On Tuesday, March 11, 2025, the Senate confirmed Gail Slater to be assistant attorney general for the Antitrust Division at the U.S. Department of Justice by a vote of 78-19. Slater has held positions at the Federal Trade...more
On Jan. 10, the FTC announced the 2025 filing thresholds under the HSR Act, as well as the 2025 filing fees. The new thresholds will be published in the Federal Register in the coming days and will apply to transactions...more
1/14/2025
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Merger Controls ,
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Size of Persons Test ,
Size of Transaction Test ,
Threshold Requirements
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Final Rule mandates the adoption of new, expanded Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) forms and the creation of a public comment portal for pending transactions. The new HSR forms will become...more
10/15/2024
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
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Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Mergers ,
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Pre-Merger Filing Requirements ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Required Documentation ,
Required Forms ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Updated Forms
On Dec. 18, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) jointly issued new merger guidelines (Guidelines), finalizing draft guidelines published in July and replacing the 2010 Horizontal Merger...more
On Oct. 30, the White House issued Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (Executive Order). In the wide-ranging Executive Order, the White House provides a road...more
In spring 2022, the Department of Justice (the DOJ) announced its intention to aggressively pursue monopolization cases. While the DOJ is continuing its aggressive prosecution of criminal cases, it is also now utilizing...more
10/16/2023
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Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
Mergers ,
Monopolization ,
Sherman Act
Panelists echoed a familiar tune at the 2023 ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting’s “Views from the Bench”: Judges wish antitrust lawyers and their expert witnesses would do a better job of explaining and narrowing down the factual...more
In October 2022, the Federal Trade Commission issued a Public Comment opposing a Certificate of Public Advantage (COPA) for the merger of State University of New York Upstate Medical University (SUNY Upstate) and Crouse...more
For more than a century, minor league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB) have thrived in a symbiotic relationship. Minor league teams affiliate with major league teams for financial support and access to major league...more
On May 23, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), at the prompting of President Joe Biden, announced that it will launch a civil investigation into the ongoing shortage of baby formula throughout the country. The FTC is...more
Almost one year has passed since the Supreme Court’s unanimous antitrust decision in NCAA v. Alston. That well-publicized decision affirmed the District Court’s rejection of the NCAA’s limits on education-related compensation...more
4/27/2022
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Antitrust Provisions ,
College Athletes ,
Employment Contract ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Franchise Agreements ,
Name and Likeness ,
NCAA ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Price-Fixing ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Rule-of-Reason Analysis ,
Student Athletes
There’s been a sea change in the political climate. The regulatory forecast is still uncertain, and pharmaceutical evolution continues to develop....more
There has never been a greater emphasis on policing anticompetitive behavior worldwide. Dozens of countries have instituted effective and aggressive cartel enforcement programs following a trend of increased global...more