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Antitrust Division Declares Enterprise Wireless Merger Settlement a Victory

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Shortly before the scheduled start of the trial, the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (Division) reached a settlement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Juniper Networks (Juniper), allowing their $14...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

DOJ Carries Through on Revitalization of Merger Remedies

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

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Antitrust & Competition Technology Quarterly Update - Q1 2023

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The start of 2023 has been a busy one, with global antitrust agencies advancing investigations and challenging a number of technology acquisitions. Future antitrust enforcement could also be shaped by new digital market...more

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DOJ Antitrust Division Updates Merger Remedies Guide

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The U.S. Department of Justice's ("DOJ") new remedies guide reinforces its strong preferences for structural divestitures and upfront buyers to resolve merger investigations. Last week, the DOJ released a new "Merger...more

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New DOJ Merger Remedies Manual Cites Strong Preference for Structural Remedies - New Openness to Private Equity Buyers

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The United States Department of Justice released its revised Merger Remedies Manual on September 3, 2020, providing “Antitrust Division attorneys and economists with a framework for fashioning and implementing appropriate...more

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DOJ and Merging Parties Agree on Unprecedented Arbitration Procedure to Resolve Merger Challenge

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WHAT HAPPENED: • On September 4, 2019, the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (DOJ) sued to block Novelis Inc.’s proposed $2.6 billion acquisition of Aleris Corporation. • DOJ alleged that the transaction would...more

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Latest Developments to Affect Antitrust M&A

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The past month has seen interesting developments in the antitrust M&A arena, including the first ever successful private antitrust merger challenge resulting in a divestiture order, and the announcement by the Department of...more

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Mergers and Acquisitions Takeaways From the 2017 ABA Antitrust Law Spring Meeting

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The American Bar Association’s 65th Antitrust Law Spring Meeting held at the end of March included a number of sessions with representatives from federal and state antitrust enforcement agencies. In the first article in a...more

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Trump Names Delrahim to Head DOJ Antitrust Division

The White House announced yesterday that Makan Delrahim will be nominated to head up the United States Justice Department’s Antitrust Division. Delrahim, a long-time D.C. attorney with decades of policy and lobbying...more

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A Split FTC Accepts Fix-It-First Divestiture Remedy for Cigarette Merger

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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) accepted on Tuesday from Reynolds American Inc. (“Reynolds”) and Lorillard Inc. (“Lorillard”), subject to final approval, a Consent Order settling the agency’s significant competitive...more

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