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Proskauer Rose LLP

Merger Woes for Hedge Fund as Obscure HSR Rule Spells Trouble and $600K Penalty

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According to a complaint filed by the Department of Justice, several funds affiliated with Third Point Management failed to file and observe the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976...more

A&O Shearman

Bayer/Monsanto: European Commission Continues Its Trend of More Aggressive Divestments to Address Innovation Concerns

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The European Commission has routinely considered potential harm to innovation as part of its merger assessments, particularly in R&D driven sectors such as pharmaceuticals and technology. In recent years, however, the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Novel Theories Emerge in Merger Enforcement

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Antitrust merger enforcement historically has focused on horizontal mergers — consolidation of two firms that compete directly in the same space. This is especially true in the U.S., where antitrust authorities have...more

WilmerHale

EU Merger Control 2017: Competition in Innovation; EC Prohibiting Deals; Fines for Procedural Infringements; and EU Courts...

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2017 saw some highly significant investigations and court judgments in European Union merger control. Notably: ..After detailed investigations and subject to extensive divestments, the European Commission (“EC”) cleared...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Antitrust-Related Recent Developments: FTC/DOJ Aggressive Merger Enforcement Continues

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The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice have continued their aggressive stance against proposed mergers that the antitrust agencies perceive as harmful to competition. So far this year, the FTC obtained a...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"M&A Techniques in a Complex Environment"

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While the headlines in 2015 focused on the “megadeal” transactions over $5 billion (there were at least 137 such deals in 2015, according to Thomson Reuters), many transactions involving cross-border activities required...more

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