Our Curious Amalgam

Companies and individuals in criminal cartels can avoid prosecution if they self-report to the leniency program at the U.S. Department of Justice. While this program has been hugely successful in cracking cartels for decades, a number of reports suggest that leniency applications and large-scale investigations are down overall. Our guests, Lisa Phelan and Craig Lee, are former prosecutors who have been at the center of a number of the key cases driven by leniency. In this episode, Lisa and Craig

Rock music has been the subject of a number of antitrust investigations over the years and on this episode, we talk about why that is. Our guest, Jonathan Jacobson is not only an enormous fan of rock music, has been in the middle of a number of them. Jon speaks with John Roberti and Elyse Dorsey about these investigations and litigations, starting with Pearl Jam and going through the present day. Listen to this episode to learn more about how antitrust theories apply to rock’n’roll.

Our Curious Amalgam explores topics in antitrust, consumer protection, and privacy law around the world, discussed by leading experts in the 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 the in-depth questions.