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During the Biden administration and under the leadership of then-Chair Lina Khan, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) adopted sweeping changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) premerger notification requirements that went into...more
On August 13, 2025, President Trump revoked Executive Order 14036 “Promoting Competition in the American Economy,” a signature Biden-era antitrust and competition policy. As discussed in our prior client alert, the Executive...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is sending mixed messages about how aggressively it intends to enforce the Robinson-Patman Act (RPA). During the Biden administration, the agency filed its first two RPA complaints in over...more
On August 13, 2025 the White House announced that President Trump revoked President Biden's July 2021 Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy (the “Executive Order”). The Biden Executive Order had...more
On May 22, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voluntarily dismissed its case against PepsiCo alleging price discrimination in violation of the Robinson-Patman Act. Federal Trade Commission v. PepsiCo, Inc.,...more
America’s AI Action Plan is out, and it has three pillars: innovation, infrastructure, and international diplomacy and security. This is different from the (now rescinded) AI Blueprint Executive Order issued by President...more
Under the Trump administration, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ Antitrust”) have signaled a significant policy shift in merger clearance, projecting...more
On July 8, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit blocked the “click-to-cancel” rule, which would have required companies to make it as easy to cancel subscriptions as it was to sign up, including obtaining consent...more
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The June 2025 Quorum summarized recent actions by the Federal Trade Commission (“Commission” or “FTC”) and Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) indicating the Trump Administration’s rejection of the anti-merger...more
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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
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In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" covered during the May 2025 webinar....more
The current leadership of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (Antitrust Division or DOJ) (collectively, “antitrust agencies”) have signaled an intention to reject the...more
In an eight-page Statement joined by the two other sitting Commissioners, FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson on May 30, 2025 explained his reasoning for accepting a divestiture remedy proposed by Synopsis, Inc. and Ansys, Inc. to...more
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