Sunday Book Review: July 20, 2025, The Best Books on Business Edition
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Antitrust Insights for Private Equity Navigating the New Administration's Policies — PE Pathways Podcast
2025 Perspectives in Private Equity: Antitrust & Competition
Fierce Competition Podcast | Below-Threshold Mergers: Global Antitrust Scrutiny
Episode 341 -- DOJ Charges Visa with Monopolization and Exclusionary Conduct in the Debit Card Market
Employee non-competes
The latest on: NFL Anti-Trust decision; Record Labels Sue Over Generative AI; Copyright Office clarifies Termination Rights, Royalties, Transfers, Disputes, and the MMA.
Fierce Competition Podcast | Antitrust Challenges in Organized Sports: How They Play Out in the EU, UK and US
Examining E-Discovery in Competition Law
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Sues the FTC Over Power Grab
The New FTC Rule Explained: Will Your Non-Compete Be Enforceable?
The FTC Issued a New Rule to Ban All New Noncompete Agreements
Podcast: Key Changes in Finalized Antitrust Merger Guidelines – Diagnosing Health Care
Fierce Competition Podcast | Takeaways From the Illumina-Grail Merger Challenge Saga
AGG Talks: Antitrust and White-Collar Crime Roundup - Analyzing the Latest Updates in the Litigation Against Trump
Navigating Power Allocation and Customer Choice in a Regulated Landscape - Energy Law Insights
Fierce Competition Podcast | Letter From London: The Rise of UK Class Actions and the Competition Appeal Tribunal
Fierce Competition Podcast | Private Equity Under the Antitrust Microscope
On January 15, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Minnesota, and Illinois filed a lawsuit against Deere & Company (Deere). The complaint, which Michigan, Wisconsin, and Arizona have since joined, accuses Deere of creating...more
In the past couple of weeks, I have been contacted by a few major news outlets about the legality of “THC beverages“. While it sounds like you can only find these products in a state-licensed cannabis dispensary, reporters...more
COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11570 - Midea / Arbonia) - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11669 - Shell Group / Pavilion)...more
COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11517 - CKI / CKA / Phoenix Energy) - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11084 - SMRP / SAS Autosytemtechnik)...more
COMPETITION - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11298 - Bilfinger / Stork Europe) - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11490 - Blackrock / Canadian Solar / Recurrent Energy)...more
COMPETITION - Appeal brought on 4 January 2024 by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and Cephalon Inc. against the judgment of the General Court of 18 October 2023 in Case T-74/21, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and...more
COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11405 - Ultima / BTB) - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11471 - Investindustrial / Fassi Holding)...more
COMPETITION - Communication from the Commission – Commission Notice on the definition of the relevant market for the purposes of Union competition law Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11483 - MSD Hospitality /...more
COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11395 - Mytilineos / Volterra) - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11440 - Clearlake / Insight / Alteryx)...more
COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11420 - Blackstone / Vista / ADAPT2) - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11414 - Skion / Bitburger / Avista Oil)...more
COMPETITION - Digital Markets Act: the application by Bytedance (TikTok) seeking suspension of the Commission decision designating it as a gatekeeper is dismissed (See CPR No.28/2024 - Order of the President of the General...more
COMPETITION - Opinion of Advocate General Emiliou of 8 February 2024 in Case C‑425/22, MOL Magyar Olaj- és Gázipari Nyrt. Vs. Mercedes-Benz Group AG...more
COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11380 - Inpex / KHI / Iwatani / JSE) - Commission clears creation of joint venture by MC, DTHAG and MMC (M.11424) - Midday Express...more
Recently enacted Pennsylvania Senate Bill 773 (SB773) introduces several amendments intended to expand opportunities and increase competition among existing cannabis licensees in Pennsylvania. The bill seeks to support...more
On 7 December 2023, the EC published new guidelines on when farmers and agriculture related businesses can, subject to certain conditions, enter into cooperation agreements on sustainability without breaching EU competition...more
In March of this year the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) jointly announced a series of “listening forums” that would help gather real world input from...more
Under State aid rules, UK and EEA Member State governments may not generally provide selective assistance to businesses without prior approval from the European Commission (EC). This includes assistance in the form of...more
The Justice Department announced a major expansion of its ongoing investigation and prosecution of executives and employees in the boiler chicken price-fixing conspiracy....more
The UK government’s Dairy Produce Order of May 1, 2020, which temporarily relaxed the application of UK competition law to certain types of cooperation in the dairy sector between dairy produce suppliers or dairy logistic...more
The European wine sector has been greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to statistics from the European Commission (EC), there has been a 30% reduction in the volume of wine sold and a 50% drop in the value of...more
The Antitrust Division’s recent indictment of the boiler chicken executives provided an important reminder to compliance officers on the importance of an effective antitrust compliance program....more
The recent indictment of four executives involved in a long-running price-fixing scheme among broiler chicken suppliers provides an important window into how such conspiracies work and evade detection....more
The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division recently announced the indictment in Colorado federal court of four executives from two chicken producer companies for participation in a long-running price-fixing and bid-rigging...more
The UK Parliament on May 2 adopted the Dairy Produce Order, which temporarily relaxes the application of UK competition law to certain types of cooperation between either dairy produce suppliers or logistic service providers...more
The European Commission (EC) on May 4 announced the adoption of exceptional derogations from EU competition rules to allow certain types of cooperation in the following sectors: milk and milk products, potatoes, and live...more