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On October 3 and 4, 2024, the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division (the “Antitrust Division”) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) participated in the G7 Competition Authorities and Policymakers’ Summit in Rome to...more
On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), with the concurrence of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, (the “DOJ”, and together, the “Agencies”) voted unanimously to adopt new premerger...more
On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”), with the Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s concurrence, released a Final Rule containing long-anticipated revisions to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act...more
On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), with the concurrence of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), adopted final rules overhauling the premerger notification form and filing...more
Investment in the healthcare industry requires careful consideration, as it involves numerous distinct areas of the law. Venable's Private Equity Investment in Healthcare webinar series explores the unique issues and timely...more
Morrison Foerster’s State and Local Government Task Force is pleased to provide our bimonthly newsletter summarizing some of the most important and interesting developments from state attorneys general across the country and...more
What the FTC’s investigation of McKinsey means for consultants tasked to compare wages or pricing - On July 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it has issued inquiries to McKinsey & Co. and seven...more
UNITED STATES - - Agencies Revisiting Consummated Mergers - What’s old is new again, as agencies are increasingly scrutinizing consummated mergers from years past. In May 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Antitrust...more
On May 30, 2024, the DOJ’s Antitrust Division hosted a workshop for global antitrust authorities, academics, financiers, and private sector representatives to discuss competition across the AI stack, potential threats AI...more
Spotlight on below-threshold merger reviews: doubts over European Commission’s powers while in depth probes launched in Italy - Last month, we reported on the landmark Advocate General (AG) opinion in Illumina/GRAIL. The AG...more
Federal and state antitrust enforcers, as well as private plaintiffs, are actively investigating and challenging both the companies using pricing algorithms, and the software vendors or the data analytics firms providing the...more
Continuing to make good on President Biden’s pledge to root out and challenge anticompetitive mergers, the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission have asked the public to join the hunt....more
Health care leaders intent on growing their businesses in the Pacific Northwest through mergers and acquisitions have difficult timing decisions to make. On the one hand, many larger health systems and hospitals have just now...more
On May 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) jointly announced a request for members of the public to provide information that the agencies can use “to identify...more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced on Thursday, May 23, that they are expanding their search for businesses using “roll up” strategies to consolidate...more
The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on March 28, 2024, weighed in for the third time in recent months in support of plaintiffs in class action lawsuits challenging the defendants' use of software to...more
Over the past several months, antitrust enforcement activity in the healthcare provider sector has continued to steadily increase. In Part I of this two-part update, we discussed recent lawsuits involving private equity...more
The American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section’s annual Spring Meeting is underway in Washington, DC. The annual Spring Meeting features updates from federal, state and international antitrust enforcers and extensive...more
As anticipated, cartel enforcement is ramping up at the start of 2024 and investigations relating to artificial intelligence (AI) are taking center stage. Leadership of both the broader Department of Justice (DOJ) and the...more
2023 saw a significant uptick in antitrust scrutiny and enforcement, particularly in the healthcare space. After much rhetoric and a setback in challenging state Certificate of Public Advantage (COPA) laws, the Federal Trade...more
As Holland & Knight observed previously, the Biden Administration's antitrust enforcers have trained their sights on private equity firms and their portfolio companies, including in a Sept. 21, 2023, lawsuit challenging one...more
In 2023, the DOJ continued its aggressive criminal antitrust enforcement agenda in health care, with mixed results in labor markets. In speeches, the DOJ asserted that its commitment to labor market cases has not diminished,...more
Under the Biden administration, antitrust enforcement in the U.S. has risen to a level not seen in at least 40 years. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are now opening more...more
Key Takeaways - An FTC merger settlement in the $5.2 billion transaction between EQT and Quantum, two producers of natural gas in the Appalachian Basin, signals the antitrust agencies’ new approach to analyzing the potential...more
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