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Antitrust Under Trump: June 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. The Federal Trade Commission...more

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Overcoming Challenges in Merger Clearance: Case Studies and Solutions

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During the fifth annual Antitrust Clearance and Merger Enforcement Conference (ACME), leading antitrust practitioners Franco Castelli, Counsel, Antitrust from Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; Jeane Thomas, Partner at Crowell &...more

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FTC Finalizes Major Overhaul and Expansion of HSR Act Reporting Requirements

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On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”), with the Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s concurrence, released a Final Rule containing long-anticipated revisions to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act...more

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Healthcare Founders Face New Exit Considerations

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Exiting a business, whether you are a serial entrepreneur looking to move on to the next project or a healthcare provider like a physician or therapist who has nurtured your practice for decades, can be difficult. After all,...more

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Heard at the 2024 Antitrust Law Section Spring Meeting: Part I

The American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section’s annual Spring Meeting is underway in Washington, DC. The annual Spring Meeting features updates from federal, state and international antitrust enforcers and extensive...more

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Dealmakers prepare to face new uncertainties in 2024

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Global M&A activity continued to make slow progress in 2023, with stubbornly high interest rates and stringent financing conditions stifling market confidence. Nearly US$3.2 trillion of M&A deals were announced last year—a...more

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Axinn Antitrust Insight: New Proposed Merger Guidelines Reflect DOJ and FTC’s Anti-merger Policy, Signal Continued Aggressive...

The U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (DOJ), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (and together, the “Agencies”) have released long-anticipated draft merger guidelines (the “2023 Draft Guidelines”) that...more

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You're gonna need a bigger boat: Stormy waters ahead as the FTC proposes far-reaching changes to HSR Form

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If the proposed rule is finalized, merging parties will face expansive requirements for HSR filings and lengthy filing preparation times. On June 27, 2023, the US Federal Trade Commission ("FTC"), with the concurrence of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Hot Antitrust Enforcement Climate Reaches Private Equity

Antitrust enforcement has been heating up over the last few years in several areas – notably in healthcare and labor. As the antitrust climate intensifies and spreads, private equity (PE) firms are starting to feel the heat,...more

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FTC Noncompete Ban Could Harm Buyers And Sellers In M&A

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This article originally ran in Law360 on February 10, 2023. All rights reserved.  As federal and state governments consider limiting or prohibiting employee noncompetition agreements or other restrictive covenants, the...more

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Mixed Signals: US M&A FY 2022

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Although the record-breaking deal activity of 2021 spilled over into 2022, headwinds in the first quarter developed into a significant slowdown during the rest of 2022, with an expectation of continued slowness as we enter...more

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US and EU Regulators Increase Scrutiny of Vertical Mergers

US Regulators Pursue an Expansive View of Antitrust Laws - For almost two years, industry participants have felt the effects of the Biden administration’s “big is bad” approach to antitrust — not only in technology sectors,...more

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FTC Takes Action Limiting Overbroad M&A Non-Compete

WHAT HAPPENED - • GPM Investments (GPM) acquired 60 gas stations from Corrigan Oil (Corrigan). • As part of the acquisition agreement, Corrigan agreed not to compete for a period of time with the gas stations purchased...more

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Buyer (and Seller) Beware: The FTC Is and Will Come for Your M&A Non-Competes

Since President Biden’s July 2021 direction to the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) to “curtail the unfair use of non-compete clauses and other clauses or agreements that may unfairly limit worker mobility,” the FTC has...more

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Antitrust: Extended timelines and broader scope

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was busy in its first year under the Biden administration. Over the past year, the FTC announced several important policy and process changes that may have significant implications for US...more

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Back to the “Good Old Days”: FTC Announces Return to Prior Merger Approval Regime

FTC announces that its merger enforcement orders will once again require prior approval before the subject firm can make a future acquisition affecting any relevant market for which a violation was alleged. On October 25,...more

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FTC Revives and Expands “Prior Approval” Policy

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On October 25, 2021, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its “Statement on Use of Prior Approval Provisions in Merger Orders” (the Statement). The Statement announces two material changes in the agency’s merger...more

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Federal Trade Commission’s Pre-Consummation Warning Letters Signal New Risk of Closing After Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Waiting Period...

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On Tuesday, August 3, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission announced a new approach for merger investigations that the FTC does not complete during the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) waiting period—the FTC may advise merging...more

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The Effects of the 2020 Election on Antitrust Merger Clearance

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On October 20, 2020, TransPerfect Legal Solutions (TLS) hosted an inaugural conference on recent developments in antitrust clearance and merger enforcement proceedings. This article is the first of a three-part series...more

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Department of Justice’s Revised Merger Remedies Manual Reflects Preference for Divestitures

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On September 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division released a revised Merger Remedies Manual. This revised manual is the culmination of a review by the Antitrust Division of its entire approach to...more

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