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Applying the Hypothetical Monopolist Test to Labor Markets: Lessons from FTC v. Kroger Co.

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FTC v. Kroger Co., an early test of the 2023 Merger Guidelines, focused on competition within labor markets as well as within product markets. In its decision, the court noted that it was “not aware of any standard economic...more

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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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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

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

Fox Rothschild LLP

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

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

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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

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

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

Morgan Lewis

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

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Prior Approval Remedies in M&A: Agency Policy and Practice

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For twenty-five years prior to the Biden Administration, FTC and DOJ consent agreements have had a singular goal: to remedy the anticompetitive effects of proposed transactions. Under former Chair Khan, however, the FTC...more

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Referrals under Article 22 EUMR — Levels of information required to kick off the statutory deadline for referral by an NCA

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On 2 July 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (General Court) clarified that simply "informing" the authorities of a proposed concentration isn’t enough to kick off the 15-working-days time limit under which a...more

Mayer Brown

Europe Daily News, 04 to 07 July 2025

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COMPETITION - Action brought on 21 May 2025 - Condor Flugdienst Vs. Commission (Case T-320/25) Re: annulment of Commission Decision C(2024) 4729 final declaring a concentration compatible with the internal market and the...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

FTC Focus: Enforcers Study AI Innovation And Entrenchment

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In today's digital age, artificial intelligence has become a household utility. It is hard to imagine anyone who hasn't heard of ChatGPT — from the pundit lamenting the impending obsolesce of the human workforce; to the...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

Hostile Or Not, Every Merger Brings A Battle

The merger landscape in the United States is shifting once again. After a period marked by stricter antitrust enforcement and skepticism toward merger transactions, recent developments suggest a renewed openness to structural...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Trump Antitrust Enforcers Stay the Course on Efficiencies

The Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (together the “Agencies”) submitted a note about efficiencies in merger control in connection with a June 17, 2025 Organisation for...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Merger Remedies Are Back on the Menu

The Trump administration’s recently announced settlements resolving the antitrust concerns in transactions mark a shift from the previous administration’s hostile rhetoric against settlements and remedies in merger cases. As...more

Wiley Rein LLP

FCC Seeks to Refresh the Record on National Television Multiple Ownership Rule Proceeding

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On June 18, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Public Notice seeking to refresh the record in the National Television Multiple Ownership Rule proceeding, which has been pending since...more

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Antitrust Scrutiny of Investors Under a New Administration

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Under the old guard of the prior administration, private equity was repeatedly under fire for alleged “flip and strip” tactics that were supposedly “at odds with competition.” Now, with new enforcers in place, a different...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Update: FTC Drops In-House Challenge of Microsoft’s Activision Acquisition After Ninth Circuit Affirms Denial of Preliminary...

After years of litigating its attempt to block Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently dropped its in-house challenge following the Ninth Circuit’s decision affirming...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

DOJ’s Antitrust Leadership Emphasizes Procedural Fairness and Targeted Enforcement in Merger Reviews

In a recent speech, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bill Rinner of the DOJ Antitrust Division outlined the Division’s approach to merger enforcement in the Trump administration under the leadership of Assistant Attorney...more

A&O Shearman

European merger enforcement in chemical, steel and other basic industries

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Our review of the European Commission’s current approach to merger enforcement in chemical, steel and other basic industries—and thoughts on how to plan transactions accordingly. Industrial companies with operations in...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

And Just Like That: Remedies Are Back at the FTC

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) recently announced that it will require Synopsys, Inc. (Synopsys) and Ansys, Inc. (Ansys) (together, “the parties”) to divest certain assets to resolve antitrust concerns...more

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