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Conservative in name only? FTC Commissioner Mark Meador’s theory of antitrust enforcement bears little resemblance to traditional...

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As newly-appointed Republican leaders explain the antitrust enforcement priorities of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ), one thing is clear: the Trump administration is...more

WilmerHale

Antitrust and M&A: Is Everything Old New Again?

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With every change in administration, businesses and practitioners wonder what the new administration will mean for antitrust enforcement in the United States. Speculation was at fever pitch four years ago, after Democratic...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

FTC and DOJ Jointly Issue Antitrust Guidelines Related to Labor

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Practically on the eve of the inauguration, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (DOJ), jointly issued antitrust guidelines for business activities affecting workers. The FTC's...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Key Insights for Dealmakers Confronting Washington’s Aggressive Approach to Merger Reviews

As part of the Biden administration’s avowedly aggressive approach to antitrust enforcement, it has challenged a number of high-profile mergers in court over the past two and a half years. While the track record of the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

US and EU Regulators Increase Scrutiny of Vertical Mergers

US Regulators Pursue an Expansive View of Antitrust Laws - For almost two years, industry participants have felt the effects of the Biden administration’s “big is bad” approach to antitrust — not only in technology sectors,...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

The NLRB’s Busy July – A Harbinger of Future Coordinated Federal Action Between the NLRB, FTC, and DOJ

July was a busy month for the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”).  In the span of a week, the NLRB signed Memoranda of Understanding (“MOU”) with both the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice’s...more

Dentons

Antitrust Concerns for Employers

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In July of 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14036, which affirmed the executive branch’s policy to enforce antitrust laws. Two aspects of the Order relate directly to employment law...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Noncompete Laws: 2021 Year in Review

Key Points - President Biden’s July 9, 2021 executive order encouraged the FTC to exercise its statutory rulemaking authority to curtail the unfair use of noncompete agreements. Effective March 1, 2022, a person who...more

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints

Stop the Presses: DOJ Sues to Prevent Monopsony Resulting from Penguin Random House Acquisition of Simon & Schuster

On Tuesday, November 2, 2021, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking to block an acquisition by Penguin Random House,...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

FTC Announces First Step Towards Regulation of Employee Non-Competes

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As we have noted previously, on July 9, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy. Among many other things, this Executive Order calls on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to...more

Jones Day

Biden Administration Executive Order Would Expand Regulatory Intervention in Markets Across the Economy

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President Biden recently signed an Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy (the "Order") outlining 72 initiatives by more than a dozen federal agencies to combat "excessive" corporate consolidation...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Promoting Competition in the American Economy: Analysis

On Friday, July 9, President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order (“Order”) entitled “Promoting Competition in the American Economy.” The Order outlines 72 actions by 12 federal agencies aimed at promoting competition...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Trends and Key Issues in Fintech M&A

In a webinar held on 10 December 2020, Skadden partners Sonia Nijjar, Simon Toms and Ingrid Vandenborre were joined by Charles River Associates (CRA) Senior Adviser and Deputy Chair of the Bank of England’s Enforcement...more

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