High-tech antitrust enforcement is at the top of the Trump administration antitrust enforcement agenda, including challenges to mergers affecting technology platforms and the pharma and life sciences industries. Statements by senior leadership at both the US Department of Justice and US Federal Trade Commission promise vigorous enforcement in tech and pharma industries, and recent actions against transactions, including non-reportable deals, prove they are serious.

Originally published in Antitrust Review of the Americas 2019: A Global Competition Review Special Report - September 2018.