There is a growing interest in understanding the economics of serial acquisitions, particularly in the healthcare industries and markets, and whether such corporate strategies lead to changes in prices and quality causing antitrust concerns. What has been found in existing economic studies? Paul Eliason, Assistant Professor of Economics at Brigham Young University and co-author of a leading study on serial acquisitions focusing on the dialysis industry, discusses his observations and insights with Anora Wang and Derek Jackson. Listen to this episode to learn about the knowns and unknowns from the empirical evidence as well as implications for competition policy.

With special guest:

Dr. Paul Eliason, Assistant Professor of Economics, Brigham Young University

Related Links:

How Acquisitions Affect Firm Behavior and Performance: Evidence from the Dialysis Industry, Journal of Quarterly Economics

Hosted by:

Anora Wang, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP and Derek Jackson, Cohen & Gresser LLP

The "dawn raid" is one of the rare moments of high drama in the work of many competition lawyers. How can you be prepared when that early-morning phone call or text from a client comes? Ashley Latham, an antitrust and government investigations litigator with Linklaters LLP, joins Matthew Hall and Matt Reynolds for a discussion of current "dawn raid" trends in the U.S. and the European Union. Tune in to learn more about what questions to ask, what issues to raise, and what you can do to help clients prepare for when authorities come knocking.

With special guest:

Ashley Latham, Managing Associate, Linklaters LLP

Related Links:

https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/about/news/commission-fines-international-flavors-fragrances-eu159-million-deleting-whatsapp-messages-during-2024-06-24_en

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:62023TJ0263

Hosted by:

Matthew Hall, McGuireWoods London LLP and Matthew Reynolds, Huth Reynolds LLP

The U.S. Department of Justice has made it clear that some agreements among competing employers regarding workers’ salaries or other terms of compensation--so-called “wage-fixing agreements”--may be subject to criminal prosecution. What kind of conduct falls within the scope of wage-fixing? In this episode, hosts Alicia Downey and Blair Matthews talk to Crowell & Moring partner and former senior DOJ prosecutor Ken Dintzer about the latest developments on the wage-fixing front, including the first criminal conviction for wage-fixing won at trial. Listen and learn what business enterprises and their counsel need to know about how to avoid wage-fixing violations in merger due diligence and integration planning, trade association activities, and salary survey participation.

With special guest:

Kenneth Dintzer, Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP

Hosted by:

Alicia Downey, Downey Law LLC and Blair West Matthews, Cleary Gottlieb