinoza, Europe Executive Editor of The Capitol Forum, speaks with Martijn Snoep, head of the Dutch Competition Authority, about the evolving landscape of antitrust enforcement in Europe....

In this conversation with Jonathan Kanter for our podcast Second Request, the former Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice discusses his...

On March 12, The Capitol Forum held a conference call with trade experts Beth Baltzan and Bryce Baschuk to discuss the Trump administration’s tariffs and provide context and guidance moving...

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,...