Video and Transcript for The Coup at the Antitrust Division

Below you can find a YouTube post of the recording for Episode #41, The Coup at the Antitrust Division.

For the antitrust community, the firing last week of two senior lawyers in the antitrust division of the DOJ was a shock. How do these firings relate to the recent $14 billion HPE-Juniper merger? How precarious is the employment of assistant attorney general for antitrust enforcement Gail Slater? These questions and more are topics in this week's episode. Guest Sohrab Ahmari covered these events in detail. We finish with a discussion on how these actions reflect on the administration as a whole, and whether or not these “pay to play back room deals” that have come to light recently are the new standard in M&A for the foreseeable future.

This is not as heavily edited as the podcast is, it’s closer to the raw video of our taping session. We also have a rough transcript for you.

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