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The Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (together the “Agencies”) submitted a note about efficiencies in merger control in connection with a June 17, 2025 Organisation for...more
Deputy Assistant Attorney General (DAAG) Bill Rinner’s stated goal for his June 4 speech was to provide insight into how the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, will “handle merger review to ensure procedural fairness...more
As previously highlighted in our inaugural Akin Agency Transparency In Merger Enforcement (TIME) Report, merger enforcement transparency fell to an all-time low under the Biden administration. A key driver towards that trend...more
The recent change in leaders in both the United States and Europe has already had a notable impact on the antitrust landscape. Rules are changing—or, at least, their enforcement is taking more novel interpretations—against a...more
Agência antitruste inicia ação contra prestadores de serviços de saúde. A autoridade antitruste da Argentina, a Comissão Nacional de Defesa da Concorrência (Comisión Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia, CNDC), iniciou uma...more
Agencia antimonopolio toma acción contra proveedores de servicios médicos. El organismo antimonopolio de Argentina, la Comisión Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia (CNDC), está investigando a varias organizaciones de la...more
Antitrust agency brings action against health service providers. Argentina’s antitrust enforcer, the National Commission for Competition Defense (CNDC), has opened an investigation of several health services organizations...more
Gail Slater was confirmed last week as Assistant Attorney General (AAG) for the Antitrust Division; companies should expect a continuation of many Biden-era approaches, with new cases and priorities to advance the Trump...more
Now out: our latest global trends in merger control enforcement report - In this tenth edition of our annual report, we analyze data for 2024 from 26 jurisdictions to reveal the latest trends in global merger control and...more
Sanctions for procedural merger control infringements in 2024 did not meet the lofty heights of previous years. But merging parties should not be complacent. The number of infringement decisions increased. The U.S. and China...more
Antitrust authorities killed more deals in 2024, marking a third year of rising mortality levels. Where prohibition was on the cards, many dealmakers abandoned their transactions rather than staying the course. The U.S....more
The number of deals cleared with conditions fell sharply in 2024. Many antitrust authorities remained skeptical of whether merger remedies can effectively address antitrust concerns, choosing instead to challenge and...more
In somewhat of a surprise, FTC Chairman Ferguson announced yesterday that the FTC and Department of Justice’s joint 2023 Merger Guidelines “are in effect and are the framework for this agency’s merger-review analysis.” This...more
The heightened focus on antitrust and competition issues that has defined dealmaking globally over the past few years looks set for readjustment since President Trump re-entered the White House. Under the Biden...more
With the Trump 2.0 transition proceeding at breakneck pace, many are questioning how the new administration will approach antitrust policy and enforcement, and how much of the Biden Administration antitrust agenda will be...more
In the first merger challenge of the second Trump Administration, on January 30, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Antitrust Division filed suit seeking to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company’s (“HPE’s”) proposed...more
U.S. antitrust agencies kick off 2025 with landmark merger control enforcement actions - The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have started the year with a bang by...more
President Trump was sworn into office on Monday, promising swift action on several fronts. There is already a new Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Chair, Andrew Ferguson, with former FTC Chair Lina Khan expected to step down...more
The past two weeks have been quite busy in the world of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. § 18a) (HSR). First, on January 7, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a record $5.6...more
Primary HSR Filing Threshold will be Increased to $126.4 Million - The Federal Trade Commission has announced revisions to HSR Act and Clayton Act Section 8 thresholds, which are indexed annually in alignment with prior...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the annual changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act notification and filing fee thresholds, expected to go into effect in February 2025. The FTC is required by law to revise...more
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
On January 7, 2025, the FTC and DOJ jointly filed a complaint against XCL, Verdun, and EP concerning an alleged gun-jumping violation. The parties simultaneously filed a proposed final judgment, under which the defendants...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has imposed a record-breaking $5.6 million fine on XCL Resource Holdings, LLC (XCL), Verdun Oil Company II LLC (Verdun), and EP Energy LLC (EP) to settle allegations that they engaged in...more
The incoming Trump administration suggests a potential return to more traditional levels of antitrust enforcement for energy industry mergers and a departure from novel theories of harm seen under current Federal Trade...more