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We are pleased to introduce a new podcast series, Value-based Care Collides with Competition, that explores how aggressive federal and state enforcement of antitrust and other competition laws appears to be in tension with the nationwide shift to value-based care models.The series will examine how the adoption of new state competition, quality, access and cost laws is creating additional burdens on health care entities, including private equity-backed entities and management services organizations, that are considering new transactions—and how to mitigate the impact of these potential impediments.On this opening episode, Ropes & Gray health care partners Debbie Gersh, Tim McCrystal and Jenn Romig discuss the impact on health care transactions of current federal and state activity (legislative and regulatory) focused on competition, broadening access, reducing cost and improving quality. 

On this episode of There Has to Be a Better Way?, the second in a two-part series, co-hosts Zach Coseglia and Hui Chen return to their conversation with author and researcher Benjamin van Rooij about the six questions in the book he co-authored with Adam Fine, The Behavioral Code, which can guide organizations and lawmakers in creating a better compliance culture. They also discuss how an organization’s toxic culture can be changed and interrogate the oft-cited argument that compliant companies cannot be innovative.

On this episode of the R&G Tech Studio, litigation & enforcement partner Ama Adams, who’s also the managing partner of Ropes & Gray’s Washington, D.C. office, sits down with data, privacy & cybersecurity partner Fran Faircloth to discuss how she helps clients bridge the gap between ongoing national security concerns and the rapidly evolving technology landscape.

On this Ropes & Gray podcast, asset management attorneys Egan Cammack and Lindsey Jones highlight a few key topics for buy-side corporate derivatives users to consider in the coming year as they monitor existing, and assess new, derivatives transactions. Egan and Lindsey discuss counterparty credit evaluation, representations and corporate actions related to derivatives regulatory requirements (including under Dodd Frank), and planning for the U.S. Dollar (USD) LIBOR transition.

On this episode of Women @ RopesTalk, hosted by IP transactions partner Megan Baca, IP transactions counsel Emily Karlberg interviews Karna Nisewaner, the general counsel of Cadence Design Systems. Karna describes her path from engineering student at Princeton to GC at an innovative software company where she can “geek out on technology.” As a leader, she describes her approach to managing teams, including an important lesson learned early in her career. Reflecting on the value of lawyers on business teams, Karna shares some advice about listening, while also recounting how a run for the local school board helped sharpen her business skills.

Tune in to the third episode of Ropes & Gray's podcast series, The Data Day, brought to you by the firm’s data, privacy & cybersecurity practice. This series focuses on the day-to-day effects that data has on all of our lives as well as other exciting and interesting legal and regulatory developments in the world of data, and features a range of guests, including clients, regulators and colleagues. On this episode, hosts Fran Faircloth, a partner in Ropes & Gray's Washington, D.C. office, and Edward Machin, a London-based associate, are joined by special guest Jackie Koven, who is head of cyber threat intelligence at blockchain analysis firm, Chainalysis. Join us as we discuss how Jackie and the Chainalysis team track cybercriminals and nation-state actors who are involved with ransomware payments and other cryptocurrency schemes.

On this episode of There Has to Be a Better Way?, the first in a two-part series, co-hosts Zach Coseglia and Hui Chen talk to author and researcher Benjamin van Rooij about why it’s dangerous for lawmakers and compliance professionals to rely on their “own intuitions about human misbehavior” when designing laws, rules and compliance programs. They also examine the challenges organizations face when trying to promote ethical behavior. Stay tuned for part two of our conversation, where Professor van Rooij dives into lessons from his award-winning popular book The Behavioral Code, co-authored with Adam Fine. 

On this episode of the R&G Tech Studio, intellectual property litigation partner Andrew Radsch discusses how the opportunities he was afforded as an associate led to his career as an IP litigator. 

In this Ropes & Gray podcast, real estate partner Sally Davis and senior associate Michelle Janer discuss trends they expect will impact the commercial real estate industry in 2023. Sally and Michelle share their observations on desirable asset classes, how deals are being structured in the current economic climate, how to navigate the lender/borrower relationship, and more. 

In this third installment of Ropes & Gray’s podcast series exploring regulatory and antitrust issues for healthcare industry participants, healthcare partner Stephanie Webster and litigation & enforcement partner Jane Willis discuss the U.S. Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) recent withdrawal of three healthcare enforcement policy statements and its implications for hospital systems, physician practices, and private equity-backed healthcare firms.