Days after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached its first divestiture settlement of the new Trump administration, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ or the Division) followed through on Assistant...more
6/17/2025
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Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Biden Administration ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Divestiture ,
Merger Remedies ,
Mergers ,
Popular ,
Settlement ,
Trump Administration
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) recently announced that it will require Synopsys, Inc. (Synopsys) and Ansys, Inc. (Ansys) (together, “the parties”) to divest certain assets to resolve antitrust concerns...more
In a growing trend, states are requiring more premerger filings by enacting “baby-HSR” laws modeled after the federal Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. These state-level statutes require parties to certain mergers and acquisitions...more
Breaking from longstanding tradition, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) both recently withdrew their attendance and speakership from the American Bar Association...more
Gail Slater was confirmed last week as Assistant Attorney General (AAG) for the Antitrust Division; companies should expect a continuation of many Biden-era approaches, with new cases and priorities to advance the Trump...more
Wilson Sonsini is pleased to present The Scramble: Gaming Legal Year in Review 2024. This annual publication offers a retrospective look at the game industry’s legal landscape of the past year, showcases Wilson Sonsini’s...more
Now more than a month into President Trump’s second term, the Administration’s antitrust enforcement priorities have begun to take shape. Recent actions indicate that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Antitrust Division...more
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson has made two significant management decisions that will impact the trajectory of his enforcement agenda. On February 10, 2025, Chairman Ferguson appointed directors for...more
As of February 10, 2025, the new Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) reporting requirements that expand the volume of documents and information filing parties must submit to the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...more
DOJ Follows Familiar Playbook in Merger Challenge Focused on “Hot” Documents -
Following a familiar playbook and relying heavily on market share presumptions and “hot” documents describing close competition, the U.S....more
President Trump has chosen Gail Slater to lead the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division and elevated Commissioner Andrew Ferguson to chair the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this second installment of...more
1/27/2025
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Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Mergers ,
Monopolization ,
Popular ,
Robinson-Patman Act ,
Sherman Act
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has imposed a record-breaking $5.6 million fine on XCL Resource Holdings, LLC (XCL), Verdun Oil Company II LLC (Verdun), and EP Energy LLC (EP) to settle allegations that they engaged in...more
In parallel, same-day rulings, a federal and state court blocked The Kroger Company’s $24.6 billion proposed acquisition of the Albertsons Companies, Inc., relying on traditional antitrust analysis and evidence of...more
12/20/2024
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Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Corporate Sales Transactions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Grocery Stores ,
Kroger ,
Merger Agreements ,
Merger Controls ,
Motion To Enjoin ,
Popular
On October 24, 2024, to the surprise of many legal observers and fashion industry executives, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) secured a preliminary injunction blocking a proposed $8.5 billion deal between Tapestry and...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unanimously passed a landmark rulemaking that significantly alters reporting requirements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended. Though less...more
The Biden administration’s antitrust scrutiny of the life sciences industry continued this week as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed an administrative complaint against the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit managers...more
While companies wait for the new Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act filing requirements to be finalized, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made headlines by filing an enforcement action against and obtaining nearly $1 million in...more
Information exchanges and integration planning are a vital component of the due diligence process when companies are considering acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, or any other business decision involving another party....more
On August 16, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a motion in limine in its challenge to Kroger’s $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons alleging that Albertsons executives intentionally deleted text...more
On August 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and eight states filed a complaint in federal court in North Carolina alleging that RealPage, a software analytics company, coordinated rental prices in the real estate...more
8/27/2024
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Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Landlords ,
Monopolization ,
Property Owners ,
Real Estate Market ,
Sherman Act ,
Software
Competition authorities in the United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom released a joint statement on competition in generative AI and other AI products, continuing the drumbeat that policymakers need to...more
In a decision with far-ranging implications for federal administrative law, the United States Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (Loper Bright).1 The Supreme Court’s...more
Serial acquisitions and roll-up strategies are facing intense scrutiny as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division request public comment on how these types of...more
5/30/2024
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Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Biden Administration ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Mergers ,
Threshold Requirements
DOJ's Most Recent Monopolization Case Reflects Several Agency Priorities Including Expansion of Section 2 to Respond to Headline-Grabbing Popular Demands...more
Wilson Sonsini provides extensive and cutting-edge legal services for innovators, technology pioneers, and disruptors. As part of our focus on emerging technologies, our attorneys are publishing a series on applying and...more