Competition Corner

Our latest episode, “Don’t Nickle and Dime Compliance: Antitrust and Consumer Protection Risks in Finance,” features Antitrust Practice Co-Chair Eva Cole and Partner Dana Cook-Milligan chat about enforcement and litigation risks in the financial services sectors. They explore best practices that firms should follow in the wake of volatility and uncertainty in the banking sector.

How are disruptive technologies impacting competition and what are regulators doing in response? In the latest episode of Winston & Strawn’s limited podcast series, Women in Antitrust, Partner and Host Diana Leiden is joined by Partners Sofia Arguello and Susannah Torpey to discuss how companies—from tech giants to fashion labels—are using blockchain and Web3.0 technologies and its effect on competition within their respective industries.

Winston & Strawn’s Women in Antitrust limited podcast series continues with a new episode focusing on the world of sports. Partner and host Diana Leiden pitches some curve balls to two other talented partners who have been involved in groundbreaking sports antitrust decisions—Law360 Sports & Betting Rising Star Jeanifer Parsigian and Crain’s New York Business’s Notable Woman in Sports Angela Smedley—on the MLB’s antitrust exemption, the impact of Alston v. NCAA, and potential legislation challenging the status quo.

Winston & Strawn’s Antitrust & Competition Practice is pleased to announce the launch of their limited podcast series, Women in Antitrust.

In this episode of Winston & Strawn’s Competition Corner Podcast, Attorney Kevin Goldstein speaks with Tomonori Maezawa, a visiting attorney from Nishimura & Asahi in Tokyo, about hot topics in Japanese antitrust law and the latest developments in Japanese competition policy.

What impacts will the sweeping Executive Order on Promoting Competition have on companies? In this episode of Winston & Strawn’s Competition Corner Podcast, Attorneys Molly Donovan, David Dahlquist, Susannah Torpey, and Kevin Goldstein discuss the Order’s directives and recommendations targeting labor markets, the tech sector, and the healthcare and life sciences industries.

In this episode of Winston & Strawn’s Competition Corner Podcast, Attorneys Molly Donovan and Jeff Amato discuss the general legal framework of price-gouging prohibitions that have been triggered by the ongoing crisis. They provide best practice tips for companies to minimize liability including legitimate justifications for increasing prices during an emergency.

What do sports fans and athletes need to know about the Sherman Antitrust Act? In this episode of Winston & Strawn’s Competition Corner Podcast, Attorney David Greenspan talks about the role antitrust law has played in professional and college sports and discuss the landmark antitrust-sports cases that have shaped the industry.

When can U.S. antitrust laws apply to foreign conduct or foreign sales? In this episode of Winston & Strawn’s Competition Corner Podcast, an Attorney discusses application of the FTAIA to help companies understand the circumstances in which foreign trade can give rise to U.S. antitrust liability.

What do companies doing business in Japan need to know about antitrust enforcement? In this episode of Winston & Strawn’s Competition Corner Podcast, Antitrust Partner with Yukio Kaiju, a visiting attorney from TMI Associates in Tokyo, about recent developments in Japanese competition law and policy.

What are dawn raids and how can companies and the law firms representing them prepare? In this episode of Winston & Strawn’s Competition Corner Podcast, Antitrust Partner Jeff Amato turn to the cartel context and discuss dawn raids.

How does the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis increase antitrust risk? In this episode of Winston & Strawn’s Competition Corner Podcast, Partner Eva Cole discuss the challenges companies are facing as the virus impacts supply chains, and the steps they should take to mitigate their antitrust risk.

When can a company’s arrangements with its suppliers or customers create trouble? In this episode of Winston & Strawn's Competition Corner Podcast, Antitrust Partner Susannah Torpey discusses vertical restraints to help companies better understand where agreements or understandings undertaken at different levels of production, distribution, or supply may raise antitrust concerns.