The Spring Meeting is the largest gathering of competition, consumer protection, and data privacy professionals globally, with lawyers, academics, economists, enforcers, journalists, and students from around the world....more
4/1/2026
/ Anticompetitive Behavior ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Competition ,
Competition Authorities ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Merger Controls ,
Merger Reviews ,
Mergers ,
New Legislation ,
Pre-Merger Filing Requirements ,
Premerger Notifications ,
State Attorneys General
After more than a year in effect, the FTC’s burdensome new rule for HSR filings has been suspended. Effective immediately, parties to HSR-reportable deals may comply with the HSR Act by preparing filings under the FTC’s...more
3/23/2026
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Appeals ,
Competition ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Requirements ,
Final Rules ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Pre-Merger Filing Requirements ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Vacated
Following an onslaught of amendments and proposed changes to California’s Cartwright Act, California has once again made national news on the antitrust stage, this time targeting merger transactions. On February 10, 2026,...more
3/2/2026
/ California ,
Filing Requirements ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Merger Controls ,
New Legislation ,
Penalties ,
Pre-Merger Filing Requirements ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State Attorneys General ,
Threshold Requirements
On February 12, 2026, Judge Kernodle of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas struck down the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Rule that, in the Court’s words, “significantly expands the amount of...more
2/16/2026
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Appeals ,
Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Statutory Authority ,
Stays ,
Vacated
Renewed Openness to Merger Settlements Creates Greater Deal Certainty. Unlike the Biden Administration, both the DOJ and FTC leadership under Trump have indicated a clear willingness to negotiate merger remedies to resolve...more
2/9/2026
/ Algorithms ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Healthcare ,
Merger Remedies ,
Merger Reviews ,
Mergers ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Private Equity ,
State Legislatures ,
Trump Administration
Each May, the American Health Law Association holds its Health Care Transactions Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. In addition to panels covering a wide variety of non-antitrust transactions issues (Stark Law, anyone?), we...more
The Spring Meeting is the largest gathering of competition, consumer protection, and data privacy professionals globally, with lawyers, academics, economists, enforcers, journalists, and students from around the world....more
In the first merger challenge of the second Trump Administration, on January 30, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Antitrust Division filed suit seeking to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company’s (“HPE’s”) proposed...more
2/4/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Trump Administration ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)