In this episode of MoForecast, Morrison & Foerster partner James Koukios speaks with Washington, D.C.-based antitrust partners Alex Okuliar and David Shaw about what to expect in antitrust enforcement under the Biden administration.

The MoForecast podcast series, produced by global law firm Morrison & Foerster, looks into what we saw in the legal landscape under the Trump administration and how policies might change under President Biden by leveraging the firm’s decades of private practice experience and insight from former government roles. Discover more MoForecast episodes.
About the Speakers
James Koukios is co-chair of Morrison & Foerster’s Securities Litigation, Enforcement, and White Collar Defense Group and serves as co-head of the FCPA + Global Anti-Corruption Practice. James represents companies and individuals in high‑stakes government enforcement actions and complex internal investigations. He previously served as a federal prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where he was the lead prosecutor in two landmark FCPA related trials: United States v. Esquenazi and United States v. Duperval. While at DOJ, James also served as lead prosecutor in United States v. AEY Inc., a defense procurement fraud and export licensing case that served as the basis for the 2016 film War Dogs. He also previously served as Special Counsel to then-FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III.
James is joined in this episode by:

• Alex Okuliar, partner in Morrison & Foerster’s Washington, D.C. office and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Enforcement in the Antitrust Division of the DOJ
• David Shaw, partner in Morrison & Foerster’s Washington, D.C. office and former Deputy Chief of Staff and Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust Division of the DOJ

The Morrison & Foerster team is made up of talented defense lawyers, including many who once served as prosecutors and regulators. The team helps firm clients resolve their legal issues by immersing themselves in how their clients think and operate. Learn more about the firm’s Investigations + White Collar Defense and Antitrust Law groups.