The US federal government is at risk of a shutdown unless Congress can enact appropriations to fund certain federal operations by December 20, 2024. In September 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued plans for how a...more
12/23/2024
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U.S. Treasury
The US federal government is at risk of a partial shutdown unless Congress can enact appropriations to fund certain federal operations by September 30, 2023. Both the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission...more
As the rest of the world backed away from the deal table, confident US corporates continued buying businesses—especially in the life sciences and TMT sectors, and particularly in the domestic market.
US dealmakers had a...more
2/1/2020
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Antitrust Provisions ,
Canada ,
CFIUS ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Domestic Dealmaking ,
Family Businesses ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Acquisitions ,
Foreign Investment ,
Global Dealmaking ,
Global Economy ,
Life Sciences ,
Mergers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pre-Merger Filing Requirements ,
Private Equity ,
Privately Held Corporations ,
Trade Wars ,
UK ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
The US M&A market delivered another year of strong performance in 2018. Though deal volume dipped 2 percent year-on-year to 5,682 deals, deal value was up by 15 percent over the period, to US$1.5 trillion -
A number of...more
2/7/2019
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Blocked Mergers ,
CFIUS ,
China ,
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Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dow Jones ,
Equity Compensation ,
Equity Grants ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FIRRMA ,
GDP ,
Health IT ,
Mandatory Declarations ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
NAFTA ,
National Security Review Proceedings ,
Oil Prices ,
Popular ,
Qualcomm ,
Tariffs ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Rates ,
Trump Administration ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
Vertical Mergers