Acquisitions, First Amendment

Social Links: TikTok Tussles, Teen Privacy Push, and the Thumbs-Up That Sealed the Deal

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media on 3/24/2025

If you want the perfect illustration of the high-stakes world of tech acquisition, look no further than the mad scramble for TikTok. Alexis Ohanian, Reddit’s wunderkind co-founder, has joined Frank McCourt’s Project Liberty...more

CMS Final Rule Requires Prescription Drug Pricing Transparency in DTC Advertising

Foley Hoag LLP on 5/14/2019

On May 8, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) finalized the regulation (“Final Rule” or “DTC Rule”) requiring direct-to-consumer (“DTC”) prescription drug television advertisements to include the...more

Short-Term Rental Update: HomeAway and Airbnb lose the battle against Santa Monica; Blueground gains traction

Foster Garvey PC on 3/28/2019

HomeAway and Airbnb Lose the Battle Against Santa Monica - ("Airbnb Loses Major Fight Over California City's Rental Law," Bloomberg Quint - Stories on Mar 13, 2019) On March 13, the Ninth Circuit ruled against HomeAway and...more

Skadden's 2019 Insights: 2018-19 Supreme Court Update

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/18/2019

Much of the attention on the U.S. Supreme Court in the 2018-19 term has concerned its composition or its handling of cases involving some of the signature initiatives of President Donald Trump’s administration. Less noticed...more

Enforcement and Litigation Strategies: Skadden’s Eighth Annual Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Medical Device Seminar

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/30/2018

On March 15, 2018, Skadden hosted its Eighth Annual Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Medical Device Seminar in Palo Alto, California, which focused on U.S. enforcement issues faced by companies throughout the industry. The...more

CNN: Is There A First Amendment Defense to an Anticompetitive Merger?

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 12/19/2017

Shortly after the Justice Department’s challenge to AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner was announced, a rumor floated that AT&T had offered to divest CNN to assuage the Division’s concerns. The gist of the rumor was that the...more

Is the DOJ's Approval of AT&T's Acquisition of Time Warner Conditioned on the sale of CNN?

Womble Bond Dickinson on 11/9/2017

According to several news outlets, the Department of Justice has called on AT&T and Time Warner to sell DirectTV or Turner Broadcasting, which includes CNN, in order to gain approval of AT&T's $84.5 billion acquisition of...more

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