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MoginRubin LLP

As Feds Stalk Anticompetitive Mergers, What Can Competitors Do?

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Continuing to make good on President Biden’s pledge to root out and challenge anticompetitive mergers, the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission have asked the public to join the hunt....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The Next Chapter in the Serial: U.S. Antitrust Agencies Heighten Focus on Roll-Up Strategies

Serial acquisitions and roll-up strategies are facing intense scrutiny as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division request public comment on how these types of...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

FTC Announces 2024 Thresholds Under HSR Act and Clayton Act

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The Federal Trade Commission has announced revisions to HSR Act and Clayton Act Section 8 thresholds, which are indexed annually in alignment with prior year economic activity. As is our annual practice, this alert identifies...more

King & Spalding

FTC and DOJ Issue New Merger Guidelines

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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

McDermott Will & Emery

DOJ to Merging Parties: The Time of “Underenforcement” is Over; Fix-It-First or Risk Being Challenged

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WHAT HAPPENED - During a conference last week, Ryan Danks, Director of Civil Enforcement at the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (DOJ), suggested that merging parties—not the antitrust enforcement...more

Onna Technologies, Inc.

Understanding HSR second requests

The M&A market had a record-breaking year in 2021 with more than $5 trillion in global volume. High private equity activity, a soaring stock market, and low-interest rates contributed to an exceptionally busy landscape, which...more

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2021 Second Request Trends Report - A Look At HSR Second Requests In 2021 And What We Can Expect For 2022

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Federal agencies don’t publish official Second Request transaction numbers until late the following year. But recent trends suggest a high volume of activity for 2021 and 2022, as well as a stricter regulatory and political...more

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FTC and DOJ Temporarily Suspend Grants of Early Termination For Merger Reviews

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On February 4, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) announced suspension of early termination grants under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act). These grants...more

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[Webinar] The Dynamics of Antitrust Agency Investigations: A Second Request Update - October 14th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

HSR Act-driven Second Request responses require an uncommon balance of understanding, expertise, and experience to successfully deliver certified compliant responses. Recent FTC and DOJ updates, coupled with the increasing...more

Jones Day

Global Merger Control Update 2020

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Merger control enforcement continues to surge around the world and reaches well beyond the largest and traditionally most active enforcers (e.g., United States, European Commission, China, and Brazil). Beyond these countries,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

FTC Challenges Axon’s Consummated Acquisition of Body-Worn Camera Competitor

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The US antitrust regulators continue to challenge consummated transactions. On January 3, 2020, the FTC filed an administrative complaint against Axon Enterprise, Inc., challenging its consummated acquisition of VieVu, a...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

New HSR Annual Report Indicates Trends of Agency Challenges to Transactions, Renewed Interest in Healthcare Transactions

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The 2018 Hart-Scott-Rodino Annual Report (the 2018 HSR Report), recently released by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division, conveys information about their review of...more

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FTC Announces Revised Hart-Scott-Rodino Thresholds Effective April 3, 2019

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced this year's revisions to the thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR), which will apply to all transactions closing on or after April 3,...more

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Look Before You Leap: Cautionary Tale of a Non-Reportable Transaction

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The list of non-reportable transactions challenged after the fact by the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission continues to grow. Most recently, the FTC sued Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. to...more

Perkins Coie

HSR 2015 Annual Report: Filings Up, Second Requests Down and ESO/RSU Implications

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The Hart-Scott-Rodino Annual Report Fiscal Year 2015, published by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), summarizes FTC and DOJ actions conducted under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust...more

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FTC Obtains $26.8 Million in Disgorgement to Settle Monopolization Claims

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On April 17, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) entered into a settlement with Cardinal Health, Inc. (Cardinal) to resolve allegations that Cardinal, the largest and in certain areas the sole operator of...more

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