The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed suit yesterday to block Lockheed Martin Corporation’s proposed $4.4 billion acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc., announced back in December 2020. Aerojet, the last...more
1/26/2022
/ Acquisition Agreements ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Defense Contracts ,
Defense Sector ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Goods or Services ,
Lockheed Martin ,
Prime Contractor ,
Suppliers ,
Vertical Mergers
What happened? The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) announced that, on January 5, 2021, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Surgical Care Affiliates LLC and its related entity...more
1/15/2021
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Criminal Liability ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
New Guidance ,
No-Poaching ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage-Fixing
The Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it would hear arguments in the long-running NCAA dispute over student-athlete compensation, granting and consolidating two cases, National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston...more
What happened?
On November 6, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted 5-0 to uphold Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell’s initial decision that Otto Bock HealthCare GmbH’s (“Otto Bock”) acquisition of rival...more
Two Japanese corporations each agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) charges of violating the premerger notification and waiting period requirements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) Act....more
6/12/2019
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Canon ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Requirements ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Notification Requirements ,
Pre-Merger Filing Requirements ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Toshiba ,
Waiting Periods
James L. Dolan, owner of New York’s Knicks and Rangers and Executive Chairman of Madison Square Garden Company (“MSG”), has agreed to pay $609,810 in civil penalties to settle Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) allegations that...more
12/12/2018
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Equity Compensation ,
Executive Compensation ,
Failure-to-File ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Requirements ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Qualified Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) ,
Voting Securities