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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) each recently announced that they would accept structural remedies to address concerns that two transactions in the technology industry would reduce...more
On June 2, the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, agreed to its first settlement of a merger challenged under the new administration, less than one week after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) entered into its first...more
While M&A activity slowed in the first quarter of 2025, including in life sciences, there have been plenty of noteworthy developments in the antitrust space in the first 100 days of the Trump administration....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
The United States Department of Justice released its revised Merger Remedies Manual on September 3, 2020, providing “Antitrust Division attorneys and economists with a framework for fashioning and implementing appropriate...more
Last month, leaders of the DOJ Antitrust Division announced key points of emphasis in curtailing anti-competitive mergers and acquisitions. President Trump’s recently appointed Antitrust Division chief, Makan Delrahim, said...more