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Proposed Legislation Indicative of Continued Congressional Efforts to Expand PBM Oversight

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On December 11, 2024, a bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that, if enacted, would have substantial implications for pharmacy benefit managers (“PBMs”) and pharmacies across the country. Titled the...more

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I Heart FTC: Proposed New York Bill Would Continue Biden FTC’s Antitrust Vision and Policies

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After the FTC issued a replacement of the 2016 Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource Professionals on January 16, 2025, Commissioner – now Chair – Andrew N. Ferguson, joined by Commissioner Melissa Holyoak, punctuated his...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

In Case You Missed It: The ABA Antitrust Section's Fall Forum

On November 14, 2024, the American Bar Association (ABA) held its annual Antitrust Fall Forum in Washington, D.C., co-chaired this year by Wilson Sonsini partner Taylor M. Owings. The Forum was a chance for the antitrust bar...more

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Antitrust & Competition Technology Quarterly Update - Q1 2023

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The start of 2023 has been a busy one, with global antitrust agencies advancing investigations and challenging a number of technology acquisitions. Future antitrust enforcement could also be shaped by new digital market...more

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Federal Trade Commission Seeks to Ban Non-Competition Agreements

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Only three months after the introduction of a bill to the House of Representatives that, if passed, will ban non-compete agreements nationwide for non-exempt employees, on January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”)...more

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President Biden and the FTC Seek to Put the Final Nail in the Coffin for Non-Compete Agreements

On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published a notice of a proposed rulemaking that would prohibit employers from enforcing non-compete agreements against all employees and would preempt state laws that...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Possible Anti-Trust Legislation in eCommerce and Amazon’s Plea for Opposition

Up for consideration before the 117th Congress this year is Senate Bill 2992 (S. 2992); known as the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (the eCommerce Antitrust Act). The purpose of the eCommerce Antitrust Act is to...more

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IN THE NEWS: The Potential Overhaul of M&A – Senator Elizabeth Warren’s Prohibiting Anticompetitive Mergers Act

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United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and United States Representative Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.) on March 16, 2022 introduced the Prohibiting Anticompetitive Mergers Act (the “Act”) to ban what they’ve called “the...more

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How Epic V. Apple Ruling Might Play Out For Big Tech

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The U.S. antitrust laws are slow to keep up with technical innovation and changing marketplaces. Nowhere is that more evident than in the tech sector, where companies and other players in the market do not fit neatly into...more

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Technology Industry Should Watch Closely as the Executive Branch and Lawmakers Set Their Sights on Antitrust

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Calls for changes to antitrust law, and how antitrust laws should be applied to the conduct of large technology companies, have been heating up in recent years. Now, the push for wide-scale changes to antitrust law has...more

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Far Reaching Executive Order Pushes Toward National “Right to Repair”

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President Biden signed into law on Friday, July 9, 2021, a sweeping executive order titled “Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy,” laying out 72 actions for more than a dozen federal agencies. The...more

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New Antitrust Bills Highlight Continued Big Tech Scrutiny

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2021 has been a busy year for antitrust legislation. On February 4, 2021, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and four other senators introduced the Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Act of 2021 (“Klobuchar Bill”)....more

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Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Act Proposes Wholesale Changes to U.S. Antitrust Law

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Executive Summary: Congress is considering proposed legislation would substantially rewrite U.S. antitrust law. If approved, the “Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Act of 2021” would increase the compliance burden on...more

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117th Congress Takes Early Steps Towards Antitrust Reform

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Critics of modern antitrust enforcement have been building momentum towards antitrust reform over the last several years. In the first week of February 2021, several members of Congress signaled that bipartisan legislative...more

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Privacy and Data Security Client Alert | March 2019

Florida Introduces BIPA Legislation - A Florida state senator has introduced an identical version of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)....more

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House Passes Bill Proposed to Align FTC and DOJ Merger Review

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The House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill – the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules (SMARTER) Act of 2018, H.R. 5645 – designed to align procedures and standards under which the Federal...more

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Tronox Runs Into Procedural Quagmire with Challenges to Cristal Acquisition

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The FTC Challenge: The FTC pursued an administrative challenge against Tronox's proposed acquisition of Cristal without also seeking a preliminary injunction. Following an HSR investigation, the FTC normally seeks a...more

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Corporate Concentration, Mergers, and Antitrust Enforcement in the Current Political Climate

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Attacking the vigor and effectiveness of antitrust enforcement has become increasingly popular political subject. Just last week, Senator Cory Booker released a letter to the FTC and DOJ urging them to consider the interests...more

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Senate Bill Promises Antitrust Immunity to Boards That Reform Licensure in Latest State Action Defense Development

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Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Ben Sasse (R-NE) recently introduced a bill that would extend a limited state action immunity to state licensure boards only if states implement reforms that reduce occupational...more

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DOJ and FTC Encourage Competition Between Lawyers and Non-Lawyers in the Provision of Legal Services in Comments on North Carolina...

On June 10, 2016, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) jointly submitted a letter recommending that the North Carolina General Assembly limit the definition of the “practice of law” only...more

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FTC Submits Public Comments to States Considering Regulations of Cooperative Agreements Between Hospitals

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently submitted comments to Virginia and Tennessee regarding proposed laws in each state relating to Cooperative Agreements between hospitals and the granting of Certificates of Public...more

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