The acting Chief of Staff at the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, John Elias, testified at the House Committee on the Judiciary's hearing into "political interference and threats to prosecutorial independence." In...more
Last week, the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission released for public comment proposed updated guidelines for vertical merger enforcement....more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division recently announced it will now consider "robust" compliance programs when contemplating bringing criminal charges for antitrust violations. ...more
The Federal Trade Commission’s Premerger Notification Office (PNO) recently revised its interpretation of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (HSR Act) filing requirements for transactions...more
The assistant attorney general in charge of DOJ’s Antitrust Division, Makan Delrahim, on September 25, 2018, revealed the Division’s plans to revise its merger review process to shorten the review time period. ...more