On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published new and expansive regulations for filing notifications under the Hart Scott Rodino (“HSR”) Act. Among other things, HSR notifications now require the...more
1/30/2025
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Competition ,
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Electronically Stored Information ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Rules ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Legal Technology ,
Mergers ,
Premerger Notifications
On August 1, 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) released the Corporate Whistleblower Awareness Pilot Program to incentivize whistleblowers to report corporate misconduct and, in turn, force organizations to strengthen...more
9/6/2024
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e-Discovery Professionals ,
Early Case Assessment ,
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EU ,
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Machine Learning ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblowers
Recent (and ongoing) amendments to the Competition Act have resulted in several new powers for the Competition Bureau, which may have significant and far-reaching implications for businesses in Canada. One such amendment...more
5/7/2024
/ Anti-Competitive ,
C-Suite Executives ,
Canada ,
Competition Act ,
Documentation ,
e-Discovery ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Employee Training ,
Information Technology ,
Privileged Documents
In today’s ‘big data’ environment, the greatest obstacle to an efficient and streamlined merger clearance proceeding is the sheer volume of electronic documents that modern businesses generate. Fortunately, sophisticated AI...more
8/3/2023
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Artificial Intelligence ,
e-Discovery ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Merger Reviews ,
Technology-Assisted Review ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
On October 20, 2020, TransPerfect Legal Solutions (TLS) hosted an inaugural conference on recent developments in antitrust clearance and merger enforcement proceedings. This article is the first of a three-part series...more
11/13/2020
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Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Big Data ,
Big Tech ,
Buyers ,
Clearance ,
Competition ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Discovery ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Enforcement ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Information Technology ,
Institutional Investors ,
Investment Funds ,
Merger Controls ,
Merger Reviews ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Vertical Mergers
In his article, Five Reasons a One-Stop E-Discovery Shop is a Win for Clients, Mr. Geoffrey Vance—an extremely knowledgeable and experienced litigator and e-discovery attorney—makes the case for why law firms should bring all...more
10/23/2020
/ Discovery ,
Discovery Costs ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Law Practice Management ,
Legal Project Management ,
Legal Technology ,
Outsourcing ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
Trial Attorneys ,
Vendors
E-discovery in the Big Data era has become cost-prohibitive to many litigants. Efforts to address this problem through amendments to the rules of civil procedure have been, unsurprisingly, slow. Fortunately, new technologies...more
7/29/2020
/ Big Data ,
Data Management ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Costs ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
Legal Project Management ,
Legal Technology ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Technology-Assisted Review ,
Text Messages
Data privacy laws are proliferating in the United States and abroad. While the headliners are Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), those statutes are only the tip...more