Only three significant U.S. merger investigations concluded in Q1 2025 during the presidential transition. All three resulted in a complaint seeking to block the merger, including two under the new Trump administration....more
5/2/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Biden Administration ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Mergers ,
Trump Administration
United States -
2024 ended with 17 concluded significant merger investigations, the second-lowest total in DAMITT’s 14-year history, behind only the record-low 12 concluded in 2023 also under the Biden administration....more
1/31/2025
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Antitrust Division ,
Biden Administration ,
Competition ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Investigations ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers
Dechert’s antitrust group submitted comments today to U.S. antitrust agencies on their proposed top-to-bottom overhaul of premerger antitrust filings made under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. The Federal Trade Commission...more
Key takeaways - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and antitrust agencies in North America and Europe have launched a Task Force to evaluate their current approach to pharmaceutical mergers reviews. The Task Force has sought...more
“Big data” has become one of the hottest subjects for antitrust enforcers around the globe. There is concern that large tech companies are amassing vast amounts of data and will use that data to entrench their dominant...more
1/28/2020
/ Abuse of Dominance ,
Acquisitions ,
Aetna ,
Anticompetitive Behavior ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
AT&T ,
Big Data ,
CVS ,
Databases ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Divestiture ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Machine Learning ,
Mergers ,
Popular ,
Time Warner
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced a settlement resolving its competitive concerns over the merger of two leading generic drug manufacturers – Teva and Allergan. In July 2015, Teva agreed to acquire...more
8/1/2016
/ Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) ,
Actavis Inc. ,
Divestiture ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Generic Drugs ,
Manufacturers ,
Mergers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Settlement ,
Teva Pharmaceuticals
Key Points:
The FTC is raising the maximum civil penalty that may be imposed for certain violations from $16,000 to $40,000.
For HSR Act violations, where penalties may be imposed for each day the person is in...more
7/1/2016
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Mergers ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices