“Steering” Through Recent DOJ Complaints Involving Hospital Restrictions on Insurance Plans

Recently, the role of lobbying in M&A has become the talk of the antitrust bar in current administrations in the U.S. and in other jurisdictions. But what about the related discipline of public affairs? Managing Partner Jeny Maier joins Nat Wood, Managing Director of Rational 360, a strategic communications, public affairs, and crisis management firm, and Puja Patel to discuss what’s involved in crafting a public affairs strategy to support an M&A deal and how the playbook is changing in the current administration. Listen to this episode if you want to learn more about the tools of the trade for strategic communications in merger advocacy.

Axinn has been recognized in the Legal 500 2026 U.S. guide, underscoring the firm’s continued strength in complex antitrust and litigation matters. The firm received rankings in Antitrust: Cartel, Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense, and Merger Control, as well as individual rankings for James Attridge (Antitrust: Cartel) and John Harkrider (Merger Control).