56 episodes
Law, Policy & Markets Milbank
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5.0 • 40 Ratings
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Law, Policy & Markets: Milbank Conversations explores key business and legal trends in today's evolving global economy. With candor and a sophisticated understanding of the issues, host Allan Marks and other Milbank partners and guests delve into diverse topics, such as ESG and sustainability, cybersecurity, airlines and aviation, biopharma, global capital markets, climate change and the energy transition, cross-border workouts, private equity, cutting-edge litigation, enforcement policies in securities and antitrust, and values-based innovation in the legal profession. Discover what’s happening, what it means, and what’s next. More details at Milbank.com. Follow us on social media and podcast platforms, including Apple, Spotify, Google and Audible.
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The Best of LPM: Summer Associate Roundtable: “Law Students Speak Up”
Originally broadcast: Friday, July 21, 2023What do law students today think about values, workplace culture, technology, privacy, work/life balance, and conflicting opinions? Host Allan Marks explores these issues in a candid, wide-ranging roundtable discussion with five 2023 summer associates at Milbank: Heaven Johnson-Branch; Konstantina Katsimeni; Harrison Makaruk; Isabela Motta; and Vishnu Nagireddy. They also share their experiences and opinions on related, timely topic...
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FERC-alicious: US Energy Market Trends & Regulatory Update
The United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulates US energy markets. FERC’s latest annual report on key market trends noted falling average prices for natural gas and electricity despite increased demand for both. New renewable energy and storage facilities are coming online at a brisk pace, making the grid cleaner and more efficient. FERC is about to get three new commissioners, who will face challenges of interregional transmission constraints and gri...
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The Best of LPM: Muslim Cemetery Battles for Justice in Virginia – “So Lose Not Heart Nor Despair”
Originally broadcast: Tuesday, December 14, 2021. A charity encounters surprising roadblocks to building a new cemetery for low-cost Muslim burials in Stafford County, Virginia. In this episode, host Allan Marks follows the cemetery’s path to justice with the lawyers who handled the civil rights case, Tawfiq Rangwala and Melanie Westover Yanez, and their pro bono client, the All Muslim Association of America, at the intersection of religious freedom, land use, and local politics i...
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What's at Stake for Mergers, Antitrust and CFIUS in the US 2024 Presidential Election
What impact will the 2024 presidential election have on antitrust policy, federal merger approvals, and foreign investment in the United States? Uncertainty about future federal policy makes investment decisions this year especially challenging. In this episode, host Allan Marks speaks with Milbank partners Adam Di Vincenzo and John Beahn about antitrust and CFIUS policy under the administrations of President Biden and former President Trump, discovering both shar...
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Energy Storage at Utility Scale: California Goes All-in
The push for cleaner energy has led to greater reliance on intermittent renewable energy resources, particularly solar and wind energy. To integrate these resources into a more efficient and reliable “smart grid” requires new investment in energy storage. What are the best ways to provide resource adequacy and to bridge the gaps between when (and where) power is generated and when (and where) it is needed? California is leading the way with massive new investments in innovative en...
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The Geopolitics of Energy: “Shifting Sands”
What blind spots are we missing in the global conversation about energy and geopolitics? In this episode, The Geopolitics of Energy: “Shifting Sands,” Allan Marks hosts a fireside chat with Dr. Carolyn Kissane, a professor at NYU’s SPS Center for Global Affairs. Public policies in Europe, the US and China are stimulating massive capital investment in renewable energy, EVs, batteries and the energy transition, and India is a rapidly rising economy. Mr. Marks and Dr. Kissane look at ...