On December 11, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (together, “the Agencies”) jointly withdrew the 2000 Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors (“Guidelines”)....more
1/6/2025
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Collaboration ,
Competition ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Distribution Rules ,
Enforcement ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Information Sharing ,
Joint Venture ,
Safe Harbors ,
Sales
As announced in a September 14, 2023, press release, the FTC has issued a policy statement “warning pharmaceutical companies that make and sell brand-name drugs that they could face legal action if they improperly list...more
Health care companies are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to create innovations, set prices, and compete with rivals. At the same time, federal and state antitrust enforcers are finding new ways to apply...more
4/26/2023
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Collusion ,
Competition ,
Compliance ,
Enforcement ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Healthcare ,
Horizontal Mergers ,
Medical Devices ,
Mergers ,
Technology Sector
Manufacturing companies should actively prepare for heightened antitrust scrutiny of their business practices in 2023, including practices that have not traditionally garnered the focus of the federal antitrust enforcers. ...more
With steep inflation and seemingly constant disruptions in supply chains for all manner of goods, the Biden Administration has turned increasingly to antitrust authorities to tame price increases and stem future bottlenecks....more
8/4/2022
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Biden Administration ,
Compliance ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Executive Orders ,
FBI ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Market Manipulation ,
Price Inflation ,
Request For Information ,
Supply Chain ,
Vertical Mergers
Earlier this month — July 9, 2022 — marked the one-year anniversary of President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy (Executive Order). The Executive Order was notable in its breadth and...more
7/27/2022
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Biden Administration ,
Competition ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Food Manufacturers ,
FRAND ,
FTC Act ,
Healthcare ,
Manufacturers ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
Mergers ,
NIST ,
NLRB ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
ROI ,
USDA ,
USPTO
On June 8, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (DOJ), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) withdrew — without replacing — a Trump-era...more