On January 26, 2016, Skadden’s Antitrust and Competition Group and Charles River Associates hosted the sixth annual seminar “Antitrust in the Technology Sector,” with an emphasis on policy perspectives and insights from...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
December 7, 2015, was an eventful day for U.S. antitrust enforcement agencies. The Department of Justice achieved a high-profile win when General Electric Co. decided to abandon the proposed sale of its appliance unit to...more
On September 24, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio denied the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) bid to enjoin Steris Corporation (Steris) from acquiring its alleged potential competitor, Synergy...more
On August 13, 2015, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued formal guidance on Section 5 enforcement consisting of a general statement of principles1 to guide application of its authority to challenge “unfair methods...more
8/24/2015
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Public Policy ,
Rule-of-Reason Analysis ,
Section 5 ,
Sherman Act ,
Standalone Authority ,
The Clayton Act ,
Unfair Competition