14th & G

Dean is joined by his colleagues Republican Bruce Mehlman and Democrat David Thomas as they work through all the issues on the congressional docket this Fall.  From infrastructure to debt limit, government funding to Afghanistan, and much, much more. Buckle up and thank for listening!

Dean is joined by Matthew Lipka, Head of Policy for robotics company Nuro.  Autonomous vehicles are sharing our roads today and delivering everything from pizzas to prescriptions.  Dean and Matthew discuss the technical and regulatory challenges to putting a driverless, passengerless vehicle on America’s roads.  Thanks for listening!

Dean is joined today by his colleague Bruce Mehlman to discuss the firm’s new quarterly slide deck.  From 9/11 to the botched pullout in Afghanistan, how do our failures sometimes shape the road ahead even more than our successes.  Congress may be gone, but there’s plenty happening here in the nation’s capital.  Thanks for listening!  

Congress is back in town, and it’s Infrastructure Week FOR REAL this time.  Dean is joined by his colleagues at the firm, Republican Bruce Mehlman and Democrat David Thomas, to break down both infrastructure tracks, in both chambers, with predictions on what can get done before the August Recess.  Plus, Biden’s Executive Order gets the attention of the world’s largest companies.  It’s 2021 in 21 Minutes.  Thanks for listening! 

Congress is in recess and there’s no better time to take a higher level look at the state of our politics and the elections ahead.  To help with that that, Dean is joined by Washington Post columnist Henry Olsen. Dean and Henry break down the 2020 elections and what the down ballot results might mean for the 2022 Midterms.  Henry sees warning signs in Biden’s job approval with key constituencies and states. Plus, what’s next for populism in the U.S. and around the world, and can it survive without Donald Trump?

14th & G notched a win when DC Mayor Muriel Bowser lifted the Nationals’ Park mask mandate! But Congress still has a big month ahead of it and the Senate is poised to send legislation to the House (mass hysteria!) Today, Dean and colleagues Democrat David Thomas and Republican Bruce Mehlman cover the latest in 2021 in 21 minutes.  Dean, David, and Bruce discuss US-China relations and the Innovation and Competition Act vote, the future of the filibuster, ransomware attacks and the state of our cyber hygiene. And certainly not least, hard predictions on the infrastructure bill and when it might appear on President Biden’s desk.  Thanks for listening!

Biden addressed a joint session of Congress and we hear responses from both sides of the aisle.  Today, Dean sits down with his colleagues Democrat David Thomas and Republican Bruce Mehlman. They discuss the implications of Biden’s multi-trillion dollar spending plan, if Republicans will take back the House in 2022, the inner turmoil of the Republican Party and “woke” fatigue in Democratic ranks. Dean, David, and Bruce also address the coming return to normalcy, and Dean makes a specific request of DC Mayor Muriel Bowser.

The first 100 days of the Biden administration are wrapping up, and we’re handing out grades.Today, Dean sits down with his colleagues Republican Bruce Mehlman and Democrat David Thomas. Together, they break down 2021 in 21 minutes and predict what the Biden administration’s next 100 days will look like including, perhaps, a major infrastructure bill, a bipartisan effort against China, adjustments to antitrust laws, and speculation of corporate America’s new political home, if it has one at all.

The private sector gives their side on antitrust compliance. This week, Dean concludes the American Antitrust series with Patricia Nakache, General Partner at Trinity Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm.Dean and Patricia discuss how venture capital firms approach implications of antitrust at liquidity events, when startups choose to be acquired, go public, or go bankrupt. Patricia further explains antitrust enforcement when evaluating acquisitions in the tech space, potential chilling effects on mergers and acquisitions (MNAs) in the venture-backed world, and how BIg Tech impacts the playing field for startups.

Welcome to 14th & G. If you want to understand current events in antitrust, you need to know the history of antitrust in America. In this week’s episode, Dean continues Part 3 of the American Antirust series by sitting down with Matt Stoller, author and Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project. Thanks for listening!