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FTC Imposes Record Fine on Texas Energy Companies for HSR "Gun Jumping"

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During antitrust review between M&A signing and closing, HSR rules restrict an acquiror from beginning to control the target's business....more

DLA Piper

FTC Assesses Record Fine for Gun-Jumping Antitrust Violation

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced, on January 7, 2025, that crude oil producers agreed to pay a record $5.6 million fine as settlement for violating the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) through illegal pre-merger...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Record $5.6 Million Penalty for 'Gun-Jumping' Violation

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a record $5.6 million civil penalty to settle allegations that three crude oil producers engaged in “gun-jumping” activities that violated the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act....more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

DOJ Obtains $3.5 Million Civil Penalty and Appoints Antitrust Compliance Officer to Resolve Gun-Jumping Concerns

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On August 5, the Department of Justice (DOJ) secured a landmark decision from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in a high-profile monopolization litigation....more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Gun-Jumping Isn’t the Stuff of Legends: DOJ Fines Hospitality Management Company $3.5 Million for Alleged Unlawful Pre-merger...

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On August 5, 2024, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that it filed a civil complaint and proposed settlement with Legends Hospitality Parent Holdings LLC (“Legends”) for unlawful pre-merger coordination, commonly...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

PE Firm Escapes FTC’s Challenge to Texas Anesthesiology Roll-Up

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A Texas federal court dismissed the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) lawsuit against private equity (PE) owner, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (Welsh Carson), while allowing to proceed the agency’s challenge against U.S....more

Polsinelli

Promise Made, Promise Kept: The Justice Department Follows Through With Interlocking Directorate Enforcement

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On October 19, 2022, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a press release heralding the resignation of seven directors from ten companies’ boards of directors in response to the government’s...more

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The Administrative State Under Attack: Potentially Far Reaching Implications of Supreme Court’s Decision to Hear Challenge to FTC...

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In 1984, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that courts must defer to an administrative agency’s reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute. But last year, the Supreme Court stripped the FTC of its ability to seek...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CMA Orders Parties to Unwind Integration During Ongoing Investigation

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For the first time, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has flexed its regulatory muscles by ordering the unwinding – during the course of its ongoing investigation – of a completed acquisition....more

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