Fierce Competition
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Mergers, Algorithms and Market Power: Highlights from the ABA Spring Meeting 2026
The ABA 2026 Antitrust Spring Meeting gathered antitrust lawyers and practitioners – some 3,500 of them – for 70 panels in Washington, D.C. Host Bill Batchelor reports back along with Skadden…
AI Under the Antitrust Lens: Enforcement Trends in the EU, UK and U.S.
AI dominates headlines from both a deal and antitrust enforcement perspective. Antoni Terra, counsel in Skadden's Brussels office, moderates a discussion on recent developments and trends across…
Antitrust Collusion in Labor Markets: Enforcement Trends on Both Sides of the Atlantic
Gone are the days when companies could simply agree with a handshake not to poach each other's IT staff. Today, violations in the labor market are receiving heightened scrutiny and are being…
Regulating the Digital Age: Antitrust Enforcement in the EU and US
The antitrust landscape in both the EU and U.S. is rapidly evolving as legacy legal frameworks, including Article 102, are being adapted to address digital platform dominance and new forms of…
HSR Form Changes: Navigating the New Landscape
Antitrust premerger notification just became more complex. The Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act premerger form underwent substantial changes in February 2025, requiring significantly more information from…
Navigating Change: Recent Developments in UK Competition Law
Skadden antitrust partners Aurora Luoma and Bill Batchelor delve into the significant legislative and policy changes in U.K. competition law that took effect at the beginning of 2025. These changes,…
Below-Threshold Mergers: Global Antitrust Scrutiny
Antitrust regulators throughout the world often use their authority to review transactions that fall below filing thresholds. Host Julia Zhu invites Skadden colleagues Joseph Rancour and Niels Baeten…
Developments and Trends in Cartel Enforcement
Cartels may be as old as “Adam Smith’s smoke-filled room,” but in today’s world, they’re employing sophisticated tools like algorithms and AI. Enforcers continue to target price-fixing, bid-rigging…
Antitrust Challenges in Organized Sports: How They Play Out in the EU, UK and US
In the United States, United Kingdom and the European Union, sports leagues — from soccer to golf to ice skating — are testing the boundaries of antitrust and competition laws.Skadden attorneys Bill…
Understanding the FTC’s Landmark Ban on Noncompetes
In this episode of the "Fierce Competition" podcast, Skadden attorneys Tara Reinhart (partner, Washington, D.C.), Annie Villanueva Jeffers (partner, New York and Palo Alto) and Justine Haimi…
Takeaways From the Illumina-Grail Merger Challenge Saga
Illumina announced in December that it would divest GRAIL, the result of a merger challenge with many twists and turns both in the United States and in Europe. In this episode of the “Fierce…
Letter From London: The Rise of UK Class Actions and the Competition Appeal Tribunal
Until recent years, there was barely a single collective claim in Europe, but now, things have changed.This episode of the “Fierce Competition” podcast features Skadden partners Bill Batchelor, Bruce…
Private Equity Under the Antitrust Microscope
This episode of the “Fierce Competition” podcast features Skadden antitrust/competition partners Ken Schwartz (New York), Tara Reinhart (Washington, D.C.) and Aurora Luoma (London), who dig into the…
A Look at the Evolving Global Deal Landscape
Around the world, regulators are rapidly evolving their approaches to merger control. The landscape has become increasingly complex and fragmented. Transactions that were once straightforward now…
Welcome to Fierce Competition
From Skadden, Fierce Competition is a podcast for corporate counsel of multinational organizations who face the challenges of navigating antitrust policy and enforcement around the world. This is not…
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Fierce Competition has published 15 episodes since October 2023, covering topics in Business, Education.
Fierce Competition is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 months. Average episode length is 33m.
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