On 10 January 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the annual jurisdictional adjustments for premerger notification filings made pursuant to Section 7A of the Clayton Act, known as the Hart-Scott-Rodino...more
1/14/2025
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Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Rules ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Mergers ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Threshold Requirements
There were a number of significant developments in antitrust law in 2024, including some major wins for the government in merger enforcement, increased focus on competition concerns related to algorithmic pricing, and...more
1/13/2025
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Algorithms ,
Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Requirements ,
FTC Act ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Mergers ,
Section 5 ,
The Clayton Act ,
Trump Administration
Last week, the U.S. antitrust agencies announced two important updates affecting their review
of transactions:
1. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)announced that effective 30 March 2020 the U.S. antitrust agencies will...more
On 3 February 2017, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its Merger Remedies Study, which analyzed the success of merger remedies imposed by the FTC from 2006 to 2012. Nearly two decades after it issued a similar...more
2/15/2017
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Best Practices ,
Business Assets ,
Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Divestiture ,
Due Diligence ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Merger Controls ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Remedies ,
Supply Agreements ,
Third-Party Relationships ,
Transition Team ,
Vetting