Holly Buckley

Thank you, Scott.

Hey Scott, thanks as always for having me on. Holly Buckley, I chair the healthcare group at McGuire Woods, spend a fair amount of my time working in private equity transactions as well as general provider advising and transactional work. So a pleasure to be on. And I've been trying to keep my eye on what's happening at the FTC.

Hey Scott, thanks as always for having me on. Holly Buckley, I chair the healthcare group at McGuire Woods, spend a fair amount of my time working in private equity transactions as well as general provider advising and transactional work. So a pleasure to be on. And I've been trying to keep my eye on what's happening at the FTC.

It's been a really interesting past few years with Lena Khan at the helm. The FTC has become much more aggressive and some may say activist. And a big focus of many heading into this election was a focus on on Lina Khan and whether she would still be in with a new administration or even if Kamala had won.

It's been a really interesting past few years with Lena Khan at the helm. The FTC has become much more aggressive and some may say activist. And a big focus of many heading into this election was a focus on on Lina Khan and whether she would still be in with a new administration or even if Kamala had won.

And with Trump coming in, Lina Khan is out, and Andrew Ferguson, who is a commissioner at the FTC, is the new head of the FTC. And there's also now a Republican majority on the commission. And so there's a lot of eyes in terms of what's going to be happening as we go forward. And we don't really know yet.

And with Trump coming in, Lina Khan is out, and Andrew Ferguson, who is a commissioner at the FTC, is the new head of the FTC. And there's also now a Republican majority on the commission. And so there's a lot of eyes in terms of what's going to be happening as we go forward. And we don't really know yet.

But I think some sources have reported that there's likely to be a continued focus and scrutiny on the dominance of the big tech platforms, which I think is really interesting in light of some of the alliances that Trump's been forging with some of the big tech leaders that may be a connection there.

But I think some sources have reported that there's likely to be a continued focus and scrutiny on the dominance of the big tech platforms, which I think is really interesting in light of some of the alliances that Trump's been forging with some of the big tech leaders that may be a connection there.

And it'll be interesting to see how much scrutiny those big tech companies do continue to get from the FTC in light of some of the dynamics in Washington right now.

And it'll be interesting to see how much scrutiny those big tech companies do continue to get from the FTC in light of some of the dynamics in Washington right now.

Yeah, no, I think it is very interesting. And I listened to a podcast the other day. It was a New York Times one. And there was a discussion with Mark Anderson, who was kind of discussing these dynamics and kind of the switch. And it...

Yeah, no, I think it is very interesting. And I listened to a podcast the other day. It was a New York Times one. And there was a discussion with Mark Anderson, who was kind of discussing these dynamics and kind of the switch. And it...

He described it much more as something that had happened over time, over kind of the last 10 years with kind of the left and its impact on tech companies and kind of anti-business perspectives and less of an old Trump one. And so now everyone is kind of flip-flopping over.

He described it much more as something that had happened over time, over kind of the last 10 years with kind of the left and its impact on tech companies and kind of anti-business perspectives and less of an old Trump one. And so now everyone is kind of flip-flopping over.

It was described very differently, but I do think it's an interesting dynamic where you had Silicon Valley, which was a very... um reliably left-leaning constituency and now we are seeing a lot of silicon valley leadership very much um flipping to the right and um very uh vocally and um without any kind of hesitation seemingly, flipping to the right and cozying up with Trump.

It was described very differently, but I do think it's an interesting dynamic where you had Silicon Valley, which was a very... um reliably left-leaning constituency and now we are seeing a lot of silicon valley leadership very much um flipping to the right and um very uh vocally and um without any kind of hesitation seemingly, flipping to the right and cozying up with Trump.

I mean, the whole thing is fascinating and is probably the most, I guess, forward flip-flop that we've seen in terms of a group like that.

I mean, the whole thing is fascinating and is probably the most, I guess, forward flip-flop that we've seen in terms of a group like that.

I mean, I don't think that the non-compete effort is going to be back at the federal level. I think that'll stay with the states. It's my personal belief. I just don't think that it's going to come back at the federal level. And I think that Notwithstanding that, I think there's been a permanent shift of kind of anti-non-compete.