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Increasing Antitrust and Potentially Other Scrutiny for Defense M&A Deals

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Mergers and acquisitions involving companies that conduct business with the federal government present a unique set of challenges. Several statutes and regulations are implicated in such corporate transactions, whether the...more

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Antitrust Review of Defense Mergers: DOD Gets its Own Production of Parties’ Materials in HSR Merger Reviews

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Parties contemplating transactions in the defense sector need to know about a new obligation to provide materials to the Department of Defense (DOD) that will substantially affect their obligations for transactions that are...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Kanter Signals DOJ to Follow FTC Lockstep, Calls for Substantial Change to Competition Enforcement Approach

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In remarks delivered on January 18, 2022, and January 24, 2022, Jonathan Kanter, the Assistant Attorney General (AAG) for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, laid out the areas where he perceives...more

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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – February 2021 #2

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BUSINESS & TRANSACTIONS - Federal Trade Commission Updates HSR Thresholds - The Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (HSR) requires that certain mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures be...more

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November Antitrust Bulletin

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FTC Provides New Guidance on Antitrust Review of Leveraged Buyouts - On Oct. 6, the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) Premerger Notification Office (PNO) provided updated guidance on how to calculate the size of...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

New Defense Department Guidance on Mergers and Acquisitions

On September 30, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD or the Department) issued new guidance that reaffirmed its earlier view that it would not look favorably on mergers of “top tier defense firms.” The Department declared...more

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