Writer's Block from DOJ Antitrust Suit
Episode 25 min 43s

Writer's Block from DOJ Antitrust Suit

Antitrust expert Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst, discusses the Justice Department’s bid to block Penguin Random House’s proposed acquisition of rival Simon & Schuster, alleging it would allow just a few publishers to control the prices paid to authors.

First Amendment expert Eugene Volokh, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses Supreme Court arguments concerning a legislative body’s ability to censure a member for unpopular speech without running afoul of the First Amendment.

June Grasso hosts.

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