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Compliance Tip of the Day: Key M&A Enforcement Actions

Welcome to “Compliance Tip of the Day,” the podcast where we bring you daily insights and practical advice on navigating the ever-evolving landscape of compliance and regulatory requirements. Whether you’re a seasoned...more

DLA Piper

Juntos - Julho de 2025

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Bem-vindo ao Juntos, nosso boletim que explora o desenvolvimento do direito concorrencial nos EUA e na América Latina. Nesta edição, examinamos algumas das principais notícias do segundo trimestre de 2025....more

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Juntos - Julio 2025

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Bienvenidos a Juntos, nuestro boletín que explora desarrollos en el mundo del derecho antimonopolio y de competencia en América Latina. En esta edición, analizamos algunos de los principales titulares del segundo trimestre de...more

Cozen O'Connor

Washington and Colorado Enact Uniform Premerger Notification Laws: What Businesses Need to Know About The New Era in State AG...

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As of July 27, Washington State is now the first state to enact a uniform antitrust premerger notification law, and as of August 6, 2025, Colorado will be the second. Both new notification laws are similar, as they are...more

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ServiceNow’s Proposed Acquisition of Moveworks Faces DOJ Antitrust Review

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ServiceNow Inc. has announced plans to acquire Moveworks Inc., an enterprise artificial intelligence company, in a $2.85 billion deal. The acquisition is currently under an in-depth antitrust investigation by the Department...more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation & M&A: Latest Developments and Implications for Deal Strategy

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The European Union’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (“FSR”) has now been in force for over a year, introducing a new layer of regulatory oversight for companies engaging in M&A transactions within the EU. Designed to address...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Federal Reserve Board Proposes Revisions to Large Financial Institution Rating System

On July 15, 2025, the Federal Reserve Board released a proposed rule to revise the Large Financial Institution rating system or "LFI Framework." The proposal would change how the Fed evaluates the financial and managerial...more

Morgan Lewis

EU Competition Authorities Escalate Enforcement of No-Poach Agreements

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The French Competition Authority recently fined several companies for no-poach agreements, following similar action by the European Commission in the online food delivery sector. These decisions mark a sharp escalation in...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

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Referrals under Article 22 EUMR — Levels of information required to kick off the statutory deadline for referral by an NCA

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On 2 July 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (General Court) clarified that simply "informing" the authorities of a proposed concentration isn’t enough to kick off the 15-working-days time limit under which a...more

Alston & Bird

No-Poach Agreements in the Spotlight: European Competition Authorities Zooming in on Labour Market Collusion

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Our Antitrust Team summarizes the most recent focus of European Competition Authorities on restrictive practices in labor markets....more

The Volkov Law Group

Episode 376 -- DOJ's Unicat Settlement and the Future Look of Trade Enforcement Actions

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What happens when a company inherits a sanctions violation through acquisition, and acts fast to fix it? Can a robust post-acquisition response really save a parent company from prosecution? In this episode, Michael...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

French Competition Enforcement in the New EU Paradigm

Like in the United States, competition enforcement in Europe is in flux. The European Commission has appointed new leadership (Teresa Ribera) and set new policy directives. While one could not be blamed for focusing all...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Sanctions Enforcement Update: DOJ Declines Prosecution After Post-Acquisition Disclosure

In June 2025, the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that Unicat Catalyst Technologies, LLC (Unicat), a Texas-based petrochemical company, had agreed to settle its potential civil liability...more

Blank Rome LLP

[Webinar] 180 Days of the Trump Administration—Quick Hits on Executive Orders, Actions, and Policies - July 17th - August 13th,...

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Blank Rome presents a new summer webinar series where our interdisciplinary team will unpack the most pressing legal, regulatory, and policy developments from the Trump Administration’s first 180 days. Each session offers...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

From risk to relief: PE firm avoids prosecution with swift disclosure

In June 2025, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it declined to prosecute a private equity firm and its affiliates following the firm’s voluntary self-disclosure of criminal violations of US sanctions and...more

McGuireWoods LLP

European Competition Law Newsletter – July 2025

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First EC Fines Imposed for Labour Market and Minority Shareholder Infringements - On 2 June 2025, the European Commission (EC) announced fines on Delivery Hero and Glovo for infringing EU competition law. This is the...more

A&O Shearman

The Trump era DOJ and FTC: a return to merger remedies

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This new stance, however, does not signal unchecked dealmaking for transacting parties. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) are simultaneously emphasizing that robust, evidence-based enforcement...more

White & Case LLP

DOJ Declines to Prosecute Private Equity Firm after Post-Acquisition Voluntary Self-Disclosure of Sanctions and Export Control...

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In its first application of the policy on voluntary self-disclosures (“VSDs”) in connection with mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”), on June 16, 2025, the US Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) National Security Division (“NSD”)...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Acquirors Beware: PE Firm Escapes DOJ Prosecution, but Acquired Entity Hit With $2 million+ in Penalties

In March 2024, NSD issued an updated Enforcement Policy for Business Organizations (NSD Enforcement Policy) that includes the M&A Policy.  Under the M&A Policy, where an acquiring company makes a qualifying voluntary...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

HIPAA Risk Analyses for Digital Health: Navigating AI, M&A and Vendor Diligence

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Share on Twitter Share by Email Share Back to top HIPAA Security Risk Analyses (SRAs) should be the foundation of every digital health company’s cybersecurity compliance. Far more than a checkbox exercise, a comprehensive SRA...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Minority Stakes, Major Consequences: Lessons From the Delivery Hero/Glovo Case

On 2 June 2025, the European Commission (the Commission) announced a landmark decision, sanctioning companies for the first time over a standalone “no-poach” cartel agreement. Another key element of the decision was its focus...more

Hogan Lovells

Table for none – European Commission serves fines for Labor Market Cartel

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On 2 June 2025, the European Commission (“Commission”) delivered a decision fining Delivery Hero and Glovo a total of EUR 329 million for participating in a cartel in the online food delivery sector. It is the first time the...more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Antitrust Scrutiny of Investors Under a New Administration

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Under the old guard of the prior administration, private equity was repeatedly under fire for alleged “flip and strip” tactics that were supposedly “at odds with competition.” Now, with new enforcers in place, a different...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

DOJ’s Antitrust Leadership Emphasizes Procedural Fairness and Targeted Enforcement in Merger Reviews

In a recent speech, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bill Rinner of the DOJ Antitrust Division outlined the Division’s approach to merger enforcement in the Trump administration under the leadership of Assistant Attorney...more

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