As the Trump administration’s antitrust landscape continues to develop, companies should stay alert to key changes in merger filing requirements, remedy expectations, agency personnel, and more. The Federal Trade Commission...more
6/13/2025
/ Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Biden Administration ,
Buyers ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Divestiture ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Merger Reviews ,
Mergers ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Settlement ,
Trump Administration
As the Trump administration’s antitrust landscape continues to develop, companies should stay alert to key changes in merger filing requirements, remedy expectations, agency personnel, and more. The Federal Trade Commission...more
5/5/2025
/ Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Government Agencies ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Mergers ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Trump Administration
As the Trump administration’s antitrust landscape continues to develop, companies should stay alert to key changes in merger filing requirements, remedy expectations, agency personnel, and more. Signs indicate we are entering...more
4/16/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Mergers ,
Popular ,
Private Equity ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Trump Administration
As the Trump administration’s approach to antitrust takes shape through political appointments, policy statements, speeches, and enforcement actions, our team is tracking the latest developments and will provide important...more
As the Trump administration’s approach to antitrust takes shape through political appointments, policy statements, speeches, and enforcement actions, our team is tracking new developments and will provide important updates on...more
In the final week of the Biden administration, the antitrust enforcement agencies – the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) – released two policies potentially impacting labor markets. The...more
1/23/2025
/ Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Biden Administration ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Competition ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Employment Policies ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Gig Economy ,
Independent Contractors ,
Labor Reform ,
NLRA ,
Policy Statement ,
Unions
The federal antitrust enforcement agencies brought three hospital merger challenges and three criminal antitrust enforcement actions in healthcare in the past year. Combined with the incoming Democratic administration,...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is considering a rulemaking to address the use of non-compete provisions in employment contracts. On January 9, 2020, the FTC held a day-long workshop to start a public conversation on...more
Two recent US antitrust class action settlements drew additional scrutiny from federal judges, showing that the allocation of settlement funds between a proposed class and their attorneys will be carefully reviewed for...more
In this month’s American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting, the program “Antitrust & Health Care: Square Peg in a Round Hole?” featured debate and discussion about antitrust law treatment of health...more
5/3/2015
/ Affordable Care Act ,
American Bar Association (ABA) ,
American Hospital Association ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Attorney General ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Healthcare ,
Horizontal Mergers ,
Hospitals ,
Stark Law
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed an Idaho federal district court’s decision ordering the divestiture of a physician practice group that had been acquired by a competing health system. The case, which...more
On October 2, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued its first business review letter since issuing jointly with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the Agencies’ Antitrust Policy Statement on Sharing of...more
The Antitrust in Health Care conference took place May 13 to 14, 2014, in Arlington, Virginia, where a number of the speakers were representatives of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) or the Antitrust Division of the U.S....more
After receiving a draft complaint and a stipulated order from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) banning its allegedly deceptive letters to infringers of its scanning technology, MPHJ Technology Investments LLC (MPHJ) filed...more
On January 13, 2014, MPHJ Technology Investment LLC (MPHJ) filed a seven-count complaint against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging various constitutional and other violations, including violations of MPHJ’s First...more