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Like the European Commission in a series of other projects, the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) assessed and signed-off on ESG-related collaboration between competitors....more
Recent actions by state attorneys general in Texas and Florida highlight rising antitrust scrutiny of environmental, social, and governance (ESG)-aligned investment strategies and climate disclosure groups. Companies with...more
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
In 2024, regulators across the globe increasingly acknowledged the need for a nuanced enforcement approach to balancing support for sustainability initiatives against traditional antitrust enforcement and countering the risk...more
As CERAWeek begins in Houston, dealmakers in the energy sector will surely be asking how the second Trump Administration antitrust enforcers will treat energy deals. As a prelude, no industry has a longer history with...more
Key Points - Strong antitrust enforcement is expected to continue, but without the use of the novel and untested legal theories that defined the Biden administration approach. - Regulators are likely to continue to focus...more
It’s all change at the European Commission. Teresa Ribera has taken over the stewardship of DG COMP from Margrethe Vestager, alongside a wider brief including environmental and social policy that could conflict with...more
The re-election of former President Donald J. Trump is poised to significantly alter the landscape of antitrust enforcement, particularly within the energy and chemical industries. While the incoming administration has yet to...more
The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) approved a sustainability initiative by Bouwend Nederland promoting a shift from Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) to the more eco-friendly Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA), emphasizing...more
The Development: Recently, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ("ACCC") published draft guidelines designed to assist businesses to understand how they can collaborate on sustainability initiatives without...more
Artificial intelligence is not just about chatbots. Increasingly, it is used by government for enforcement, and boards need to prepare for that, just as they need to get ready for upcoming climate disclosure requirements....more
The UK Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") has announced that three fashion retailers have signed voluntary undertakings to ensure that consumers have a clearer idea of how green their clothes really are. At the end of...more
Celebrating Women’s History Month, we present a special edition of our quarterly Insights publication, highlighting the talent and insights of women at Skadden. The issue spotlights their authorship on such topics as the...more
Antitrust and Competition - The European Commission Fines Apple EUR 1.8 billion for Abusing Its Dominant Position in the Music Streaming Sector - On 4 March 2024, the European Commission (Commission) fined Apple EUR 1.8...more
Antitrust Enforcers Are Increasingly Focused on Labor Markets, and Not Just in the Merger Context With antitrust regulators focused on competition in labor markets, companies should revisit their noncompete agreements,...more
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is pleased to present its 2023 Antitrust Year in Review, which provides an overview of the significant developments in antitrust law, policy, and enforcement over the past year. This report...more
I. Introduction - Shareholder activism to further environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals faces intense antitrust scrutiny in the United States. Some members of Congress and state attorneys general claim these...more
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published its final Green Agreements Guidance on how UK antitrust rules apply to green cooperation agreements between competitors (UK Green Guidance). The UK Green Guidance...more
ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION - The Court of Justice Overturns the General Court’s Judgment Annulling the European Commission’s Prohibition Decision in the Telecom Sector - On 13 July 2023, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) set...more
The year 2023 is proving to be a milestone year for antitrust enforcement. Less so for novel cases and investigations and more so for the generational changes being proposed by the enforcement authorities for merger...more
On May 15, 2023, 22 state attorneys general sent a letter to several insurance companies warning that the companies’ Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) policies may violate the antitrust laws. Just six weeks earlier,...more
The EU’s rulebook on cooperation among competitors, which has been in place for over a decade, has recently undergone a revision with the European Commission (EC) adopting a new framework on June 1, 2023, that includes...more
The European Commission (the “EC”) recently adopted new guidelines that outline the antitrust assessment of agreements between competitors related to environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) initiatives, including...more
On March 30, 2023, 21 Republican Attorneys General (AGs) wrote a letter addressed to over 50 U.S. asset managers citing “concerns about the ongoing agreements between asset managers to use Americans’ savings to push political...more
Antitrust and Competition - Consultation on the European Commission’s Proposal for a Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework - On 1 February 2023, member states of the European Union received a consultation on a draft...more