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Axinn Associates at the Antitrust Spring Meeting: Merger Trials: Winning Strategies

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

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

A Vertical Merger in a “Horizontal” Market: Court Rejects FTC’s Challenge to Tempur Sealy’s Acquisition of Mattress Firm

On January 31, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas denied the Federal Trade Commission’s request for a preliminary injunction to block Tempur Sealy’s (the world’s largest mattress manufacturer)...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

The Fate of the “Last Gasp” of the Biden FTC: Will Its Legacy Survive the Trump Administration?

In the days leading up to President Trump’s inauguration, the Biden FTC rushed to initiate major lawsuits and to tie a bow on various antitrust policy efforts. In a series of dissenting statements, the minority Republican...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

[CLE Hybrid Event] A Year in Review: Discussing Vinson & Elkins’ 2024 Chemicals & Energy Antitrust Report - February 12th,...

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Join us as Darren Tucker and Jason Powers discuss recent antitrust developments in the energy sector and what lies ahead for companies in 2025. Key topics include the incoming Trump administration’s approach to antitrust...more

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Trump Likely to Shift FTC's Antitrust Stance on Energy Mergers

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The incoming Trump administration suggests a potential return to more traditional levels of antitrust enforcement for energy industry mergers and a departure from novel theories of harm seen under current Federal Trade...more

A&O Shearman

Antitrust in focus - November 2024

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New U.S. merger control filing forms to take effect in February 2025 - Following publication in the Federal Register, the new Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) premerger notification forms will become effective on February 10, 2025....more

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Antitrust in focus - September 2024

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This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. James Webber (partner based in London) and Jess Bowring (counsel based in London) are our editors this month. They...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Revamped Competition Act Radically Alters Canadian Competition Law

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In our previous Bennett Jones insight, we described several upcoming (and far-reaching) amendments to the Competition Act (the Act) introduced by the Government of Canada in 2023. The most recent set of amendments came into...more

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2023 EU Merger Control Highlights and Looking to 2024

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2023 saw some very significant decisions, investigations, court judgments and legislative developments in European Union merger control.eu ...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Federal Government to Significantly Overhaul the Competition Act

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Following several years of lively public discussion, two high-profile consultations and the introduction of several “interim amendments” to the Competition Act in 2022, the federal government has now tabled two new bills...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

[Webinar] 2021 Energy & Chemicals Antitrust Report: Trends & Takeaways - February 2nd, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CT

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The energy and chemicals industries play a central role in our economy and regularly capture the attention of antitrust authorities and practitioners. In this program, V&E lawyers Darren Tucker and Jason Powers will discuss...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The Anthem-Cigna Merger Litigation Saga: Key Insights for Future Deals

On May 3, 2021, Anthem, Inc. secured its win over Cigna Corp.'s pursuit of a $1.85 billion breakup fee following the collapse of their proposed $54 billion merger. In a brief order, Justice Karen L. Valihura, writing for the...more

A&O Shearman

Shearman & Sterling Responds to the EC Market Definition Notice Consultation

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In her first speech upon being reappointed as Competition Commissioner, Commissioner Vestager announced that a review would be undertaken of the Commission’s Market Definition Notice (the “Notice”); the consultation on that...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Antitrust Planning During the Countdown to Brexit

December 31, 2020, is the last day of the Brexit transition period under the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland From the European Union and the European Atomic Energy...more

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DAMITT 2019 Year in Review: U.S. and EU merger review durations set records; Brexit in sight; DOJ vs. FTC trends

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Fast Facts - United States - - The DOJ and FTC concluded 26 significant U.S. merger investigations in 2019 – similar to the level of activity from 2011-2014 under the Obama administration but trailing the activity...more

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Key Antitrust Enforcement Trends — 2019 Antitrust Annual Report

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Welcome to the 2019 Shearman & Sterling Antitrust Annual Report. Our seventh edition focuses on the contrasting use by regulators of antitrust laws with respect to the FANGs, and how antitrust is being enforced in the U.S....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Another Shot Across the Bows: EC Levies $32 Million Gun-Jumping Fine on Canon

As the time taken to secure merger control clearances for global transactions lengthens, the parties and their advisers may be tempted to explore alternative deal structures that might allow a transaction to close sooner than...more

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Antitrust Alert: FTC Merger Settlement Exposes Rift Over Antitrust Merger Enforcement

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The Federal Trade Commission, by a 3-2 party-line vote, has settled a vertical merger challenge in exchange for the merging companies' behavioral commitments. The decision and Commissioner statements signal tension for FTC...more

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FTC Decision Highlights Growing Divide on Vertical Mergers

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The past couple of years have seen an increase in large “vertical” mergers, combinations of businesses operating within the same industry but at different levels of the supply chain. Some of the most high profile include...more

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DAMITT 2018 Review: No Trump Effect Yet, But Some EU Durations Decrease; Brexit Looms with Potentially Significant Implications

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Fast Facts - In the U.S., the number of significant antitrust merger investigations in 2018 reached a near-record low over DAMITT’s eight years of data, while their average duration remained near the record high. - In...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

2018 Antitrust Year in Review

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR) is pleased to present its 2018 Antitrust Year in Review, which summarizes the most significant antitrust matters and developments of the past year. In this report, we examine the Trump...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Podcast: Antitrust: Looking Back and Looking Forward

In this episode, Akin Gump antitrust partners Gorav Jindal and Corey Roush discuss antitrust developments in 2018 and look at what 2019 may bring. Among the topics covered: • antitrust under the Trump administration • major...more

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DAMITT Q3 2018: U.S. Antitrust Agencies Announce Merger Review Reforms in Response to DAMITT Findings Number and Duration of...

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Citing findings from the Dechert Antitrust Merger Investigation Timing Tracker (DAMITT) that have demonstrated a marked increase in the duration of significant merger investigations in recent years, DOJ Assistant Attorney...more

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Doing Business in Germany - A legal guideline for foreign investors

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Germany is one of the most resilient economies in Europe and therefore very interesting for international investors. In the last few years, many investors from various jurisdictions have invested in Germany and in German...more

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DAMITT Q1 2018 Update: Trend Toward Longer Antitrust Merger Investigations Slowing or Reversing, But Activity Levels Similar to...

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Fast Facts - There are signs that the six-year trend toward longer significant investigations may be slowing or reversing. - Significant U.S. merger investigations lasted an average of 9.7 months in Q1 2018, the second...more

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