Summary -
..The FTC and DOJ suffered twin setbacks in the healthcare space. In both UnitedHealth/Change and Illumina/Grail, the agencies’ reliance on more novel theories of harm failed to convince skeptical judges....more
11/11/2022
/ Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Horizontal Merger Guidelines ,
Horizontal Mergers ,
Hospitals ,
Mergers ,
Popular ,
Private Equity ,
Vertical Mergers
AGENCIES APPEAR POISED TO TARGET TECH, LIFE SCIENCES AND PRIVATE EQUITY TRANSACTIONS -
U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Chair Lina Khan and the head of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), Antitrust Division,...more
The Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (the “Agencies”) recently proposed two changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) rules that, if implemented, will materially impact private...more
10/1/2020
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Division ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Exemptions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Requirements ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Investment Firms ,
Private Equity ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Size of Persons Test ,
Size of Transaction Test ,
Venture Capital