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Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 5, June 2024

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 6/14/2024

We are pleased to announce that several of the firm’s practice groups and attorneys were recognized in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA, a directory of leading law firms and attorneys. Chambers and Partners annually...more

Dr. StrangeGov or: Antitrust Enforcers Should Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Big Business

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 4/3/2023

As this year’s roundtable of enforcers demonstrated, big business is probably antitrust enforcers’ greatest fear. Spring in Washington means Cherry blossoms and antitrust. And last week, 3,700 antitrust lawyers and government...more

Executive Order Throws Down the Gauntlet for a New Era of Antitrust Enforcement

Troutman Pepper on 7/16/2021

On July 9, President Biden signed an executive order on promoting competition in the American economy, listing broad priorities for antitrust enforcement. In conjunction with this order, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and...more

Biden Administration Issues Sweeping Executive Order to Foster Competition

Womble Bond Dickinson on 7/16/2021

This afternoon, President Biden signed a landmark executive order aimed at promoting economic competition by limiting the power of large corporations. The sweeping executive order includes 72 initiatives across more than a...more

A Look Ahead at the Biden Administration’s Regulatory and Enforcement Priorities

Latham & Watkins LLP on 2/17/2021

With the new administration poised to take office, public and private companies will need to consider how President Biden’s regulatory, enforcement, and legislative priorities will affect their businesses. During this...more

COVID-19 Client Primer | Consumer Protection Enforcement Challenges in the Age of COVID-19

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 4/25/2020

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in its mission to protect consumers from deceptive and unfair commercial practices, has been particularly vigilant during the COVID-19 pandemic because of an expected increase in outright...more

DOJ Seeking to End Movie Studio and Theater Antitrust Decrees amidst Streaming Competition – A New Opportunity in Theatrical...

Proskauer - New Media & Technology on 11/26/2019

For the film and media distribution industries, this year has been action-packed. Production budgets are skyrocketing and new digital services have been announced or are launching with each passing month. The streaming wars...more

Financial Daily Dose 11.06.2019 | Top Story: Walgreens Boots Working With PE Firms to Go Private

Robins Kaplan LLP on 11/6/2019

Bloomberg is reporting that Walgreens Boots is weighing a potential deal “to take the company private in what could become the largest leveraged buyout in history.” PE firms like KKR are apparently in the mix to assist in the...more

Financial Daily Dose 6.7.2019 | Top Story: Markets Keep Eye on US Jobs Report

Robins Kaplan LLP on 6/7/2019

Jobs Report Friday again! Lots to look for in the numbers this month, especially considering the economic uncertainty that’s defined the past few weeks....more

Lessons from the AT&T/Time Warner Decision

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 6/20/2018

On October 22, 2016, AT&T announced its $108 billion proposed acquisition of Time Warner. After a year-plus investigation, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit to enjoin the merger, alleging that the transaction would...more

Is the DOJ's Approval of AT&T's Acquisition of Time Warner Conditioned on the sale of CNN?

Womble Bond Dickinson on 11/9/2017

According to several news outlets, the Department of Justice has called on AT&T and Time Warner to sell DirectTV or Turner Broadcasting, which includes CNN, in order to gain approval of AT&T's $84.5 billion acquisition of...more

What blockchain can learn from the net neutrality debate: antitrust and regulatory aspects of “paid prioritization” for a nascent...

Hogan Lovells on 11/7/2017

First come, first served. That’s not the principle behind the clearance of Bitcoin transactions. Equally for other blockchain technology networks, the relevant factor to get a transaction on the next available block is not...more

Hogan Lovells academic all-stars debate hot tech topics

Hogan Lovells on 3/28/2017

On 17 March Hogan Lovells hosted a live webinar where several of our Global TMT thought leaders interviewed a panel of academic experts from our Law and Technology Academic Advisory Council on the key legal and tech trends...more

"Looking Ahead: The U.S. Legal and Regulatory Environment Under a Trump Administration"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/14/2016

Election Day brought an end to a long period of uncertainty that caused market fluctuations and delayed business planning decisions. As we navigate the post-election landscape, many questions remain regarding the potential...more

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