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Vedder Price

FTC Secures Record Gun-Jumping Penalty in a Case with Several Lessons for Merging Parties

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) secured a record consent penalty of $5.6 million against two merging parties on January 7, 2025 for improper pre-merger coordination, marking the agency’s first gun-jumping action in over a...more

McCarter & English, LLP

FTC Imposes Record $5.6M ‘Gun Jumping’ Fine

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Crude oil producers XCL Resources Holdings, LLC (XCL), Verdun Oil Company II LLC (Verdun), and EP Energy LLC (EP) have agreed to pay a $5.6 million civil penalty to settle violations under Section 7A of the Clayton Act, as...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Record “Gun-Jumping” Fine Serves As Cautionary Tale For Need To Avoid Unlawful Premerger Coordination

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On January 7, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement with three crude oil producers in which those companies will pay a $5.6 million fine to resolve claims they engaged in unlawful premerger...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

2022: Antitrust and Competition in Israel – A Year in Review

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2022 was an intensive year in competition law. Material issues to the competition agenda were addressed in precedential determinations and rulings by the Competition Authority and by Israeli courts. These issues include...more

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