The Hub and Spoke
An Antitrust Podcast presented by Shinder Cantor Lerner LLP.
Episodes
On this episode of SCL’s The Hub and Spoke Podcast, Founding and Managing Partner Kellie Lerner sits down with Burford Capital’s Aviva Will.
Aviva discusses the four pillars a company needs to develop a successful Affirmative Litigation program, changes in the litigation finance industry and more.
The Hub and Spoke is a production of Shinder Cantor Lerner LLP. For more information, please visit scl-llp.com.
On this episode of the Hub and Spoke Podcast, James Kovacs and Wyatt Fore interview Daniel Vukelich of the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors (AMDR) to unpack the competitive dynamics shaping the medical device reprocessing space.
Topics include: • What is medical device reprocessing • Competition issues • Recent litigation, including the Innovative Health v. Biosense Webster case • The future of medical device reprocessing
...On the latest episode of The Hub and Spoke Podcast, Founding and Managing Partner Kellie Lerner and Associate Tyler Ross sit down to discuss Antitrust in Sports with Professor Jodi Balsam, a professor of clinical law at Brooklyn Law School and a nationally recognized expert on sports law.
Topics include the history of the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 and potential reforms; the intersection of antitrust and labor reform in colleg...
In this special edition of SCL’s the Hub and Spoke Podcast, Founding Partner Jeffrey Shinder sits down with two experts in payments and commerce to unpack what AI and Agentic Commerce may spell for the payments industry as a whole.
John Drechny is the CEO of the Merchant Advisory Group and a recognized leader in payments innovation and merchant advocacy. As MAG’s CEO, he leads efforts to ensure merchants’ voices are heard and progr...
California recently passed AB 325, a landmark update to the Cartwright Act—and this week on The Hub and Spoke, we break it all down.
Our guest is Lee Hepner, Senior Legal Counsel at the American Economic Liberties Project, who played a key role in shepherding AB 325 through the California legislature. Lee brings unparalleled insight into why the law was crafted, what problems it aims to solve, and how it could reshape antitrust enf...
What do the Google Search case, Microsoft’s browser wars, and AI regulation all have in common? More than you might think. In this episode, SCL Partner Wyatt Fore sits down with Gene Burrus — who’s spent two decades on the front lines of digital competition — to unpack how yesterday’s antitrust battles are shaping tomorrow’s tech.
From his time at Microsoft to leading Spotify’s efforts to open up app stores, Gene shares an insider’...
On this episode of SCL’s The Hub and Spoke Podcast, Associates Lindsay Maher and Keagan Potts report live from the 2025 Anti-Monopoly Summit hosted by the American Economic Liberties Project in Washington DC.
Lindsay and Keagan took the opportunity to speak with Minnesota State Representative Emma Greenman and Healthcare Consultant and Author Matt Ohrt, and their conversations covered...
In this episode of The Hub and Spoke, host Wyatt Fore speaks with Morten Skroejer, Senior Director for Technology Competition Policy at SIIA, about the future of digital regulation across the Atlantic.
They unpack the politics and policy behind the EU’s Digital Markets Act, why U.S. tech giants are in the spotlight, and whether regulatory dialogue (instead of heavy-handed enforcement) could strike a productive balance. From trade t...
On the latest episode of SCL’s The Hub and Spoke Podcast, Host Wyatt Fore and Associate Lindsay Maher discuss the direction of consent decrees and merger enforcement trends in the antitrust sphere under President Trump’s second administration with NexArc Strategies Principal Amanda Hamilton.
Alongside her experience leading the boutique research and consulting firm, Hamilton's career includes roles at the Federal Trade Commission a...
On this episode of SCL’s The Hub and Spoke Podcast, SCL Founding and Managing Partner Kellie Lerner and Host Wyatt Fore interview antitrust expert Sally Hubbard about issues affecting our pharmaceutical supply chains, as well as some possible policy solutions.
Sally Hubbard is a Senior Fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project and served as Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division at the U....
On this episode of SCL's The Hub and Spoke Podcast, host and SCL Founding Partner Jeffrey Shinder speaks with fellow SCL Founding Partner Matthew Cantor about the possible merger between Capital One and Discover that has recently been approved by regulators, along with the implications of this merger on the financial services and payments industry.
The Hub and Spoke is a production of Shinder Cantor Lerner LLP. For more informati...
On this episode of SCL’s The Hub and Spoke Podcast, SCL Founding Partner Matthew Cantor and Partner James Kovacs discuss the state of competition in the healthcare industry with Leemore Dafny, a Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Business and Harvard Kennedy Schools. Professor Dafny is also a Partner at Bates White Economic Consulting, and she served as the Deputy Director for Healthcare and Antitrust at the FTC from 2012 to...
On the latest episode of SCL’s The Hub and Spoke podcast, host Wyatt Fore speaks live from the 2025 ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting in Washington DC.
Along the way, Wyatt talks speaks with SCL Managing and Founding Partner Kellie Lerner, Professor Emma Frejinger, SCL Founding Partner Jeffrey Shinder, and SCL Partner Meegan Hollywood. Across three vignettes, Wyatt and guests discuss the absence of government officials at the event, the...
On this episode of SCL’s The Hub and Spoke, host Wyatt Fore and SCL Partner Harrison McAvoy investigate questions about pricing algorithms with Wharton professor Joseph Harrington, including recent scholarship and developments in pending cases. As pricing decisions are increasingly determined by technology, this episode considers where the antitrust law applies and what conditions might cause regulators concern.
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On this episode of SCL's The Hub and Spoke, host Wyatt Fore and SCL Managing Partner Kellie Lerner speak with Brendan Ballou about the antitrust implications of private equity in healthcare. Brendan Ballou is the author of Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America, and he formerly served as Special Counsel with the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division.
The Hub and Spoke is a production of Shinder Cantor Lerner ...
On this episode of SCL’s The Hub and Spoke, host Wyatt Fore and SCL Partners Ethan Litwin and Jimmy Kovacs discuss the history and future of the Right to Repair— a hot topic in antitrust— with Nathan Proctor, the Public Interest Research Group’s Senior Director of the Right to Repair Campaign.
The Hub and Spoke is a production of Shinder Cantor Lerner LLP. For more information, please visit scl-llp.com.
In this episode of SCL’s The Hub and Spoke, host Wyatt Fore discusses the current state of the Tapestry-Capri Merger case, including the District Court’s recent issuance of a preliminary injunction pausing the merger, with Founding Partner Matthew Cantor.
The Hub and Spoke is a production of Shinder Cantor Lerner LLP. For more information, please visit scl-llp.com.
On this inaugural episode of SCL's The Hub and Spoke, hosts Jeff Shinder and Wyatt Fore discuss the current state of antitrust and its recent thrust into the public eye with NYU Professor Emeritus Harry First.
The Hub and Spoke is a production of Shinder Cantor Lerner LLP. For more information, please visit scl-llp.com.
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