On November 8, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) proposed changes to the premerger notification rules (“Rules”) relating to how U.S. and foreign...more
11/21/2019
/ Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Comment Period ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Requirements ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Proposed Rules ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Threshold Requirements
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
Over the past year, State Attorneys General have stepped into what they describe as a void of antitrust enforcement at the federal level. AGs have commenced investigations and brought antitrust actions across industry...more
7/24/2019
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Banks ,
Digital Platforms ,
Energy Sector ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Healthcare ,
Interest Rates ,
Libor ,
Marriott ,
No-Poaching ,
Price-Fixing ,
Sprint ,
State Attorneys General ,
Sutter Health ,
T-Mobile ,
Telecommunications ,
Teva Pharmaceuticals ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
The FTC recently reminded market participants to take steps to avoid violating the per se prohibition on interlocking directorates under Section 8 of the Clayton Act. The FTC referred to its previous post on Section 8, which...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
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has announced its annual revisions to the dollar jurisdictional thresholds in the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (“HSR Act”); the revised thresholds will...more
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
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or the “Commission”) convened a hearing on December 6, 2018 to better understand the possible anticompetitive implications of institutional investors holding non-controlling amounts of...more