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Washington and Colorado Enact Groundbreaking State-Level Merger Notification Requirements, With Other States Likely To Follow

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Washington was the first state to adopt the Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act. Signed into law in April 2025 and effective as of July 27, 2025, the Washington law establishes new premerger filing requirements for...more

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China's Inaugural Merger Control Litigation: Tobishi v. SAMR and Its Practical Impact

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Since the Anti-Monopoly Law came into effect in 2008, China has established a merger control regime now administered by the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR). Transactions that meet the notification...more

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FTC’s Proposed Budget Trims Staff

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A review of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) proposed budget for fiscal year 2026 may shed light on the FTC’s activities for the near future....more

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Trump administration’s merger remedies playbook begins to take shape

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) recently announced a series of proposed merger settlement agreements that offer increased insight into how the agencies intend to use...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

From Soft Caps to Hard Lines: How the NBA’s Latest CBA Reshapes Spending and Teambuilding Strategy

The Past - Every seven years, the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), the labor union representing NBA players, come together to negotiate a Collective Bargaining...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Merger Control in a Changing Global Context: Four Key Themes for Dealmakers

- What is new: Merger control is becoming increasingly more complex as policy and geopolitical priorities shift across the globe. - Why it matters: These developments increase the unpredictability of multijurisdictional...more

Jenner & Block

A Secured Reversal of Preliminary Injunction in High-Stakes Pharmaceutical Battle

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In a significant victory for pharmaceutical competition and access to generic drugs, Jenner & Block secured a key litigation win on behalf of client MSN Pharmaceuticals. A federal judge denied a pharmaceutical company’s...more

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FTC Restricts Omnicom-IPG Merger to Prevent Viewpoint-Based Ad Bias

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The Federal Trade Commission approved Omnicom Group Inc.’s approximately $13.5 billion acquisition of The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (IPG) but with strict conditions designed to prevent anticompetitive coordination...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Is Coordination Between Competitors Sustainable Under EU Antitrust Law?

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Many expected EU Commissioner Teresa Ribera, whose remit extends to enforcing competition law and implementing the goals of the European Green Deal, to be proactive in managing the coordination between competitors through...more

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Artificial Intelligence and Abuse of Dominance in EU Law

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The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and its widespread availability raises questions regarding how it might facilitate EU competition law violations. ...more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Canadian Competition Bureau’s Final Guidance Discourages Property Controls

The Canadian Competition Bureau (Bureau) raised concerns in its 2023 market study of the grocery sector about the use of competitor property controls (i.e., terms in commercial leases or covenants that run with the land) to...more

Mogin Law LLP

Big Tech’s Decade of A.I. Shopping - updated 7.18.25

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Does anybody remember Napster? Launched in June 1999, the revolutionary peer-to-peer music sharing platform peaked at 80 million music lovers worldwide. It famously fell from greatness into bankruptcy three years later after...more

A&O Shearman

US District Court Dismisses Antitrust Claims In Connection With Payment Network Market

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On July 10, 2025, US District Judge David Dugan of the Southern District of Illinois (S.D. Ill.) granted without prejudice motions of Apple and two payment network providers to dismiss antitrust claims by a putative class of...more

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China Monthly Antitrust Update: July 2025

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This monthly report outlines key developments in China’s antitrust sector for July. SAMR Solicits Public Comments on the Revised Provisions on the Prohibition of Monopoly Agreements, Refining the “Safe Harbor” Standards for...more

Mogin Law LLP

Supreme Court Asked to Rule on “Monopoly Broth” Theory

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The Supreme Court has been asked to review the Fourth Circuit’s Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC v. NTE Carolinas II opinion endorsing the controversial “monopoly broth” theory, which permits the aggregation of independently lawful...more

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Paramount–Skydance Merger Advances Amid Political Intrigue

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The media industry is on the precipice of another landmark deal as Paramount Global and Skydance Media inch closer toward their highly anticipated merger. This deal, which would unite one of Hollywood’s most storied studios...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Trump Antitrust Enforcers Take Aim at High Drug Costs, With Uncertain Path Forward

Just before Americans celebrated the Fourth of July, on June 30, 2025, antitrust enforcers from both the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) hosted the first of two listening...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Blakes Competitive Edge™: July 2025 Update

Welcome to the July issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Blakes Competitive Edge provides an overview of recent developments in Canadian...more

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EU Commission Signs-off on ESG Related Competitor Collaboration

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The European Commission has issued its first-ever informal approvals of two separate sustainability initiatives among rivals under its revised Informal Guidance Notice and provided guidance on how the companies in question...more

Jenner & Block

Trump Administration Open to Divestiture Remedie

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The FTC and DOJ under President Trump have each recently approved divestiture remedies for potentially anticompetitive mergers, signaling a significant departure from the practice of the Biden administration, which viewed...more

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Device Patents in the Orange Book: May 21, 2025, FTC Warning Letters Appear to have Minimal Impact

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Key Takeaways The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has continued its scrutiny of Orange Book listings for device patents, signaling bipartisan concern over potential anti-competitive practices....more

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DOJ and FTC Host ‘Listening Sessions’ on Competition Issues in the Pharmaceutical Industry

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In two recent public panels, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted the first of three joint listening sessions mandated by Executive Order No. 14273, Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again...more

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Drop a Dime, Get a Dollar: DOJ's Antitrust Division and U.S. Postal Service Unveil Whistleblower Program

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On July 8, 2025, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the U.S. Postal Service ("USPS") announced a Whistleblower Rewards Program that will provide financial incentives to individuals who report antitrust crimes and related...more

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EU Competition Authorities Escalate Enforcement of No-Poach Agreements

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The French Competition Authority recently fined several companies for no-poach agreements, following similar action by the European Commission in the online food delivery sector. These decisions mark a sharp escalation in...more

White & Case LLP

The transition to mandatory merger control in Australia – key parameters of the new regime

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Australia's transition from a voluntary to a mandatory merger regime has formally commenced. Mandatory approval of transactions that meet notification thresholds is required from 1 January 2026. To facilitate the transition,...more

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