Days after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached its first divestiture settlement of the new Trump administration, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ or the Division) followed through on Assistant...more
6/17/2025
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DOJ Follows Familiar Playbook in Merger Challenge Focused on “Hot” Documents -
Following a familiar playbook and relying heavily on market share presumptions and “hot” documents describing close competition, the U.S....more
The Biden administration’s antitrust scrutiny of the life sciences industry continued this week as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed an administrative complaint against the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit managers...more
Competition authorities in the United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom released a joint statement on competition in generative AI and other AI products, continuing the drumbeat that policymakers need to...more
As the September 30, 2023, deadline for U.S. Congress to enact appropriations to fund the federal government approaches, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) have issued contingency plans...more
On February 2, 2023, Doha Mekki, Principal Deputy Attorney General (DAAG) for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, announced the agency’s withdrawal of three enforcement policy statements related to...more
2/7/2023
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Competition ,
Data Privacy ,
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Healthcare ,
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Personal Information ,
Sherman Act
Last month, we reported that the U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) had threatened multiple public companies, private equity investors, and individuals with lawsuits for violating the ban on interlocking directorates under...more
In what appears to be a significant expansion of its antitrust enforcement efforts, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued letters to multiple public companies, investors, and individuals this week, stating it may bring...more
9/23/2022
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Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Safe Harbors ,
The Clayton Act
Wilson Sonsini provides extensive and cutting-edge legal services for innovators, technology pioneers, and disruptors. As part of our focus on emerging technologies, our attorneys are publishing a series on applying and...more
On July 8, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion for an emergency preliminary injunction to abrogate Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation's (Booz Allen's) merger agreement with EverWatch Corp....more
On June 29, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit seeking to block Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation's (Booz Allen's) proposed acquisition of EverWatch Corp. (EverWatch). The DOJ's suit is unique in...more
7/6/2022
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
National Security ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Sherman Act
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a consent agreement requiring divestitures as a condition of Buckeye Partners, L.P.'s (Buckeye's) $435 million acquisition of 26 petroleum terminals from Magellan Midstream...more