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What Just Happened at the FTC and CFPB: Wiley Consumer Protection Download (January 24, 2025)

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In the two weeks before Inauguration, both the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a flurry of rulemaking developments, policy announcements, and enforcement filings and...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Nearly One Year After Proposed HSR Rulemaking, Still No New Rules: What Should Companies Considering M&A Activity Expect?

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Last summer, on June 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with the concurrence of the Department of Justice (DOJ), unveiled proposed new rules governing implementation of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act’s (HSR) premerger...more

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Heard at the 2024 Antitrust Law Section Spring Meeting: Part I

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The American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section’s annual Spring Meeting is underway in Washington, DC. The annual Spring Meeting features updates from federal, state and international antitrust enforcers and extensive...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

2024 Top-of-Mind Issues for Life Sciences Companies

As we reflect on 2023 and make predictions for 2024, it is remarkable the number of significant events occurring this past year that will be impactful for the activities of the life sciences industry going forward. Although...more

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Major proposed changes to US antitrust rules present new hurdles

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Under the Biden administration, the US antitrust agencies—the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (DOJ)—have proposed widespread changes to antitrust policy, creating uncertainty for...more

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FTC Set to Reshape HSR Premerger Notification Process

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Merger control in the United States is on the cusp of significant change as the Federal Trade Commission, in collaboration with the Department of Justice, prepares to finalize a proposed rule—first announced in June—that will...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

New Draft Merger Guidelines Complicate Deal Outlook

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Consistent with the Biden administration’s whole-of-government approach to address perceived consolidation in a variety of industries, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division...more

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Proposed Changes to HSR Process Could Quadruple the Burden of Making Premerger Notification to Antitrust Enforcement Agencies

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The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division have proposed a massive redesign of the premerger notification process—one that may increase the time to complete an HSR filing from 37 to 144...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FTC and DOJ Propose Dramatic Expansion of HSR Filings’ Scope

On June 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) (collectively, the Agencies) jointly released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing sweeping changes to the premerger filings...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Potential Hart-Scott-Rodino Changes on the Horizon

For the first time in 45 years, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are pursuing an overhaul of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) filing rules....more

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FTC and DOJ Propose Overhaul of Merger Filings

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On June 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission, in concurrence with the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division (the Agencies), proposed changes to the premerger notification form, as well as the premerger...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

NLRB’s GC Piles on to Increase Regulatory Scrutiny of Non-Compete Agreements

As we have often discussed, the National Labor Relations Board under the Biden administration has prioritized expanding employees’ rights under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”). Most recently, in GC...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

NLRB General Counsel Announces Employee Non-Compete Agreements Violate the NLRA

On the heels of the National Labor Relations Board’s decision in McLaren Macomb, which invalidated most confidentiality and nondisparagement provisions in a variety of employment agreements (as we covered here and here), NLRB...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

DOJ Antitrust Division Cautions SEC on Proposed Equity Market Restructuring

On April 11, 2023, the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) issued a public comment on four proposed rules promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“the SEC”)....more

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OCC Seeks Feedback on Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management

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In this Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is seeking feedback on principles for climate-related financial risk management for large banks; the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division is seeking...more

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Investment Firms Be on Alert: Antitrust Agencies Propose Changes that Would Increase HSR Filings

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The Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (the “Agencies”) recently proposed two changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) rules that, if implemented, will materially impact private...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

SPECIAL FUND ALERT: Proposed HSR Rule Amendment: Foreign Today but Not Tomorrow?

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

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