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McDermott Will & Schulte

Antitrust Under Trump: April 2025 Updates

As the Trump administration’s antitrust landscape continues to develop, companies should stay alert to key changes in merger filing requirements, remedy expectations, agency personnel, and more. Signs indicate we are entering...more

WilmerHale

Antitrust and M&A: Is Everything Old New Again?

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With every change in administration, businesses and practitioners wonder what the new administration will mean for antitrust enforcement in the United States. Speculation was at fever pitch four years ago, after Democratic...more

Hogan Lovells

Antitrust Year in Review and a Look Ahead to 2025

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There were a number of significant developments in antitrust law in 2024, including some major wins for the government in merger enforcement, increased focus on competition concerns related to algorithmic pricing, and...more

Vedder Price

FTC Secures Record Gun-Jumping Penalty in a Case with Several Lessons for Merging Parties

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) secured a record consent penalty of $5.6 million against two merging parties on January 7, 2025 for improper pre-merger coordination, marking the agency’s first gun-jumping action in over a...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

States Want in on the Merger Review Fun

While they have long taken a back seat to federal merger reviews, US states are becoming increasingly involved in merger reviews, including potentially requiring premerger notifications on a broad scale. On July 24, 2024, the...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Tech Companies Bear the Brunt of DOJ Push on Interlocking Directorates

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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last week that directors at several technology companies have resigned as a consequence of the agency’s renewed focus on overlapping board membership between...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

DOJ to Merging Parties: The Time of “Underenforcement” is Over; Fix-It-First or Risk Being Challenged

WHAT HAPPENED - During a conference last week, Ryan Danks, Director of Civil Enforcement at the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (DOJ), suggested that merging parties—not the antitrust enforcement...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Kanter Signals DOJ to Follow FTC Lockstep, Calls for Substantial Change to Competition Enforcement Approach

In remarks delivered on January 18, 2022, and January 24, 2022, Jonathan Kanter, the Assistant Attorney General (AAG) for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, laid out the areas where he perceives...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Speeding Up and Slowing Down Antitrust Reviews – How the Federal Antitrust Agencies Are Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis

Make no mistake, the antitrust laws remain in full effect. The leadership of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) have made clear that these enforcers “stand...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

$5 Million Penalty Underscores Importance of Antitrust Compliance in M&A Transactions

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced yesterday that Canon Inc. and Toshiba Corporation agreed to pay a $2.5 million fine each to settle charges that the two companies violated the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act by failing to...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

2018 Antitrust Year in Review

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR) is pleased to present its 2018 Antitrust Year in Review, which summarizes the most significant antitrust matters and developments of the past year. In this report, we examine the Trump...more

Jones Day

U.S. Antitrust Agencies Introduce Reforms to Speed Up Merger Reviews

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The Trump Administration leadership at the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission have announced reforms regarding merger reviews. This Jones Day White Paper reviews these reforms and their strategic...more

Perkins Coie

M&A Corporate Buyer Beware: More Antitrust Challenges to Closed Deals

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Despite widespread skepticism that antitrust enforcement would be a Trump administration priority, activity has not lessened. In fact, there has been a substantial increase in challenges to mergers and acquisitions that...more

WilmerHale

Developments in Merger Control: It Ain't Over 'til It's Over

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Two recent enforcement actions are reminders that there are antitrust risks to be addressed after the deal is signed and even after it has closed. In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) challenged Valeant...more

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Activist Investor to Pay Record Fine for Violating HSR Reporting Requirements

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The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced this week that an activist investment manager has agreed to pay a record $11 million to settle allegations that it violated the requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust...more

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A Cautionary Tale on Gun-Jumping: The Antitrust Division Expands its Use of Disgorgement in Enforcement of Civil Antitrust

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The success of a merger or acquisition often largely depends on pre-closing planning and the rapid integration of the merged entities or acquired assets. In any transaction, the need for planning and speed create certain...more

Morgan Lewis

DOJ Imposes $4.95 Million Fine for Pre-Closing U.S. Antitrust Violations

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Pre-closing violations in United States v. Flakeboard & SierraPine provide a reminder of practical rules for handling pre-closing activities without hitting antitrust landmines....more

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