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Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter - January 2025

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Welcome to the January 2025 edition of the Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter, a publication containing updates about legal developments in the United States that may be noteworthy to our clients and other leaders in the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Resilient Economy and Promises of Lessened Regulation, Lower Taxes Raise Hopes for a Surge in M&A

Key Points - - Pro-growth policies and reduced regulation could create significant opportunities for increased M&A in 2025. - Lower interest rates, moderating inflation and rising stock market valuations may also...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

M&A in 2024 and Trends for 2025

Global M&A in 2024 faced geopolitical issues, elevated interest rates, and inflationary pressures, with expanding antitrust, foreign investment, national security, and export regimes adding complexity. But inflation receded...more

White & Case LLP

Impact of Government Shutdown on US Antitrust Merger Enforcement and CFIUS Reviews - December 2024

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The US federal government is at risk of a shutdown unless Congress can enact appropriations to fund certain federal operations by December 20, 2024. In September 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued plans for how a...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

U.S. Regulatory Hurdles for a PGA/PIF Merger

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The PGA Tour announced that it had, along with the DP World Tour, entered into a Framework Agreement with the Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (PIF) to create “a global golf partnership.” While the...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Public Company Watch: March 2024

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In the March edition of our Public Company Watch, we cover key issues impacting public companies, including the new climate disclosure rules, SEC scrutiny on beneficial ownership filings, West Palm Beach Firefighters’ Pension...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

M&A in 2023 and Trends for 2024

M&A activity in 2023 was subdued, as dealmakers grappled with geopolitical tensions, inflation, rising interest rates, and increasing regulatory scrutiny, against a backdrop of general economic uncertainty. Challenges in the...more

A&O Shearman

U.S. Government Shutdown: Implications for Antitrust and CFIUS Filings

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The U.S. federal government is facing a possible shutdown beginning this Sunday, October 1, 2023. Congress has until September 30, which marks the end of the fiscal year, to enact appropriations for government agencies and...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Heard at the 2023 Spring Meeting: Part 2

The American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section held its annual Spring Meeting in Washington, DC, on March 29–31, 2023. The Spring Meeting sessions featured updates from federal, state, and international antitrust...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

M&A in 2022 and Trends for 2023

Following a year of unprecedented M&A deal activity, 2022 saw the global M&A market settle back into a more familiar pace. The year finished 38.8% lower than 2021’s record level, but only 9.3% lower than 2015-2019 averages,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

M&A in 2021 and Trends for 2022

2021 M&A smashed U.S. and global records. The year saw the arrival of a new U.S. administration, the release of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as continued questions regarding the impact of the pandemic, including the year-end...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Ongoing Program] Session 1: M&A Opportunities in US and Europe for Korean Investors (CFIUS/European FDI) - September 8th, 10:00...

KOREA WEBINAR SERIES 2021 - In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, our first Korea Webinar Series will be held as a virtual series, with four sessions taking place between September 8 – September 28, 2021. Though we cannot...more

A&O Shearman

What to Expect from the Biden Administration

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The inauguration of Joe Biden as President of the United States has set in motion a number of significant policy changes. In this panel discussion, our U.S. legal and policy specialists shared their insights on what our...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

M&A In 2020 And Trends For 2021

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

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Proposed HSR Amendment Defines Foreign Person Exemption – Just as CFIUS Broadens Authority to Regulate Transactions with Foreign...

On November 8, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division proposed amendments to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (HSR Act) to clarify which...more

King & Spalding

Impact of U.S. Government Shutdown on M&A

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How could the government shutdown affect your M&A transactions? Understand the ramifications of the shutdown through the lens of antitrust, securities and exchange commission, CFIUS, export controls and economic sanctions...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Updated: The Practical Impact of the Government Shutdown for Private Parties

The new 116th Congress convened on Thursday, January 3, 2019 as the partial government shutdown, carrying over from the prior Congress, continued into the new year and has now outlasted previous shutdowns. Although the...more

Goodwin

Financial Services Weekly News - November 2018 #3

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In This Issue. Federal banking regulators proposed the long-awaited “community bank leverage ratio,” which would exempt community banks with a leverage ratio of at least 9% from Basel III capital requirements; the Federal...more

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DOJ Toughens Antitrust Consent Decree Enforcement

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The Situation: The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division ("DOJ") has adopted new terms in recent consent decrees that enhance DOJ's ability to enforce its settlements, most importantly by lowering the evidentiary...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: Antitrust 2017: Trends and Developments to Watch

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1. Transition to a Trump Administration is top of the agenda - President-elect Donald Trump's DOJ and FTC transition team appointments and public short list of candidates to run the agencies indicate that antitrust...more

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