Speeches and Presentations
Secured Finance Network, Asset-Based Capital Conference 2024, Jan. 30, 2024 Panelist, Washington Session (Virtual Panel)
The Capitol Forum Second Request Podcast, Nov. 29, 2023. Speaker, “A Deep Dive into the Google Trial and Tech Landscape” https://thecapitolforum.com/resources/a-deep-dive-into-the-google-trial-and-tech-landscape-with-seth-bloom/
Columbia Law School, New York, NY, Course on Law and Regulation of Social Media, April 18, 2023 Guest Lecturer, “Current Issues in Regulatory Reform”
Secured Finance Network, Asset-Based Capital Conference 2023, Feb. 1, 2023 Panelist, Washington Session (Virtual Panel), Divided Government and What to Expect in Washington 2023, A Deeper Dive Into Financial Services, Antitrust, and Competition Policy
Capitol Street Summer Policy Call, June 16, 2022 Speaker, “The FTC’s Approach to Pharmaceutical Mergers and PBM Regulation”
Columbia Law School, New York, NY, Course on Law and Regulation of Social Media, April 19, 2022 Guest Lecturer, “Current Issues in Regulatory Reform”
Secured Finance Network, Asset-Based Capital Conference 2022, Las Vegas, NV, Feb. 8, 2022 Panelist, Washington Session (Virtual Panel)
American Antitrust Institute Private Antitrust Enforcement Conference, Washington, DC, November 10, 2021, Panelist, “New Antitrust Legislative Developments: Possibilities and Risks” https://www.antitrustinstitute.org/watch-panel-video-from-aais-15th-annual-private-antitrust-enforcement-conference-new-antitrust-legislative-developments-possibilities-risks/
The Capitol Forum, July 15, 2021, Interview, “Seth Bloom’s Outlook for Antitrust Legislation” https://thecapitolforum.com/podcasts/
Columbia Law School, New York, NY, Course on Law and Regulation of Social Media, April 6, 2021, Guest Lecturer, “Current Issues in Regulatory Reform”
Poligage Power Hour, March 18, 2021, Panelist, “The Road Map for Technology Policy in the United States,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUYF6EsGLs4
The Capitol Forum, Program on How the 2020 Election Will Affect Federal Antitrust Policy and Federal Priorities in Regulating and Investigating Big Business, Oct. 30, 2020, Speaker, “Discussion on M&A and Antitrust,” https://library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/4e7r68rrha5t
Digital Content Next Legal and Legislative Event Series, Sept. 22, 2020, Speaker, “What to Expect When Your Expecting An Antitrust Investigation of the Platforms”
Access Partnership/Monument Advocacy Fair Tech Forum, July 15, 2020, Panelist, “Do We Fix Competition Law With Data Policy” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTORiixDH1I&feature=youtu.be
The 30 Blog: The End of News with John Stanton, Washington, DC, Dec. 19, 2019, Interview, “Antitrust with Seth Bloom” https://30.savejournalism.org/episodes
Speire/Capitol Street/McCallister & Quinn Fall Forward Health Policy Conference, Washington, DC, October 10, 2019
Speaker, “Healthcare Antitrust Under a Democratic Administration: Health Plans, Hospitals, BioPharma”
Information Technology and Information Forum, Washington, DC, July 11, 2019
Panelist, “Breaking Up Big Tech: Making Sense of the Debate” https://itif.org/events/2019/07/11/breaking-big-tech-making-sense-debate
Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE) panel discussion, Washington, D.C., April 10, 2019
Panelist, “Countering the Cartel, A Policy Response to OPEC’s Anti-Market Actions” https://www.facebook.com/SecuringEnergy/videos/353911258552853/?__tn__=kC-R&eid=ARD9A_5ljUBqdmtuubdky8lwAuiszph-yHS6kOf5WDZcH19FAts1dmQCY_TI0d8jSgBwOwcY7fB4FNGC&hc_ref=ARQI3o0EcRSG7Jh4ssZlhTgIsowyiSJsVMmCQ3LAGAgJvSR-zDxNYZGytdXQIJFQ5Fc&__xts__[0]=68.ARA1IoklYIBSy3cxhcMqVLWv0kgeLTiYXVTDr4TZvTrzCEOq3VW6faWkO66BD34pANhhNMjdDmus8hIIEBCO6bG0VooD3G6fGL9NVvavZqr2Xse7fffKJ2izTjmFFmsmcxG8j2iVAtvDBufYGYjabukyZTEKQKlJaS4c0taOuiixlWRe0M_ZkjBSfwKd_M2_S9i6q_xEcGpbzbCeX_qsxV23duOteVMP3rv1wLC40B6pboz8K0WtT1kxg2xI8x5y3XNucXWXEMKp-nsD1lH6yTHIUnku9H-hxhMrh08pBtOg2DQJL2GRXWR84P4KCYCkbeYpHcfBNIz-EcW-GipX8c10W3y_Hn_whSA
Georgetown Law’s Institute for Technology Law and Policy, Washington, D.C., March 5, 2019
Panelist, “Assessing the Sprint T-Mobile Merger, Consumers, Competition, and the Future of 5G”
Testimony before U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Administrative Law, Washington, D.C., May 18, 2018
Witness for Hearing on “Accountability for OPEC: H.R. ___, the ‘No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act”
https://judiciary.house.gov/hearing/accountability-for-opec-h-r-___-the-no-oil-producing-and-exporting-cartels-act/
Capitol Forum and American University Program on DOJ v. AT&T: Preview of Key Arguments at Trial, Washington, D.C., March 15, 2018
Panelist, “Implications for Law & Policy and Discussion of Outcome-Determinative Considerations at Trial”
The Federalist Society, Intellectual Property Practice Group, Washington, D.C., Oct. 31, 2017
Panelist, “Foreign Sovereigns and Innovation, Job Creation, and International Competition”
Interview with Capitol Forum on “Current Political Considerations in Antitrust Enforcement,” Sept. 26, 2017
https://thecapitolforum.watchdox.com/ngdox/viewer/aab507bd-10b2-4bd7-a2a2-9b12e1cbf143/
The Federalist Society, Corporations, Securities, and Antitrust Practice Group Teleforum, Sept. 12, 2017
Panelist, “Politics and Federal Antitrust Enforcement: Strangers or Bedfellows”
American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law, Teleconference Panel Discussion, August 29, 2017
Panelist, “Extra! Extra! Do Newspapers Need An Antitrust Exemption”
American Hotel & Lodging Association, Congressional Briefing, Washington, D.C., July 13, 2017
Panelist, “The Monoliths: Travel Tech Consolidation, Consumers, and Public Policy”
American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law, Teleconference Panel Discussion, June 27, 2017
Panelist, “The McCarran Act: An Update”
Capitol Forum Third Annual Future of Broadband Conference, Washington, DC, Dec. 16, 2016
Panelist, “The Decision Makers (Congressional/FCC/State AG/EU)” https://thecapitolforum.com/portfolio/capitol-forum-broadband-conference-decision-makers/
New York State Bar Association, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, Spring Meeting
Cooperstown, N.Y., May 14, 2016
Panelist, “On a Higher Ground? Baseball’s Antitrust Exemption”
Capitol Forum Interview Series, “Conversations with Thought Leaders,” Washington, DC, May 4, 2016
https://thecapitolforum.com/portfolio/seth-bloom-bloom-strategic-counsel/
South by Southwest Music Conference, Austin, TX, March 17, 2016
Panelist, “Advocating for Musicians – Why DC Matters”
George Mason Law Review 19th Annual Antitrust Symposium: Antitrust in an Interconnected World, Arlington, VA, Feb. 18, 2016
Panelist, “Google – Global Antitrust Investigations”
https://vimeo.com/156450679
American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law, Washington, DC, Oct. 26, 2015
Panelist, “Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act: An Insider’s Perspective on the First Ten Years and Beyond”
Conference of Western Attorneys General, 2015 Annual Meeting, Waimea, HI, July 22, 2015
Panelist, “Update on Search Engine Legal Issues”
American Association of Independent Music (A2IM), Indie Week 2015, New York, N.Y., June 23, 2015
Panelist, “Advocacy and Commerce: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You”
American Antitrust Institute, 16th Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., June 18, 2015
Panelist, “The Politics of Antitrust”
Capitol Forum Interview Series, “Conversations with Thought Leaders,” Washington, D.C., April 16, 2015
http://thecapitolforum.com/portfolio/the-capitol-forum-interview-series-with-seth-bloom-bloom-strategic-counsel-pllc/
Fair Search/National Law Journal Conference on “Antitrust in a New Era of Tech”
Washington, D.C., April 15, 2015
Panelist, “The Future of Antitrust in the US: Emerging Issues”
Hammer Strategies/Clifford Chance Breakfast Panel, Washington, D.C., March 31, 2015
Panelist, “The US-EU Outlook for Antitrust, Merger, and Data Policy”
American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law, Washington, D.C., March 11, 2015
Panelist, “114th Congress – Antitrust Outlook”
Capitol Forum Future of Broadband Competition Conference, Washington, D.C., December 16, 2014
Panelist, “A Closer Look at a Key Regulatory Concern: Achieving Competition in Video Distribution and High-bandwidth Applications”
http://thecapitolforum.com/portfolio/achieving-competition-video-distribution-high-bandwidth-applications/
The Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, November 12, 2014
Panelist, “The USAirways/American Airlines Merger: The View from Washington, D.C.”
Syracuse University College of Law, Law Dialogs in DC, Washington, D.C., November 12, 2014
Panelist, “Communications Mergers: Explore the regulatory and policy issues involved in the pending mergers of media and broadband companies”
American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law, Washington, D.C., November 10, 2014
Panelist, “After the Elections: What’s Next for Antitrust and Consumer Protection”
http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/multimedia/antitrust_law/20141110_at141110.authcheckdam.mp3
University of Rochester, Department of Political Science, Rochester, N.Y., October 30, 2014
Guest Lecturer, Class on “Business and Politics”
Comptel PLUS Fall 2014 Convention and Expo, Dallas, TX, October 6, 2014
Panelist, “Telecom Convergence and Megamergers”
http://www.comptelplus.org/hub#generalsessions
Fair Search Conference, Washington, D.C., September 9, 2014
Panelist, “Next Steps in the Google Investigations”
http://vimeo.com/105685507
Capitol Forum, Washington, D.C., July 10, 2014
Interview on the Competitive Implications of the Comcast/Time Warner Cable Merger
http://recordings.conferencecalling.com/mp3/1150971/CAPITOLFORUM071014.mp3
Capitol Forum, Washington, D.C., May 14, 2014
Interview on Politics and Antitrust
http://thecapitolforum.com/portfolio/capitol-forum-interview-series-seth-bloom/
Policy and Regulatory Reports/Mergermarket Group Conference, Washington, DC, March 27, 2014
Panelist, “Emerging Markets M&A Roundtable”
New York State Bar Association, Antitrust Section Executive Committee, New York, N.Y, November 20, 2013
Speaker, “Reflections on the Work and Influence of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, 1999-2013”
University of Rochester, Department of Political Science, Rochester, N.Y., October 29, 2013
Guest Lecturer, Class on “Business and Politics”
Capitol Forum, Washington, D.C., October 16, 2013
Interview on the US Airways/American Airlines Merger Case
http://recordings.conferencecalling.com/mp3/1150971/CAPITOLFORUM101613.mp3
Fair Search Lunch Panel, Washington, D.C., April 10, 2013
Panelist, “Lessons From the FTC-Google Settlement“
American Antitrust Institute, Washington, D.C., November 15, 2012
Panelist, “U.S. Competition Policy 2013 and Beyond”
University of Rochester, Department of Political Science, Rochester, N.Y., October 23, 2012
Guest Lecturer, Class on “Business and Politics”
National Cable & Telecommunications Assn, Cable Show 2012, Boston, MA, May 21, 2012
Panelist, “View From the Hill: Judiciary Committee Staffers”
2012 National Community Pharmacists Association Conference on Legislation & Government Affairs
Washington, D.C., May 7, 2012
Panelist, “Federal Trade Commission and Antitrust Panel”
Johnson & Johnson Consumer Global Business Development Meeting, Washington, D.C.,
October 19, 2011
Panelist, Congressional Panel on Oversight Issues
Capitol Street/McKenna Long & Aldridge Health Care Conference, Washington, D.C., October 3, 2011
Speaker, “Healthcare Mergers on the Horizon: Legislative & Antitrust Discussion”
JNK Securities Corp. Policy Conference, New York, NY, September 30, 2011
Speaker, Antitrust Subcommittee Agenda
ABA Section of Antitrust Law, Summer Leadership Meeting, Montreal, Canada, August 10, 2011
Speaker, Priorities for the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee in 2011
Cablevision Federal Affairs Washington Conference, Washington, D.C., June 22, 2011
Speaker, Current Antitrust and Telecom Issues
National Cable & Telecommunications Assn, Cable Show 2011, Chicago, IL, June 14, 2011
Panelist, “View From the Hill: Judiciary Committee Staffers on Communications Policy”
Udwin Breakfast Group, Washington, D.C., May 18, 2011
Speaker, Senate Antitrust Subcommittee Agenda in the 112th Congress
Broadband Breakfast, Washington, D.C., February 15, 2011
Panelist, “Competition in the Wireless Environment: How to Get More Handsets on More Networks”
Bar Association of the District of Columbia, 2011 Symposium on Associations and Antitrust,
Washington, D.C., February 10, 2011
Panelist, “Lobbying Activity”
Information Technology and Information Forum (ITIF), Washington, D.C., January 28, 2011
Panelist, “Economic Doctrines and Approaches to Antitrust”
Consumers United for Rail Equity (CURE) Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 27, 2011
Speaker, Congressional Outlook for Rail Antitrust Legislation
ABA Section of Antitrust Law, 2010 Fall Forum, Washington, D.C., November 18, 2010
Moderator, “Poultry, Patents and the Press: The Role of Workshops and Advocacy in Competition
Policy”; Panelist, “ ‘Pardon the Interruption’ – Antitrust Style”
Association of Transportation Law Professionals, 7th ATLP Transportation Forum, Washington, D.C.,
November 1, 2010
Panelist, “Will Congress Enact Transportation Legislation?”
Joint Program of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law, Health Care and Pharmaceuticals Committee, DC Bar Antitrust and Consumer Law Section, and the Bar Association of the District of Columbia Antitrust Law Section, Washington, D.C., May 14, 2010
Speaker, “Health Insurers and the Antitrust Laws: The Impact of Proposed Changes in the Law in the District of Columbia and Elsewhere”
American Cable Association, 17th Summit, National Harbor, MD, April 20, 2010
Panelist, “Insiders’ Perspectives on Policy”
Healthcare Group Purchasing Industry Initiative, 2010 Best Practices Forum,
Washington, D.C., March 3, 2010
Panelist, “Hot Topics on the Hill”
Japan Center for International Exchange, 21st Congressional Staff Delegation to Japan,
Tokyo, Japan, February 17, 2010
Panelist, “U.S. Politics in an Era of Change”
American Antitrust Institute, Invitational Symposium, The Future of Private Antitrust Enforcement,
Washington, D.C., December 8, 2009
Panelist, “The Legality of Reverse Payments”
Consumers United for Rail Equity (CURE) Legislative Conference, Washington, D.C., December 4, 2009
Speaker, Congressional Outlook for Rail Antitrust Legislation
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Antitrust Council Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 24, 2009
Speaker, “View from Congress”
ABA Section of Antitrust Law, 2009 Fall Forum, Washington, D.C., November 12, 2009
Speaker, “The Legislative Agenda”
Western Coal Traffic League, 2009 Annual Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., October 29, 2009
Speaker, “Railroad Antitrust Legislation”
Association of Transportation Law Professionals, 6th Annual Transportation Forum, Washington, D.C.,
October 26, 2009
Panelist, “The Legislative Arena –Where Do Things Stand?”
Concept Capital Transportation and Infrastructure Conference, Washington, D.C., October 5, 2009
Speaker, Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act
Capitol Street Health Reform Summit, Washington, D.C., October 1, 2009
Speaker, Antitrust Subcommittee Health Care Agenda
Fordham Competition Law Institute, International Antitrust Law and Policy Conference, New York, NY, September 24-25, 2009.
Panelist, “Government Aid and Competition Conditions”
ABA Section of Antitrust Law, Health Care and Pharmaceuticals Committee and Federal Civil Enforcement Committee, Washington, D.C., Sept. 21, 2009
Panelist, “Brown Bag: Hot Pharmaceutical Topics in Antitrust”
Center for American Progress, Washington, D.C., June 23, 2009
Panelist, “Low Cost Solutions to Health Care Through Generic Competition” https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/regulation/news/2009/06/24/6284/generic-drug-competition-in-health-care-reform/
Georgetown University Center for Business and Public Policy, Washington, D.C., June 3, 2009
Panelist, “Future Challenges in Competition Policy: an EU Perspective”
Federal Trade Commission Workshop on Resale Price Maintenance, Washington, D.C., May 21, 2009
Panelist, “Rule of Reason Analyses Post-Leegin”
Telecommunications Industry Assoc., 10th Annual Spring Policy Summit, Cambridge, MD, April 25, 2009
Panelist, “Regulatory Policy Under the New Administration and Congress”
ABA Section of International Law, 2009 Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 14, 2009
Panelist, “Hot Topics from the Judiciary Committee: IP, Antitrust and More”
National Cable & Telecommunications Assn, Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., April 2, 2009
Panelist, “A View from the Hill, Senior Judiciary Committee Staffers on Communications Policy”
U. S. Council on International Business, Competition Committee, Washington, D.C., March 5, 2009
Speaker, 2009 Senate Antitrust Subcommittee Agenda and Its Implications for International Business
Consumers United for Rail Equity (CURE) Legislative Conference, Washington, D.C., December 4, 2008
Speaker, 2009 Congressional Outlook for Rail Antitrust Legislation
American Antitrust Institute, Washington, D.C., December 4, 2008
Panelist, “Price Fixing in the Retail Industry”
Capitol.Net Capitol Hill Workshop, Washington, D.C., October 23, 2008
Speaker, Program on “Working with Congressional Staff”
ABA Section for Antitrust Law/Center for Continuing Legal Education, Washington, D.C., July 15, 2008
Panelist, “The Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act: Have the Rail Industries’ Antitrust Exemptions
Reached the End of the Line?”
National Cable & Telecommunications Assn, Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, May 19, 2008
Panelist, Washington Insiders Session
Capitol.Net Capitol Hill Workshop, Washington, D.C., March 14, 2008
Speaker, Program on “Politics, Policy, and Process”
The Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., February 6, 2008
Speaker, Congressional Operations Seminar
Capitol.Net Capitol Hill Workshop, Washington, D.C., November 16, 2007
Speaker, Program on “Politics, Policy, and Process”
American Antitrust Institute, Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., June 21, 2007
Panelist, “The Future of Monopoly and Monopolization, Section 2 in the Political Arena”
American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law, Washington, D.C., May 23, 2007
Panelist, “Should Merger Law Be Amended for the Oil Industry?”
Medical Device Manufacturers Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., May 16, 2007
Panelist, “Market Access: Ensuring Patient Access to Innovative Technologies”
Capitol.Net Executive Conference, Washington, D.C., May 11, 2007
Panelist, “Strategies for Working With Congress and Its Staff”
Law Seminars International Pharmaceutical Antitrust Conference, Washington, D.C., April 27, 2007
Panelist, Legislative Perspectives on pharmaceutical antitrust issues.
American Bar Association Antitrust Section, 2007 Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 20, 2007
Speech to International Antitrust Officials, Congressional Role in U.S. Antitrust Enforcement
Lehman Brothers Washington Healthcare Day, March 30, 2007
Panelist, Hatch-Waxman Reforms
Consumers United for Rail Equity (CURE) Legislative Conference, Washington, D.C., December 12, 2006
Panelist, Congressional outlook for 2007 for rail competition legislation
Health Industry Distributors Association 2006 Washington Summit, June 29, 2006
Speech, Hospital Group Purchasing Organizations and Healthcare Distribution
Medical Device Manufacturers Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006
Panelist, Discussion of reforms to hospital group purchasing organizations and the medical device marketplace
American Bar Association Antitrust Section, 2006 Spring Meeting, Washington, March 29, 2006
Presentation to Legislative Committee on status of Antitrust Legislation in 109th Congress
Capitol.Net Executive Conference, Washington, D.C., March 17, 2006
Presentation on “Preparing and Delivering Congressional Testimony”
University of California Washington D.C. Program, February 7, 2006
Panelist, Discussion on Judiciary Committee Nomination Hearings of Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito
Medical Device Manufacturers Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., May 17, 2005
Panelist, Access to Innovation: A current look at the hospital GPO marketplace and its impact on the quality and cost of care
American Bar Association and American Health Lawyers Association Conference on Antitrust in Health Care, Washington, D.C., May 13, 2005
Panelist, GPOs: Recent Developments
Health Manufacturers Marketing Council 2005 Spring Conference, Washington, D.C., April 22, 2005
Panelist, The On-Going GPO Debate
American Bar Association Antitrust Section, 2005 Spring Meeting, Washington, March 29, 2005
Presentation to Legislative Committee on Prospects for Antitrust Legislation in the 109th Congress to Antitrust Section Legislative Committee
Capitol.Net Executive Conference, Washington, D.C., March 18, 2005
Presentation on “Preparing and Delivering Congressional Testimony”
American Bar Association Antitrust Section Winter Leadership Meeting, Kona, HI, January 9, 2005
Speech, Priorities for the Antitrust Subcommittee in the 109th Congress
Medical Device Manufacturers Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., June 10, 2004
Speech on the Antitrust Subcommittee’s Efforts to Reform Hospital Group Purchasing
American Bar Association Antitrust Section, 2004 Spring Meeting, Washington, March 29, 2004
Presentation to Legislative Committee on status of Antitrust Legislation in 108th Congress
Capitol.Net Executive Conference, Washington, D.C., March 12, 2004
Presentation on “Preparing and Delivering Congressional Testimony”
NCI IDN Summit, Orlando, FL, September 26, 2003
Speech, Status of Antitrust Subcommittee’s Work on Hospital Group Purchasing
American Bar Association Antitrust Section Summer Leadership Meeting, Vancouver, B.C., Aug. 14, 2003
Speech, Priorities for the Antitrust Subcommittee in the 108th Congress
Medical Device Manufacturers Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., June 5, 2003
Speech, “Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Update on GPOs”
NCI Health Care Executive Forum, Orlando, FL, January 31, 2003
Speech, Status of Antitrust Subcommittee’s Work on Competition in the Medical Device Industry
American Bar Association Antitrust Section Winter Leadership Meeting, San Juan, P.R, January 19, 2003
Speech, Status of Antitrust Legislation in the 108th Congress
American Bar Association Antitrust Section Summer Leadership Meeting, Colorado Springs, Co., Aug. 8, 2001
Speech, Priorities for the Antitrust Subcommittee in the 107th Congress