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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

Proskauer Rose LLP

Expanding HSR Gunjumping Enforcement: Swan Song, or Harbinger of What's to Come?

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In a move that may not have stood up under the new administration, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division settled a matter during the last days of the Obama Administration which involved allegations of...more

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