This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Noah Brumfield, partner based in Washington, D.C. and Silicon Valley, is our editor this month. He has selected: ...more
On December 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) released final revisions to the Merger Guidelines (the “2023 Merger Guidelines”) that frame the agencies’...more
On June 1, 2023, the European Commission (EC) adopted revised Horizontal Guidelines (HGs) and two updated block exemption regulations (BERs) on research and development (R&D) and “specialisation” agreements. These materials...more
On June 1, 2023, the EU Commission (EC) adopted its New Horizontal Guidelines on the applicability of the EU’s prohibition of anticompetitive agreements (Art. 101 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)),...more
European Commission adopts the final version of the much-anticipated Research & Development Block Exemption Regulation and Specialisation Block Exemption Regulation, as well as the Horizontal Guidelines....more
On 1 March 2022, the European Commission (Commission) launched a public consultation on the draft revised horizontal regime, encompassing draft horizontal guidelines (Draft Guidelines), a draft revised research & development...more
On 6 May 2021, the European Commission ("Commission") published a staff working document ("SWD") on its evaluation of the horizontal block exemption regulations on research & development and specialisation agreements...more