On February 2, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is scheduled to publish revised Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act jurisdictional thresholds for 2021. The FTC is required by law to revise the HSR Act monetary jurisdictional...more
On April 4, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had filed a civil antitrust complaint against investment fund ValueAct Capital, alleging that ValueAct improperly relied upon the "investment-only"...more
The United States remains a leader in cartel enforcement, in part given its long tradition of prosecuting cartel conduct both criminally and civilly. Indeed, “the United States remains the only jurisdiction that has...more
US COMPETITION OVERVIEW -
As President Obama nears the midpoint of his second term, merger activity suffered a slight year-over-year dip but has still recovered moderately from the first years of the global economic...more