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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Antitrust Enforcement Mid-Year 2023 Review

The year 2023 is proving to be a milestone year for antitrust enforcement.  Less so for novel cases and investigations and more so for the generational changes being proposed by the enforcement authorities for merger...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

New EU Competitors Cooperation Framework: Stricter on Information Exchange, Broader on Joint Sustainability Agreements

On June 1, 2023, the European Commission (EC) adopted a revised legal framework that block-exempts research and development (R&D) and specialisation agreements between competitors from the prohibition of anticompetitive...more

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Competition Bureau’s interest in the health sector continues

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Promoting competition and innovation in Canada’s health sector, including the pharmaceutical industry, is a strategic priority for the Competition Bureau. In 2021, the Bureau announced that it joined its counterparts in the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

FTC and DOJ Draft Vertical Merger Guidelines Provide Additional Transparency to Agency Practice

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For the first time since the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) published non-horizontal merger guidelines in 1984, the DOJ and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued updated Vertical Merger Guidelines to explain...more

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Belgian Competition Authority adopts guidelines on exchanges of information in the context of trade associations

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On 1 October 2019, the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) adopted a new set of guidelines relating to exchanges of information in the context of trade associations. Following the lack of clarity highlighted by some market...more

White & Case LLP

Does your deal have a Section 8 Antitrust problem?

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The renewed interest in taking a fresh look at how antitrust can apply to tech has generated any number of "Hipster Antitrust" theories of harm. With the US Federal Trade Commission announcing a new Tech Task Force this...more

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Landmark decision suggests a tough approach by the FCA to information exchange and its enforcement of competition law in the UK

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In a landmark decision on 21 February 2019 (the "Decision"), marking the first use of its enforcement powers under the Competition Act 1998 ("CA 1998"), the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") imposed fines on three asset...more

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The FCA’s first competition law fines – what can we learn?

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On 21 February 2019, the FCA issued its first competition law infringement decision since it was given competition law powers on 1 April 2015. Three asset management firms were found to have shared strategic information...more

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European Court of Justice Upholds Use of Evidence from Noncompetition Authority

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The European Court of Justice ("CoJ") has upheld the European Commission's use of evidence transmitted by a national authority other than a Member State competition authority in a cartel investigation. The CoJ ruled on April...more

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Feds Target HR Professionals For Criminal Violations Of Antitrust Laws

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced they are increasing their efforts to criminally prosecute employers and individuals who engage in certain behaviors...more

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