In Conversation With IPR & Competition Law
Sep 20, 2026 · 33 min · 8 segments
In this episode of In Conversation with IPR & Competition Law, host Aditya Trivedi sits down with Prof. Spencer Weber Waller, John Paul Stevens Chair in Competition Law at Loyola University Chicago…
Spencer Weber WallerGuest
Aditya TrivediHost
Today, we have the privilege of hosting Professor Spencer Waller, John Paul Stevens Chair in Competition Law at Loyola University, Chicago School of Law.

He joins us to discuss his latest book, Power and Greed, Monopolies, Mergers and Cartels on the American Stage.

As your book opens, with theater becoming a national business before it becomes a monopoly story, what actually made that possible and why does the national market almost always invite someone to try and own it? What are your views, sir?
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Today, we have the privilege of hosting Professor Spencer Waller, John Paul Stevens Chair in Competition Law at Loyola University, Chicago School of Law.

He joins us to discuss his latest book, Power and Greed, Monopolies, Mergers and Cartels on the American Stage.

As your book opens, with theater becoming a national business before it becomes a monopoly story, what actually made that possible and why does the national market almost always invite someone to try and own it? What are your views, sir?