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
1/10/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Competition ,
Energy Sector ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Gun-Jumping ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Oil & Gas ,
Sherman Act
Following a summit in Japan, the Group of Seven (“G7”) Competition Authorities and Policymakers issued a statement on November 8, 2023, that expressed a commitment to proactively address antitrust issues that could arise as...more
A recent U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) antitrust lawsuit against a private-equity owner of a large anesthesiology practice in Texas demonstrates that the FTC has begun to implement its more aggressive focus on the...more
In an unprecedented move, the Fourth Circuit in Steves and Sons Inc. v. JELD-WEN Inc. recently affirmed an order requiring a company to unwind the acquisition of competitor business in connection with an antitrust action...more
On February 4, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) announced suspension of early termination grants under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act). These grants...more
2/16/2021
/ Acquisitions ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Deadlines ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Electronic Filing ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Merger Reviews ,
Mergers ,
Suspensions
Since 1945, the McCarran-Ferguson Act (Act) provided insurance companies a limited exemption from federal antitrust laws, exempting certain state-regulated activities that qualified as the “business of insurance." The Act...more