Podcast appearances and mentions of Joshua D Wright

Two women lawyers told Law360 that former Federal Trade Commission member and George Mason University law professor Joshua D. Wright abused his power in order to engage them in sexual activity. On this week's Pro Say podcast we discuss details of the alleged misconduct that began while they were his students and later continued when they were his subordinates at the FTC and at a BigLaw firm. Also this week we talk about MLB umpire Angel Hernandez losing a racial bias suit over his lack of prestigious assignments and Hyundai and Kia's $145 million deal with drivers claiming they were sold cars that are vulnerable to theft.

Antitrust cases are often complex and technical, which invites suspicion that such cases should be decided by specialists rather than generalist judges. Would a judge who is truly an antitrust expert think the same? The honorable Judge Douglas Ginsburg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, speaks with Melissa Maxman and Anora Wang with the utmost candor and (at times) unexpected humor reflecting his decades of experiences, observations, and scholarship. With special guests: Judge Douglas Ginsburg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Related Links: Antitrust Courts: Specialists versus Generalists, 36 FORDHAM INT'L. L.J. 788 (2013) (with Joshua D. Wright) Antitrust Courts: Specialists versus Generalists, 36 FORDHAM INT'L. L.J. 788 (2013) (with Joshua D. Wright) - alternate location Hosted by: Melissa Maxman, Cohen & Gresser LLP and Anora Wang, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

Recent months have seen a flurry of notable developments at the Federal Trade Commission, including oral arguments in the high-profile Axon v. FTC and SEC v. Cochran Supreme Court cases, administrative complaints challenging deals between Altria and JUUL and Illumina and GRAIL, and FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson's announced resignation.This episode is a live recording of a panel of antitrust law experts examining these developments and debating what might come next at the FTC.Featuring:Debbie Feinstein, Partner, Arnold & Porter; Former Director, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade CommissionHon. William Kovacic, Global Competition Professor of Law and Policy, The George Washington University Law School; Former Chairman, Federal Trade CommissionProf. Richard J. Pierce, Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law, George Washington University Law SchoolHon. Joshua D. Wright, University Professor and Executive Director, Global Antitrust Institute, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University; Former Commissioner, Federal Trade CommissionModerator: Bilal Sayyed, Senior Adjunct Fellow, TechFreedom; Former Director, Office of Policy Planning, Federal Trade CommissionVisit our website – www.RegProject.org – to learn more, view all of our content, and connect with us on social media.*******As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

Are you getting sick of messages of climate doom and dystopia? There's another way to talk about the future. In this episode, I'm chatting with Professor Joshua D. Wright on his fascinating research into the power of the “environmental imagination” and how it drives both practical behavior change as well as political action. It's about communicating “solutions” instead of “problems” – and it makes a dramatic difference to how people respond to the information, form groups, and lead movements. The effect of thinking of an alternative world is more subtle and nuanced than it seems. I think this might be the first research investigating the effect that looking at, and thinking about, ecotopian futures has on our pro-environmental behavior. I have a hunch that this research might be part of a growing zeitgeist of people moving out of overwhelm and into empowerment and agency over the future of our planet. Find his paper here https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272494420306885 Sign up to my group, The Imagine Project at katiepatrick.com/imagine - we've got a group on Discord and a monthly Zoom devoted to building a movement of imagining a better world. How to Save the World is a Podcast About the Psychology of What Gets People To Take On Sustainable Behavior and Climate Action. Environmental engineer, designer, and author, Katie Patrick, hunts down the latest behavioral science literature from top universities such as Harvard, MIT, and Stanford to unearth the evidence-based teachings you can use to get magnitudes more people to adopt your environmental campaign, program, or product. Sign up for Katie's free behavior and gamification design course at katiepatrick.com Get a copy of How to Save the World on Amazon This podcast is supported by our friends at Earth Hacks who run environmental hackathons, Conservation X Labs who promote community-driven open tech development for conservation, and Climate Designers - a network of designers who use their creative skills for climate action. You might enjoy joining their communities and events. Contribute a monthly donation at patreon.com/katiepatrick to help me continue to make these episodes possible. Thank you to Jordan, Nader, Mike, Gary, Alex, Ben, Dee, and Ian for contributing! Xx Follow on Twitter @katiepatrick, Instagram @katiepatrickhello, and LinkedIn

On April 22, 2021, the Federalist Society's George Mason Student Chapter, the Regulatory Transparency Project, and the Global Antitrust Institute cosponsored an event featuring professors Joshua D. Wright and John Yun discussing the future of the conservative approach to antitrust law.Featuring:- Joshua D. Wright, Executive Director, Global Antitrust Institute, Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University- John Yun, Associate Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University- [Introduction] Sydney Dominguez, President, The Federalist Society's George Mason Student ChapterVisit our website – www.RegProject.org – to learn more, view all of our content, and connect with us on social media.

On April 22, 2021, the Federalist Society's George Mason Student Chapter, the Regulatory Transparency Project, and the Global Antitrust Institute cosponsored an event regarding "(Un)Civil War: The Future of Conservative Antitrust."Featuring:Prof. Joshua D. Wright, Executive Director, Global Antitrust Institute, Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason UniversityProf: John Yun, Associate Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason UniversityIntroduction: Sydney Dominguez, President, The Federalist Society's George Mason Student Chapter* * * * * As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

America's adoption of the consumer welfare standard since the late 1970s has led to the rise of innovative Big Tech companies like Google and Amazon. Other countries, particularly in Europe, would love to have massively successful tech firms of their own, but they're constrained in part by their more restrictive antitrust doctrines. And yet, many conservatives have begun to sound like progressives on this topic, rejecting a more laissez-faire approach to antitrust out of concern that these tech companies have acquired too much power. So today's episode explores the current state of US antitrust doctrine, as well as the resurgence of calls to reform it, with Joshua Wright. Josh is a law professor at George Mason University, as well as the executive director of the Global Antitrust Institute and a former member of the Federal Trade Commission. He is the co-author, along with Jan Rybnicek, of the recent National Affairs article, “https://nationalaffairs.com/time-choosing-conservative-case-against-weaponizing-antitrust (A Time for Choosing: The Conservative Case Against Weaponizing Antitrust).”

America’s adoption of the consumer welfare standard since the late 1970s has led to the rise of innovative Big Tech companies like Google and Amazon. Other countries, particularly in Europe, would love to have massively successful tech firms of their own, but they’re constrained in part by their more restrictive antitrust doctrines. And yet, many […]

In this episode, Joshua D. Wright, University Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Global Antitrust Institute at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, discusses his article "Requiem for a Paradox: The Dubious Rise and Inevitable Fall of Hipster Antitrust," which he co-authored with Elyse Dorsey, Jan Rybnicek, and Jonathan Klick, and which will be published in the Arizona State Law Journal. Wright begins by describing the prevailing position on the goals of antitrust policy that developed in the late 1970s, and its focus on the consumer welfare standard as the basis for determining when antitrust intervention is justified. He explains how and why this approach became the dominant approach to antitrust policy, and why he thinks it improved antitrust enforcement. He then describes recent criticisms of the prevailing approach, focusing on those presented by the "hipster antitrust" movement, a collection of antitrust scholars that also refer to themselves as "new Brandeisian" or "New Progressive Antitrust." He describes the different kinds of criticisms they offer, and argues that some are more compelling than others. Wright is on Twitter at @ProfWrightGMU.This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The AT&T/Time Warner merger marks the first time in 40 years that a court has decided a fully-litigated challenge to a vertical merger. On February 26, 2019 the D.C. Circuit affirmed unanimously Judge Leon's district court decision holding the Department of Justice Antitrust Division had failed to show that the proposed merger would violate Section 7 of the Clayton Act because it was not likely to substantially lessen competition. Did the court reach the right result and why? What does the decision mean for vertical merger enforcement and analysis moving forward? Are the antitrust agencies likely to issue new vertical merger guidelines? Join us for a discussion about these and other important lessons from the AT&T/Time Warner decision.Featuring: Joshua D. Wright, University Professor and Executive Director, Global Antitrust Institute, Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University Jan M. Rybnicek, Senior Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

The AT&T/Time Warner merger marks the first time in 40 years that a court has decided a fully-litigated challenge to a vertical merger. On February 26, 2019 the D.C. Circuit affirmed unanimously Judge Leon's district court decision holding the Department of Justice Antitrust Division had failed to show that the proposed merger would violate Section 7 of the Clayton Act because it was not likely to substantially lessen competition. Did the court reach the right result and why? What does the decision mean for vertical merger enforcement and analysis moving forward? Are the antitrust agencies likely to issue new vertical merger guidelines? Join us for a discussion about these and other important lessons from the AT&T/Time Warner decision.Featuring: Joshua D. Wright, University Professor and Executive Director, Global Antitrust Institute, Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University Jan M. Rybnicek, Senior Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

With a change in administration, businesses and consumers alike are searching the tea leaves for indications about how new policy setters will analyze market power, mergers and acquisitions. Will economic analysis play a greater or lesser role? Will the conventional distinctions between horizontal and vertical mergers persist? How will consumer interest be weighed? On the international front, is foreign countries’ use of competition laws to influence or judge American businesses on the rise and, if so, to what effect? -- Featuring: Hon. Joshua D. Wright, Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University.