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Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Comments on Competition Bureau’s Consultation on its Merger Enforcement Guidelines

Davies recently submitted comments in response to consultations initiated by the Canadian Competition Bureau’s November 7, 2024 Discussion Paper on the Bureau’s review of its Merger Enforcement Guidelines (MEGs) to better...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Merging without Approval: Strauss Group Might Pay ILS 111 million

The Israel Competition Authority’s Director General recently announced that, subject to a hearing, she intends to rule that Strauss and Wyler Farm violated the Economic Competition Law and implemented a merger that could harm...more

A&O Shearman

General Court Decision in Illumina / Grail Vindicates Commission’s Article 22 Referral Policy

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Quick Read - - The EU’s jurisdiction to review mergers is no longer linked to notification. This is a big change and sharply reduces parties’ ability to predict antitrust hurdles to closing based on notification thresholds. ...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FTC Makes Major Changes to Expand Prior Approval in Merger Consents, Creating Greater Risk for Merging Parties Subject to FTC...

On Monday, October 25, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or “Commission”) issued a policy statement announcing that the Commission will require all parties that enter into a merger consent agreement to agree that the parties...more

Perkins Coie

“Reasonableness” Is in the Eye of the Beholder: Vague Contracts Clauses Invite Litigation

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Schick, the shaving product company, recently announced it was abandoning its proposed $1.4 billion acquisition of rival startup Harry’s Razors. The announcement followed the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) threat to...more

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