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Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Antitrust Enforcement in Energy M&A in the Trump Era — 4 Issues to Watch

As CERAWeek begins in Houston, dealmakers in the energy sector will surely be asking how the second Trump Administration antitrust enforcers will treat energy deals. As a prelude, no industry has a longer history with...more

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Antitrust and Competition Life Sciences Year in Review 2024

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The last year (and particularly the last few months) of the Biden Administration brought a flurry of activity from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the life sciences space, continuing a yearslong pattern of close...more

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NBA Legend’s Monopolization Challenge Against NASCAR To Proceed

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On January 10, 2025, Judge Kenneth D. Bell of the United States Court for the Western District of North Carolina denied NASCAR’s motion to dismiss stock car racing team 23XI Racing’s (“plaintiff”) monopolization case against...more

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FTC Imposes Rarely Seen “Gun-Jumping” Penalty to the Tune of $5.6 Million

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rang in the new year this week by announcing that three crude oil producers had agreed to pay a $5.6 million fine to settle claims that they engaged in unlawful “gun-jumping” by prematurely...more

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Google is an Illegal Monopoly, Federal Court Rules

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Following a nine-week bench trial starting in September 2023 and closing arguments in May 2024, District of Columbia district court judge Amit Mehta ruled on August 5, 2024, that Google illegally maintained its monopoly in...more

A&O Shearman

U.S. DOJ seeks rare $3.5 million “gun jumping” penalty against Legends Hospitality for pre-closing conduct in connection with its...

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On August 5, 2024, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) filed a rare[1] gun jumping[2] civil lawsuit and proposed settlement in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Legends...more

Hogan Lovells

FTC and DOJ launch public inquiry on serial acquisitions and roll-up strategies

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On May 23, 2024, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) (the Agencies) published a Request for Information (the “May 2024 RFI”) to solicit public comments to help...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Biden Administration Enlists Public in Effort to Identify Potential Antitrust Violations in Healthcare Sector

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced the launch of “an easily accessible online portal for the public to report health care...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

2023 Antitrust Year in Review

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is pleased to present its 2023 Antitrust Year in Review, which provides an overview of the significant developments in antitrust law, policy, and enforcement over the past year. This report...more

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The Interplay: Key Decisions at the Intersection of Antitrust & Life Sciences - January 2024

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Illumina Agrees to Unwind Acquisition of Grail Following Fifth Circuit Decision.  On December 15, 2023, the Fifth Circuit vacated the FTC’s order that Illumina unwind its acquisition of Grail—a developer of a multi-cancer...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Antitrust Considerations for Healthcare Joint Ventures

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been active in challenging hospital combinations. In June 2022, the FTC filed complaints to block two hospital transactions. Within weeks of the FTC's actions, both transactions were...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Are the FTC and DOJ Losing Antitrust Battles but Gaining Ground?

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division — for the third time in the span of a year — recently failed to convince a jury that alleged agreements to fix or stabilize labor markets should be punished criminally. It...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Antitrust Matters: What Digital Asset Innovators Need to Know

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Unpacking three key competition issues for digital asset innovators and investors: M&A, interlocking directorates, and interoperability. In a sea of regulatory hurdles and issues, antitrust and competition laws may be...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

DOJ Sues to Block Merger Between Booz Allen Hamilton and EverWatch Based on Antitrust Concerns Relating to Single-Contract Market

The Department of Justice recently filed a complaint to prevent Booz Allen Hamilton’s $440 million acquisition of “agile and innovative” competitor EverWatch, Inc. Among the notable aspects of the complaint is its definition...more

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What’s Ahead for Antitrust Law and Enforcement – Rewriting the Sherman and Clayton Acts

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Many foreshadowed that Democratic control of both the House and the Senate would lead to substantive reform of the U.S. antitrust laws. On February 4, 2021, Senator Klobuchar delivered on that prediction by introducing...more

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Senator Josh Hawley Joins Growing Number in Congress Proposing Sweeping Antitrust Reform Legislation

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Sen. Hawley's "Trust-Busting for the Twenty-First Century Act," introduced on April 12, 2021, takes aim at "Big Tech, Big Banks, Big Telecom, and Big Pharma" by proposing to curb mergers and acquisitions by large corporations...more

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CLERA or Murkier: Proposed Antitrust Legislation Raises Questions

The Sherman Act was passed in 1890. The Clayton Act in 1914. And they have hardly changed since. Last month, Senator Amy Klobuchar, the new chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Recent Merger Reviews Demonstrate Increased FTC and DOJ Focus on Acquisitions of Nascent Competitors

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Three recent antitrust merger reviews involving nascent competition demonstrate enforcers are paying close attention to acquisitions by industry leaders of emerging, but early-stage competitors. The US antitrust agencies have...more

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2019 ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting: Federal and State Antitrust Enforcement Takeaways

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The American Bar Association’s 67th Antitrust Law spring meeting held earlier this month featured several sessions addressing the efforts of federal and state antitrust enforcement agencies, including a number of discussions...more

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FTC Warns Parties on Information Exchanges During M&A Due Diligence

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The Situation: The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") recently published a blog post reminding merging parties to avoid creating antitrust liability through the exchange of competitively sensitive information during merger...more

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