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March 26, 2025
|3 min read
President Trump Fires Remaining Democratic FTC Commissioners
Slaughter, in an unprecedented move that will likely be litigated to the Supreme Court.
March 18, 2025
|6 min read
(Division). While Slater has been circumspect in her public comments regarding past and anticipated Division priorities, her prior experience and recent
statements offer early insights into her expected approach.
February 13, 2025
|2 min read
New, More Burdensome HSR Form Now in Effect
pending challenges by business groups. Accordingly, parties to transactions meeting certain jurisdictional thresholds are required to submit HSR filings using
the new form to the FTC and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ).
February 11, 2025
|10 min read
Trump 2.0: Non-Merger Antitrust Enforcement Under Trump’s Second Term
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) took an aggressive approach to antitrust enforcement across
several industries and were particularly hostile to mergers and acquisitions. President Trump’s nominees to lead the antitrust agencies signal tha...Read more
January 31, 2025
|3 min read
Massachusetts Significantly Expands Its Oversight in Health Care Deals
notification requirement and creating new health care reporting requirements for private equity funds, health care real estate investment trusts,
management services organizations, and pharmaceutical companies.
January 17, 2025
|3 min read
Business Groups Sue to Block New HSR Form
Roundtable (collectively, the Plaintiffs) challenge the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recent changes to the premerger notification rules under the
Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act, seeking to block the requirement to use a new HSR form that requires substantially more information and documen...Read more
January 17, 2025
|3 min read
DOJ Files Unprecedented Suit Challenging Allegedly Deficient HSR Filings
violated the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act and seeking unprecedented civil penalties of hundreds of millions of dollars.
January 14, 2025
|2 min read
FTC Imposes Record $5.6 Million Civil Penalty to Settle Gun-Jumping Charges
Verdun Oil Company II LLC, and EP Energy LLC for alleged “gun-jumping” violations of the Hart–Scott–Rodino (HSR) Act.
January 13, 2025
|3 min read
FTC Announces 2025 Revised Thresholds and Filing Fees for HSR Filings
minimum value of transactions that must be notified under the HSR Act to $126.4 million. The new thresholds will become effective for transactions 30 days
after publication in the Federal Register.
January 9, 2025
|6 min read
initiatives in recent years—including courts blocking the FTC’s rule banning non-competes and juries rejecting DOJ no-poach prosecutions—the agencies
continue to pursue a variety of labor-focused actions.
December 18, 2024
|5 min read
FTC Revives Robinson-Patman Act Enforcement in Lawsuit Against Nation’s Top Alcohol Distributor
Robinson-Patman Act (RPA). This action, filed in the Central District of California, marks the first time in over two decades that the federal government has
taken steps to enforce the RPA.
December 17, 2024
|9 min read
Trump’s Antitrust Strategy Continues to Take Shape with New FTC Picks
Commission. In a follow-up post, Trump also announced his selection of antitrust lawyer Mark Meador to serve as a new Republican FTC commissioner.
December 16, 2024
|4 min read
a press release on Wednesday, December 11, announcing their decision to withdraw another key regulatory guidance document: the Antitrust Guidelines for
Collaborations Among Competitors.
December 5, 2024
|3 min read
Gail Slater to act as the next leader of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division.
November 27, 2024
|6 min read
Antitrust Compliance 2.0: Insights from the DOJ’s Updated Guidance
in criminal antitrust investigations. Although primarily directed at criminal prosecutors, the 2024 guidance also expressly indicates that companies should
expect the civil team to use many of the same factors to evaluate the effectiveness of compliance programs for purposes of civil antitrust violations.
November 22, 2024
|4 min read
Supreme Court’s Rejection of DOJ Appeal Could Shift the Landscape for Bid-Rigging Prosecutions
November 14, 2024
|8 min read
A Second Trump Presidency: How Will It Impact Antitrust Merger Review?
antitrust policy and enforcement, particularly following the major policy shifts and increased scrutiny of mergers and acquisitions under the Biden
administration.
November 8, 2024
|2 min read
FTC Asks Appeals Courts to Revive Ban on Worker Non-Compete Agreements after Nationwide Block
November 8, 2024
|7 min read
(HSR) Act, effective 90 days after publication in the Federal Register, i.e., no earlier than January 8, 2025.
October 3, 2024
|5 min read
Banking Reform: An Increase In Scrutiny
Merger Guidelines, along with a 2024 Banking Addendum, in evaluating the competitive impact of mergers and acquisitions in the banking industry. The DOJ’s
announcement comes roughly three years after President Biden issued an executive order encouraging the DOJ to enhance the enforcement sta...Read more
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