On June 3, 2022, Andrew Forman, Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) publicly stated that the DOJ is considering “enhancing antitrust enforcement around a...more
6/22/2022
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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
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Home Health Care ,
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Premerger Notifications ,
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On March 29, 2022, global container handling equipment providers [Cargotec and Konecranes] abandoned their proposed $5 billion merger after the United Kingdom Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the U.S. Department of...more
4/19/2022
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Mergers ,
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Supply Chain ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
On January 24, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published new, higher notification thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the “HSR Act”). The HSR Act requires the FTC to adjust the...more
On January 18, 2022, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) held a joint press conference to announce the launch of a broad‑ranging public inquiry aimed at...more
On June 6, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2021. Co-sponsored by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the bill would increase filing fees for certain large...more
2020 brought the COVID-19 pandemic and other headline-grabbing challenges, along with “the usual” quadrennial questions around the U.S. election. Early in the year, businesses and dealmakers focused on the pandemic and...more
1/15/2021
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EU Horizontal Safeguard Regulation (HSR) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Human Rights ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
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Loans ,
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Poison Pill ,
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Remote Working ,
Representations and Warranties ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)
Antitrust scrutiny of technology companies in the United States has reached an unprecedented level of intensity. In the last several months alone, (1) the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division and the Federal...more
On December 6, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held the latest in its series of 10 public Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century, examining the antitrust implications of “common...more
On December 6, 2018, the FTC announced that James Dolan, Executive Chairman and CEO of The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG), agreed to pay a $609,810 civil penalty to settle charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission...more