The Development: China's Supreme People's Court ("SPC") recently released a Judicial Interpretation of Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Civil Dispute Cases Arising from Monopolistic Conduct...more
7/18/2024
/ Anti-Monopoly ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
China ,
Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Judicial Interpretation ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Risk Assessment
Overview of the FSR -
The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ("TFEU") prohibits any form of public financial support selectively granted to businesses that distorts competition, absent an exception. The EU's...more
7/13/2022
/ Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Merger Control Regulation ,
Foreign Subsidies ,
Public Procurement Policies ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
The EU General Court ("GC") annulled the European Commission's €1.06 billion antitrust fine imposed on Intel in 2009 for allegedly abusing its dominant position in x86 Central Processing Units ("CPUs") by offering loyalty...more
1/27/2022
/ Abuse of Dominance ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Customer-Loyalty Programs ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Intel ,
Technology Sector
Saudi Arabia competition authority blocks its first transaction under the Kingdom's 2019 Competition Law.
The Saudi Arabian General Authority for Competition ("GAC") announced this week that its board had blocked Delivery...more
What Is the FTC's New "Prior Approval" Policy? At the end of an FTC investigation into the competitive impact of a merger, the agency may (i) take no action (allowing the parties to close), (ii) challenge the transaction...more
11/4/2021
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Sales Transactions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Merger Controls ,
Policy Management ,
Policy Statement ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Approval ,
Regulatory Reform
President Biden recently signed an Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy (the "Order") outlining 72 initiatives by more than a dozen federal agencies to combat "excessive" corporate consolidation...more
The Trump Administration leadership at the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission have announced reforms regarding merger reviews. This Jones Day White Paper reviews these reforms and their strategic...more
1/15/2019
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Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Discovery ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Privilege Logs ,
Trump Administration
This Jones Day Global Merger Control Update discusses developments in existing merger control regimes over the first half of 2018, as well as the emergence of new merger control regimes worldwide.
Over the past few years,...more
8/15/2018
/ Acquisitions ,
Canada ,
China ,
Competition Authorities ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cross-Border ,
Foreign Acquisitions ,
Foreign Investment ,
Germany ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Italy ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
MOFCOM ,
Size of Transaction Test ,
Threshold Requirements ,
UK