As US Antitrust Agencies Double Down on Merger Enforcement Approach, New Deal Strategies Emerge The DOJ and FTC continue to pursue an aggressive merger enforcement agenda with new merger guidelines and filing requirements....more
12/15/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Division ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Horizontal Mergers ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
Mobile Ecosystems ,
Private Equity ,
Regulatory Reform ,
UK ,
Vertical Mergers
In this inaugural episode of the Informed Board podcast, Skadden partners Maria Raptis and Raquel Fox join our host Ann Beth Stebbins to discuss changing approaches to antitrust and securities regulation in Washington. They...more
Recent enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) demonstrate the agencies’ continued close scrutiny of merging parties’ compliance with divestiture orders....more
8/24/2020
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Compliance ,
Compliance Monitoring ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Fines ,
Deadlines ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Divestiture ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Litigation Fees & Costs ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Settlement Agreements
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Bureau of Competition has established a task force dedicated to monitoring competition in U.S. technology markets and taking enforcement actions as warranted. While the remit of the task...more
4/23/2019
/ Anticompetitive Behavior ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Competition ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Emerging Technology Companies ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Agency Taskforce ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hospital Mergers ,
Mergers ,
Technology Sector
Skadden’s Antitrust and Competition Group and the economics firm Charles River Associates recently hosted the eighth annual “Antitrust in the Technology Sector: Policy Perspectives and Insights From the Enforcers” seminar in...more
3/8/2018
/ Anticompetitive Behavior ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Big Data ,
Cartels ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fines ,
FRAND ,
Gun-Jumping ,
Innovation ,
Mergers ,
Monopolization ,
Standard Essential Patents ,
Technology Sector
Newly instated Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Makan Delrahim recently delivered his first public remarks, at the Antitrust in Developing Countries conference at New York University School of Law....more
In a continuation of recent Department of Justice (DOJ) successes challenging mergers, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia recently enjoined two more proposed mergers brought and litigated under the Obama...more
2/14/2017
/ Acquisitions ,
Aetna ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Anthem Insurance ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Division ,
CIGNA ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Insurance ,
Humana ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Mergers ,
State Health Insurance Exchanges
Republican administrations historically have taken a less interventionist approach to antitrust enforcement than their Democratic counterparts, but many of President Donald Trump’s policy positions have not tracked...more
On February 18, 2016, Skadden’s Antitrust and Competition Group presented the webinar “Trends and Developments in Merger Control.” The webinar, led by partners Steven Sunshine and Maria Raptis and counsel Kenneth Schwartz,...more
Competition authorities worldwide ramped up scrutiny of e-commerce business practices in 2015. The European Commission (Commission) launched an expansive sector inquiry in May 2015 aimed at identifying anticompetitive...more
1/23/2016
/ Amazon ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Apple ,
Broadcasting ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Single Market ,
E-Commerce ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Google ,
Most-Favored Nations ,
Price-Fixing ,
Video Games
Merger activity in 2015 was at its highest level in years, and competition authorities in the U.S. and European Union continued to be very aggressive, challenging a number of high-profile deals in court and causing some...more
1/22/2016
/ Antitrust Investigations ,
Comcast ,
Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
European Commission ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Electric ,
Mergers ,
Office Depot ,
Remedies ,
Staples ,
Sysco ,
Time Warner ,
Young Lawyers