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Gail Slater Confirmed to Lead DOJ Antitrust Division

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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

2025 Perspectives in Private Equity: Antitrust & Competition

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

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Important changes to the UK competition regime as of 1 January 2025. 

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Merger control: The merger control thresholds in the UK have been broadened to capture ‘vertical’ and ‘conglomerate’ transactions (transactions involving parties that do not have overlapping activities). New SMS regime: A...more

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The Digital Markets Act (DMA) goes live

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The DMA has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union and will enter into force on 1 November 2022. The DMA aims to address concerns regarding "contestability" and "fairness" in the digital economy and...more

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2021 Energy and Chemicals Antitrust Report

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Antitrust activity increased significantly in 2021. This past year brought numerous changes in merger and non-merger enforcement policies and priorities that signal increased scrutiny in industry transactions. The “Biden...more

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DAMITT Q2 2021: Move Over Big Tech – Traditional Industries See More Merger Investigation Activity

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Key facts - United States - Despite Big Tech headlines, the percentage of significant U.S. merger investigations involving technology companies was below the average for the last decade. By contrast, merger investigations in...more

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UK Antitrust Shakeup Would Increase Merger Scrutiny, Broaden Investigative Powers and Create New Oversight of Big Tech

The U.K. government is consulting on far-reaching reforms to U.K. competition and consumer laws, which would substantially expand the powers of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and reduce procedural protections....more

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‘Sending out an SMS’ – UK proposes powers for regulating digital markets

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The UK Government is consulting on proposed powers for the recently launched Digital Markets Unit.  This is a significant juncture in the reconfiguration of the post-Brexit regulatory landscape, marked by a determination to...more

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Trends in Merger Control and Competition: The In-House Perspective

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On 26 January, 2021, TransPerfect Legal Solutions (TLS) kicked off a virtual conference on EU and UK competition regulation. This article is the third of a three-part series highlighting the major takeaways from each session...more

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The Effects of the 2020 Election on Antitrust Merger Clearance

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On October 20, 2020, TransPerfect Legal Solutions (TLS) hosted an inaugural conference on recent developments in antitrust clearance and merger enforcement proceedings. This article is the first of a three-part series...more

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Takeaways From the Georgetown and Fordham Global Antitrust Law Symposia

In September, Georgetown University Law Center hosted its 13th Annual Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium and Fordham University School of Law hosted its 46th Annual International Antitrust Law and Policy Conference. Each...more

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