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Antitrust in focus - November 2024

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New U.S. merger control filing forms to take effect in February 2025 - Following publication in the Federal Register, the new Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) premerger notification forms will become effective on February 10, 2025....more

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DOJ, States Move to Prevent Merger of Home Health Giants UnitedHealth Group and Amedisys

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In the latest effort to prevent vertical consolidation in the healthcare industry, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) – along with the states of Maryland, Illinois, New Jersey and New York – filed a lawsuit on Nov. 12...more

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Antitrust Enforcers Amp Up Focus on Private Equity Acquisitions in the Health Care Market

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Private equity is squarely in the cross hairs of regulators; the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, the Federal Trade Commission, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently announced the launch of a...more

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UPDATE: Are Hospital Acquisitions with COPA Authorization Exempt from HSR Premerger Notification?

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In my earlier post in the Antitrust Advocate Blog, I noted recent setbacks that the Federal Trade Commission has experienced with respect to its regulatory authority. I then asked whether the FTC would suffer another...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

New Draft Merger Guidelines Complicate Deal Outlook

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Consistent with the Biden administration’s whole-of-government approach to address perceived consolidation in a variety of industries, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Revised Merger Guidelines Would Expand Reviews and Limit Combinations

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on July 19, 2023, jointly announced the release of proposed Merger Guidelines that would expand significantly the number and types of transactions...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

NLRB’s GC Piles on to Increase Regulatory Scrutiny of Non-Compete Agreements

As we have often discussed, the National Labor Relations Board under the Biden administration has prioritized expanding employees’ rights under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”). Most recently, in GC...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

NLRB General Counsel Announces Employee Non-Compete Agreements Violate the NLRA

On the heels of the National Labor Relations Board’s decision in McLaren Macomb, which invalidated most confidentiality and nondisparagement provisions in a variety of employment agreements (as we covered here and here), NLRB...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

US Federal Judge: Efficiencies Analysis Inadmissible in Antitrust Merger Trial

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A recent US federal district court ruling finding a defendant’s evidence of cost savings inadmissible could change how efficiencies evidence is presented in merger cases. A US federal district court ruling last month has...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ’s Antitrust Division Begins Trials to Block Two Large Mergers

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The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division continues to push its aggressive civil and criminal agenda.  While the Division has lost several high-profile criminal cases in the chicken processing industry and the labor market,...more

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DOJ Challenges Consummated Transaction After HSR Clearance

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On September 26, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division “the Antitrust Division” filed a complaint in Delaware federal court to partially unwind Parker Hannifin Corporation's $4.3 billion acquisition of CLARCOR...more

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