Our Curious Amalgam

Our Curious Amalgam explores topics in antitrust, competition, consumer protection, data protection, and privacy law around the world with leading experts in those areas. It is an amalgam because it is a group of diverse topics all in one place. It is curious because it gets the experts and asks them in-depth questions.

#375 What's Up? Competition Enforcement Updates From Italy and Portugal 04/27/2026

#374 What if Robots Are Setting My Pay to Employees? Economic Tools To Avoid Compliance Pitfalls 04/20/2026

#373 What’s Up? Competition Enforcement Updates From Malaysia and Hong Kong 04/13/2026

#372 Can a Price Be Put on Harm? FTC Monetary Remedies and the Data-Driven Economy 04/06/2026

#371 Who Does Your Doctor Work For? Vertical Integration in the Healthcare Provider Market 03/30/2026

#370 Is Any Deal Safe From Review in the EU? Implications of the “Towercast” Judgment 03/23/2026

#369 Back To Form or Back to the Drawing Board? How To Navigate the Decision Vacating the New HSR Rules 03/16/2026

#368 Mother, May I? The Use of Prior Approval Requirements in Merger Settlements 03/09/2026

#367 How Do States Make Independent Judgment in Merger Review? The Tunney Act and HPE–Juniper 03/02/2026

#366 What’s the State of Mini-HSR Regimes? Perspectives from the Colorado & Washington State AGs 02/23/2026

#365 What Roles Do Economists Play in Chinese Competition Law? Conversation With Dr. Vanessa Zhang 02/16/2026

#364 Does Visual Generative AI Make Better Ads? Exploring AI Advertising Effectiveness 02/09/2026

#363 The Antitrust Controversy Surrounding Brazil’s Soy Moratorium 02/02/2026

#362 What’s Happening With AI and Data Privacy? An Update From the PRIS Committee 01/26/2026

#361 All Change or More of the Same? UK Merger Control Developments 01/19/2026

#360 How To Unshackle the Golden Chain? Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Markets 01/12/2026

#359 What is Happening With Class Claims in the UK? The Competition Law Opt-Out Collective Actions Regime 01/05/2026

#358 The Future of Enforcement and Compliance? How Computational Antitrust is Used 12/29/2025

#357 Is Strong Competition in GenAI a Hallucination? Discussing Economic Insights in the Industry 12/22/2025

#356 Can Pay Transparency Create Antitrust Risks--or Compliance Opportunities? 12/15/2025

#355 What’s the Score, Your Honor? Conversation With Judge Richard Boulware 12/08/2025

#354 What Do the Updated HSR Rules Really Mean for Your Next Deal? A Conversation With Zak Goodwin 12/01/2025

#353 What’s Happening in Ukraine? A Conversation With Timur Bondaryev 11/24/2025

#352 Is There a New Playbook for Merger Remedies? Evaluating the Current Stance of the U.S. Agencies 11/17/2025

#351 How Should Intent Apply in Competition Law? A Discussion With Maya-Salomé Garnier 11/10/2025

#350 What’s the Deal With Reverse Acquihires? Considering Antitrust and HSR Implications 11/03/2025

#349 What’s the Price Tag on Privacy? Turning Data Leaks Into Dollar Figures 10/27/2025

#348 Why Some Retail Deals Get Deeper Scrutiny? An Examination of Retail Merger Review and Analysis 10/20/2025

#347 Where Do We Draw the Line? The Intersection of the First Amendment and Antitrust Under the Noerr-Pennington Doctrine 10/13/2025

#346 Who Is Elizabeth Odette? Meet the Chair of NAAG's Multistate Antitrust Task Force 10/06/2025