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Healthcare Private Equity Investment: As Federal Headwinds Subside, a Gale Warning Goes Up in Many States

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Private equity (PE) investment in the U.S. healthcare sector faces a complex and evolving regulatory and legislative landscape. Both federal and state authorities are intensifying scrutiny of PE investment, driven by concerns...more

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What We're Watching: State Attorneys General Offices in 2025

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As the Oval Office and Congress flip to Republican control, we expect more state AG-led efforts to impact public policy. Shortly after the New Year, we gathered together attorneys from our State Attorneys General team to...more

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I Heart FTC: Proposed New York Bill Would Continue Biden FTC’s Antitrust Vision and Policies

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After the FTC issued a replacement of the 2016 Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource Professionals on January 16, 2025, Commissioner – now Chair – Andrew N. Ferguson, joined by Commissioner Melissa Holyoak, punctuated his...more

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Increase in HSR Reportability Thresholds and Filing Fees, and Other HSR Developments

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These announcements come alongside the impending overhaul of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act filing process scheduled to take effect on February 10, 2025—subject to potential delay based on President Trump’s January 20, 2025...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

DOJ Withdraws Three Decades of Health Care Antitrust Policy

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The DOJ continued its transformation of long-standing antitrust policy on February 3rd, withdrawing a slate of long-standing antitrust policy statements addressing healthcare markets and providers. The three guidance...more

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Another One Bites the Dust: DOJ Pulls 3 Policy Statements, Leaving Trade Associations Guessing

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During the course of the Biden Administration, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have demonstrated an invigorated and sustained policy interest in increasing competition across various...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Biden’s Broad Mandate Has Altered the Antitrust Landscape, Making Merger Clearance Process Less Predictable

Takeaways - Under the Biden administration’s “whole-of-government” approach to promoting competition, a range of agencies outside the DOJ and FTC have been asked to use their authority to reform markets. Wide-ranging...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

MoFo Competition: Antitrust Shifts You Need to Know

“If adopted and implemented by the agencies, the measures [in Biden’s executive order] would amount to the toughest antitrust enforcement that we’ve seen in the U.S. in decades.” The award-winning women partners of...more

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Antitrust M&A Snapshot - October 2021 Q3

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JULY – SEPTEMBER 2021: HIGHLIGHTS - UNITED STATES - • The US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) challenge of American Airlines and JetBlue’s “Northeast Alliance” after the joint venture’s approval by the US Department of...more

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[Webinar] Health Care Antitrust Under President Biden 2.0 - Almost One Year In: What Have We Learned About The Democrats’ Approach...

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In March 2021, our experienced intellectual property, antitrust, and health care litigation lawyers shared some predictions on antitrust policy and enforcement in the health care sector. In “Health Care Antitrust under...more

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Key Takeaways | The Latest Merger Control Developments under the Biden Administration

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The Biden administration has placed an emphasis on antitrust enforcement that will create meaningful implications for future transactions, as well as those already consummated. In this webinar, hosted by McDermott Will &...more

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[Webinar] The Future of the Energy Transition: The Latest Merger Control Developments under the Biden Administration - October...

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As part of our Energy Transition webinar series, McDermott partner Kevin Brophy will moderate a discussion on October 13 between partner Lesli Esposito and associate Matt Evola on new merger control developments made under...more

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US antitrust policy targets the technology sector

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Taiwanese companies could feel the impact of the current push for wide-scale change - Within less than a year after taking office, the Biden administration's antitrust leaders are pushing for wide-scale changes to the US...more

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Be Prepared: Aggressive Antitrust Enforcement Is Back

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This summer has seen a flurry of bold antitrust announcements from the Biden administration. By issuing a sweeping executive order calling for numerous changes to antitrust enforcement and by naming progressive favorites and...more

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Progressive antitrust agenda gains momentum under Biden administration

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Throughout his campaign and since taking office, President Biden promised to increase and expand antitrust enforcement. After months of speculation about what form this promise would take, the direction of antitrust agenda,...more

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Anticipate Stricter Enforcement Following the New Antitrust Executive Order

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President Biden signed an executive order on July 9 that will have a major influence on the U.S. economy. The order targets antitrust and competition issues present in several major industries including technology, finance,...more

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Biden Executive Order and Policy Shifts Herald Era of Expanded Antitrust Enforcement - Japanese Version

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バイデン政権による競争法の執行強化により、過去の合併の見直しや、新たな報告義務の追 加、テクノロジー、ヘルスケア及び銀行分野など広い範囲の執行などの可能性が生じていま す。 ホワイトハウスは7月9日(金)、包括的な大統領令において独占禁止法上の優先項目を発表しました。 これはバイデン政権が特定した、過去40年間の独占禁止法運用の不備に対処するためのもので、7月12日...more

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Biden Administration Executive Order on Promoting Competition: What Does it Mean and How to Prepare

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On July 9, 2021, President Biden signed a sweeping new Executive Order (“the Order”) with the stated goal of increasing competition in American markets. Like the recently issued Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s...more

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What health systems should know about President Biden’s Executive Order Promoting Competition

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On 9 July 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy (“EO”) that takes aim, in part, at the healthcare industry. ...more

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Executive Order Throws Down the Gauntlet for a New Era of Antitrust Enforcement

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On July 9, President Biden signed an executive order on promoting competition in the American economy, listing broad priorities for antitrust enforcement. In conjunction with this order, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and...more

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Biden Executive Order Calls for Heightened Antitrust Scrutiny

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On July 9, 2021, President Joe Biden announced a broad executive order (the “Order”) intended to boost what it characterizes as stagnant competition across the U.S. economy. The Order, among other things, encourages the...more

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Biden Executive Order and Policy Shifts Herald Era of Expanded Antitrust Enforcement

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Administration signals greater competition enforcement that could imperil past mergers, impose new reporting obligations, and broadly targets technology, healthcare, and banking sectors. The White House announced its...more

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