Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is pleased to present its 2021 Antitrust Year in Review.

This report summarizes the most significant antitrust matters and developments of the past year. We examine policies and enforcement activity by U.S. and global antitrust agencies and enforcers across a range of merger review, civil conduct, and criminal enforcement matters as well as antitrust litigation filed by private plaintiffs. In the United States, the first year of antitrust enforcement under the Biden Administration has seen an even greater focus on major technology companies and online platforms coupled with a more aggressive enforcement posture across the board. Enforcement elsewhere around the world followed a similar trend, with global agencies taking on increasingly active roles and showing greater willingness to assert jurisdiction in merger, civil, and criminal/cartel matters.