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Antitrust Pressure Mounts for Dominant Tech Platforms

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Recent actions by the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) highlight a sharp escalation in agency antitrust enforcement, particularly for dominant technology platforms. The DOJ has brought...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Mo’ Data, Mo’ Problems: Antitrust Risk in the Age of Big Data

New Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification rules, which took effect in February, require that companies now provide more information than ever before about their prospective mergers. Meanwhile, both federal and state...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Axinn Associates at the Antitrust Spring Meeting: Has Competition in the U.S. Been Declining?

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

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Antitrust Heads Offer Enforcement Insights to Legal Industry, Sidestepping Traditional ABA Gathering

Breaking from longstanding tradition, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) both recently withdrew their attendance and speakership from the American Bar Association...more

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2025 Emerging Trends in Antitrust

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The antitrust landscape is shifting rapidly, and 2025 is shaping up to be another year of unpredictable regulation, evolving litigation trends, and complex data challenges. Legal teams must prepare for uncertainty—and take...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

The Pitch - March 2025

The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries. The Pitch features a diverse...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Transparency In Merger Enforcement: Taking Stock of the Deals That Didn't Bark

More than 82% of merger enforcement actions announced by the U.S. antitrust agencies in 2024 involved a litigated challenge (complaint) or the deal being abandoned. But only 17 enforcement actions were reported in total—well...more

A&O Shearman

New York State Court Finds Violation Of Donnelly Act Stemming From Ski Area Acquisition

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On February 26, 2025, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Onondaga, rendered a decision involving an alleged anticompetitive acquisition under New York’s Donnelly Act. This decision demonstrates the...more

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Eastern District Of Virginia Overrules Objections To Proposed Divestiture Of Doorskin Manufacturing Plant

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On December 13, 2024, Judge Robert E. Payne of the Eastern District of Virginia, in a long-running private action that had previously found a consummated merger to be unlawful, overruled defendant’s objections to the required...more

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NBA Legend’s Monopolization Challenge Against NASCAR To Proceed

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On January 10, 2025, Judge Kenneth D. Bell of the United States Court for the Western District of North Carolina denied NASCAR’s motion to dismiss stock car racing team 23XI Racing’s (“plaintiff”) monopolization case against...more

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DOJ Sues Private Equity Firm KKR & Co. for Violations of HSR Act

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On January 14, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) sued private equity giant KKR & Co. (KKR) for numerous violations of antitrust law, alleging that KKR repeatedly violated its obligations to provide information on its...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Antitrust Considerations in Long-Term Care — Assisted Living and the Law Podcast

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Assisted Living and the Law, hosted by Troutman Pepper attorneys Cal Stein and Emma Trivax, offers timely insights and practical advice on navigating the complex and evolving legal landscape of the long-term care industry. ...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Court Dismisses “Roll-Up” Lawsuit against Private Equity Firm in Blow to FTC

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On May 13, a federal district court in Texas dismissed private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (Welsh Carson) from an antitrust lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The lawsuit, which was...more

McDermott Will & Emery

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

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

2023 Antitrust Year in Review

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is pleased to present its 2023 Antitrust Year in Review, which provides an overview of the significant developments in antitrust law, policy, and enforcement over the past year. This report...more

Fenwick & West LLP

[Webinar] What Recent Antitrust Developments Tell Us to Expect in 2023 - January 11th, 11:00 am PT

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The previous year in antitrust enforcement has been marked by rapid change. In many ways this foreshadows things to come in 2023, as antitrust enforcement agencies’ tough rhetoric continues to ramp up into real-world action....more

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Planning a Merger? Make Sure to Review the Annual Antitrust Enforcement Update

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Every year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division submit a report to Congress thoroughly summarizing merger investigation and enforcement efforts targeting transactions that...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Distribution Merger Challenges at the FTC

In recent years, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched significant investigations into mergers between distributors, with the merging parties resolving the FTC’s concerns through consent, by abandoning the...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

US Senate Bill Would Reshape Antitrust Enforcement and Litigation

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The bill would increase and shift the burden for many merger reviews, introduce new categories of prohibited conduct, and undo important common law defenses to single-firm conduct. On February 4, 2021, Senator Amy...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 9.27.16

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We learned yesterday that Twitter’s shopping itself around for a buyer. It’s facing one big complication, though—the sizeable amount of stock Twitter has doled out to its employees over the years. Last year, for example,...more

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