Oil companies ordered to pay $5.6 million for exerting beneficial control before the expiration of the mandatory HSR waiting period.
On January 7, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed and resolved a merger...more
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Republicans have swept the 2024 elections, returning Donald Trump to the White House as the 47th President and flipping the Senate to a Republican majority. Having narrowly maintained control of the House of Representatives,...more
12/11/2024
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On Thursday, October 24, 2024, a New York federal judge granted the Federal Trade Commission’s request for a preliminary injunction to halt the merger between Tapestry Inc. and Capri Holdings Ltd. The court held that the...more
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Requirements On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) approved new rules for reporting mergers and acquisitions to the FTC and the Department of Justice (DOJ) under the Hart-Scott-Rodino...more
On December 18, 2023, the U.S. antitrust enforcers, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) (collectively, the “Agencies”), issued their final Merger Guidelines...more
12/22/2023
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Like other regulatory agencies and businesses, antitrust authorities around the globe are taking steps to address the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on their operations and the global economy. In particular,...more
How could the government shutdown affect your M&A transactions? Understand the ramifications of the shutdown through the lens of antitrust, securities and exchange commission, CFIUS, export controls and economic sanctions...more
On February 8, 2017, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division’s (the “DOJ”) request for an injunction blocking Anthem’s proposed $54 billion...more
On January 23, 2017, United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (the “DOJ”), request for an injunction blocking Aetna’s proposed $37 billion acquisition of...more