The first quarter of 2025 brought a surge of high-profile merger activity in the technology and artificial intelligence (AI) space, offering an early test of how antitrust regulators under the new Trump administration will...more
6/17/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Apple ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Google ,
Hewlett-Packard ,
IBM ,
Mergers ,
Popular ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
As we look back on 2024, one thing is clear: Antitrust enforcement in the technology sector continued at a steady pace, with global agencies showing no signs of relenting in their scrutiny of Big Tech companies....more
3/17/2025
/ Amazon ,
Antitrust Division ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Big Tech ,
Competition ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Mergers ,
Technology Sector ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
On 3 September 2024, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the European Commission (Commission) cannot encourage or accept referrals for below-threshold deals from national competition authorities if those...more
9/6/2024
/ Abuse of Dominance ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition Authorities ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Merger Control Regulation ,
Jurisdiction ,
Jurisdictional Thresholds ,
Life Sciences ,
Member State ,
Merger Controls ,
Merger Reviews ,
Mergers ,
Technology Sector ,
Threshold Requirements