Primary HSR Filing Threshold will be Increased to $126.4 Million -
The Federal Trade Commission has announced revisions to HSR Act and Clayton Act Section 8 thresholds, which are indexed annually in alignment with prior...more
1/23/2025
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Fees ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Merger Controls ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Private Equity ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
The Clayton Act ,
Threshold Requirements
U.S. antitrust regulators, particularly the Federal Trade Commission, have been stepping up scrutiny of private equity investments in healthcare.
On March 5, the FTC, along with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S....more
8/2/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Investment ,
Mergers ,
Popular ,
Private Equity ,
Sherman Act ,
The Clayton Act ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released the 2023 Merger Guidelines on December 18, 2023. Following a 60-day public comment period that solicited over 30,000 comments from a variety...more
With the Biden administration ramping up scrutiny on supply chains and pricing practices, businesses should take a moment to revisit their COVID-19 price gouging compliance. As we’ve previously highlighted, risk management...more
3/21/2022
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Doing Business ,
Goods or Services ,
Price Gouging ,
Price Inflation ,
Price-Fixing ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Retail Market ,
Supply Chain ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
In an interview on All In with Chris Hayes in January, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., claimed that a factor causing the high prices facing U.S. consumers is “giant corporations who say, wow, a lot of talk about high prices...more
Primary HSR filing threshold will be increased to $101 million -
The Federal Trade Commission has announced revisions to HSR Act and Clayton Act Section 8 thresholds, which are indexed annually to account for prior year...more
1/27/2022
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Antitrust Provisions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Fees ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Interlocking Directorate ,
Pre-Merger Filing Requirements ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Section 8 ,
Size of Persons Test ,
Size of Transaction Test ,
The Clayton Act ,
Threshold Requirements
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has declared a disaster emergency for the state through January 15, 2022 in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases in the state and the newly identified Omicron variant. According to The Wall Street...more
12/2/2021
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corruption ,
Goods or Services ,
Infectious Diseases ,
New York ,
Price Gouging ,
Price Inflation ,
Retail Market ,
State of Emergency ,
Supply and Demand ,
Supply Chain ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
As price gouging restrictions remain in place in many states and municipalities, new and ongoing enforcement actions continue to advance or settle. Over the past several weeks, we have seen a number of noteworthy developments...more
11/2/2021
/ Amazon Marketplace ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Food Supply ,
Goods or Services ,
Price Gouging ,
Price-Fixing ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Retail Market ,
Supply Chain ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
On July 2, 2021, a group of consumers filed a putative class action in Washington District Court alleging Amazon engaged in unlawful price gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic on a variety of products. The case is noteworthy...more
9/30/2021
/ Algorithms ,
Amazon Marketplace ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Corruption ,
E-Commerce ,
Goods or Services ,
Most-Favored Nations ,
Price Gouging ,
Price Inflation ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Third-Party Risk ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices