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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

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

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

New FTC Consent Order Against Health Care-Focused Private Equity Firm Has Antitrust Implications

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Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved a final consent order with a private equity firm focused on health care and technology to resolve allegations of anticompetitive practices in two anesthesiology markets...more

Stevens & Lee

FTC Settlement Proposes Consent Order to Monitor Private Equity Firm Welsh Carson’s Acquisitions Plans

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We previously reported on the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) lawsuit against U.S. Anesthesia Partners (USAP) and the private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (Welsh Carson). In the lawsuit, the FTC alleges that...more

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Divergent Views on Vertical Mergers Apparent in FTC’s Staples Merger Consent

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In the process of green-lighting a vertical merger with a firewall remedy, the current Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) exposed a significant partisan divergence in the commissioners’ approach to vertical...more

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