On Jan. 10, the FTC announced the 2025 filing thresholds under the HSR Act, as well as the 2025 filing fees. The new thresholds will be published in the Federal Register in the coming days and will apply to transactions...more
1/14/2025
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On January 7, 2025, the FTC and DOJ jointly filed a complaint against XCL, Verdun, and EP concerning an alleged gun-jumping violation. The parties simultaneously filed a proposed final judgment, under which the defendants...more
In his return to the White House, President-elect Trump inherits an aggressive antitrust enforcement regime from the Biden administration – an enforcement regime that was born and developed in many respects during Trump’s...more
11/15/2024
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On Dec. 18, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) jointly issued new merger guidelines (Guidelines), finalizing draft guidelines published in July and replacing the 2010 Horizontal Merger...more