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Less Is More? Implications of the DOJ's $650 million Action Against KKR & Co.

A Look at How Future Disclosures Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Could Be Affected - The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Jan. 14, 2025, brought an action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York...more

Antitrust Under Trump 2.0: No More "Hipster Antitrust," But Scrutiny Will Remain

With President Joe Biden's departure, aggressive antitrust enforcers at the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will hand over the reins to incoming Trump...more

Latest Collusion-by-Algorithm Ruling Offers More of Same, but a Significant New Twist

Starting in October 2022, companies that use software to assist in setting prices for their products have faced an avalanche of litigation claiming that the common use by competitors of the same pricing software inflates...more

Gibson Decision Hands Atlantic City Casino-Hotels Dismissal of Price-Fixing Claims

As Holland & Knight's Antitrust Team previously reported, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada in May 2024 dismissed with prejudice a putative class action alleging that a handful of Las Vegas hotel operators...more

Federal Court Searches for Answers in Antitrust Ad Tech Trial Against Google

Since early September 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) presented its case-in-chief against Google in a lawsuit accusing the company of anti-competitive and monopolistic practices in the complex digital advertising...more

DOJ Introduces New Twist in Algorithmic Collusion Cases

It has been almost two years since private plaintiffs initiated the first antitrust class action cases against RealPage and owners and managers of multifamily apartment buildings, alleging collusion by algorithm in the use of...more

"Wheels Fall Off" FTC's Latest Hospital Merger Challenge

District Court Ruling Shows that the "Failing Firm" Defense Isn't a Total Failure - In FTC v. Community Health Systems Inc. & Novant Health Inc., No. 5:24-cv-0028 (W.D.N.C.), Judge Kenneth D. Bell of the U.S. District...more

DOJ "Triples Down" on View that Use of Pricing Algorithms Can Support Price-Fixing Claims

The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on March 28, 2024, weighed in for the third time in recent months in support of plaintiffs in class action lawsuits challenging the defendants' use of software to...more

Antitrust Enforcers Reaffirm Focus on Private Equity in Healthcare at Public Workshop

As Holland & Knight observed previously, the Biden Administration's antitrust enforcers have trained their sights on private equity firms and their portfolio companies, including in a Sept. 21, 2023, lawsuit challenging one...more

FTC and DOJ Issue Final Merger Guidelines That Expand Reviews and Limit Combinations

After "an extensive public consultation process" since late July 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division on Dec. 18, 2023, jointly announced the release of final Merger...more

FTC Sues Private Equity Firm, Portfolio Company Over Anesthesiology Roll-Up Strategy

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Sept. 21, 2023, sued a private equity firm in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas over an alleged decade-long "roll-up" strategy to consolidate anesthesiology...more

Revised Merger Guidelines Would Expand Reviews and Limit Combinations

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on July 19, 2023, jointly announced the release of proposed Merger Guidelines that would expand significantly the number and types of transactions...more

Podcast - The Latest on Antitrust and Non-Compete Agreements in Healthcare [Video]

In this episode of "Counsel That Cares," antitrust attorney David Kully and labor and employment attorney Mark Peters take a deep dive into the latest updates regarding non-solicitation and non-compete agreements in the...more

DOJ Losses in No-Poach Prosecutions Mount, But Antitrust Caution Still Warranted

The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have in recent years prioritized in their antitrust enforcement activities protecting workers from alleged anticompetitive...more

Another One Bites the Dust: DOJ Pulls 3 Policy Statements, Leaving Trade Associations Guessing

During the course of the Biden Administration, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have demonstrated an invigorated and sustained policy interest in increasing competition across various...more

DOJ, FTC Conclude Listening Forums with Technology Industry in the Crosshairs

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) held the final installment of their "listening tour" on May 12, 2022, focused on the firsthand effects of mergers and...more

DOJ’s Antitrust Division Demands Easier Path to Proof of Settlement Violations

Shortly after the arrival last fall of Makan Delrahim as head of the DOJ's Antitrust Division, the DOJ quietly introduced a subtle but significant change to the consent decrees it uses to settle antitrust disputes. This...more

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