Fierce Competition Podcast | Below-Threshold Mergers: Global Antitrust Scrutiny
Podcast: Key Changes in Finalized Antitrust Merger Guidelines – Diagnosing Health Care
Fierce Competition Podcast | Takeaways From the Illumina-Grail Merger Challenge Saga
Fierce Competition Podcast | A Look at the Evolving Global Deal Landscape
The Informed Board Podcast | Will the EU’s Focus on Foreign Subsidies Make It More Difficult To Acquire European Businesses?
Podcast- The FTC's Mission: Competition and Antitrust
Uncorked With Farella: M&A in the Wine Industry With Robert Nicholson
EU & UK Competition Law & Public Interest: Best Practices & New Challenges ahead
Nota Bene Episode 123: Europe Q2 Check In - Brexit Updates and Antitrust Laws in the Digital Economy with Oliver Heinisch
Nota Bene Episode 112: How Europe is Filling Enforcement Gaps for Digital Gatekeepers with Robert Klotz and Ciara Barbu-O’Connor
Under the Biden administration, the U.S. antitrust agencies, particularly the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ or Antitrust Division), were unusually resistant to negotiated merger remedies. Instead, they...more
This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Eliana Paredis (counsel based in Brussels) is our editor this month. She has selected: - European Commission kicks...more
The recent change in leaders in both the United States and Europe has already had a notable impact on the antitrust landscape. Rules are changing—or, at least, their enforcement is taking more novel interpretations—against a...more
JANUARY – MARCH 2025: KEY THEMES AND TAKEAWAYS - UNITED STATES - FTC Loses Vertical Challenge to Tempur Sealy/Mattress Firm On July 2, 2024, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed suit in federal court seeking to block...more
Our global antitrust enforcement report reveals significant increase in overall fines - In the latest edition of our annual report, we identify the major trends and developments in antitrust enforcement worldwide in 2024 and...more
The UK government recently issued its draft strategic steer to the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), in which it sets out its expectations for the CMA’s enforcement actions in relation to the government’s primary...more
Searching for ways to achieve its promised ‘growth’ and productivity ambitions, the UK government turned its gaze on the UK regulators around October last year, with the UK prime minister promising to “rip up the bureaucracy...more
There is new leadership at the European Commission (EC) where Teresa Ribera took over from Margrethe Vestager as the Commissioner for competition in December 2024 as well as at the UK Competition Markets Authority (CMA) where...more
In the first merger challenge of the second Trump Administration, on January 30, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Antitrust Division filed suit seeking to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company’s (“HPE’s”) proposed...more
The United Kingdom’s (UK’s) Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (the Act) expands the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA’s) jurisdiction in merger control, regulates major tech platforms with “strategic...more
Spotlight on below-threshold merger reviews: doubts over European Commission’s powers while in depth probes launched in Italy - Last month, we reported on the landmark Advocate General (AG) opinion in Illumina/GRAIL. The AG...more
The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCC), which became law on 24 May 2024, represents a major shift in UK digital, competition and consumer protection regulation....more
As anticipated, cartel enforcement is ramping up at the start of 2024 and investigations relating to artificial intelligence (AI) are taking center stage. Leadership of both the broader Department of Justice (DOJ) and the...more
This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Dirk Arts, co-head of the global antitrust group and partner based in Brussels, is our editor this month. He has...more
Global deal value and volume fell again in 2023, down 33% and 18% respectively compared to 2022. This is unsurprising, given persistently tough macroeconomic conditions and geopolitical tensions. Dealmakers are also facing an...more
The CMA increasingly reviews PE mergers including historic roll-up deals, which will prompt sponsors to reassess merger control risks. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is increasingly focused on...more
The long-awaited Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill has been published. Touted as a Bill to "stamp out unfair practices and promote competition in digital markets", the DMCC seeks to enhance consumer protection...more
This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Thomas Masterman, partner based in London, is our editor this month (learn more about Tom in our Q&A feature at the...more
Welcome to this first edition of BCLP’S Competition Collective: Antitrust, Foreign Investment and Trade Insights from around the world. This period was marked by uncertainty – and the harsh realities of the pandemic for many...more
On 27 February 2020, Skadden antitrust/competition partner Bill Batchelor chaired an InformaConnect conference in London exploring evolving Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) enforcement practices, concurrent regulation,...more
This newsletter is our take on the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Philip Mansfield, partner based in London, is our editor this month....more
As reported in an earlier alert, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been stepping up enforcement action against breaches of its procedural rules on merger control. This alert highlights the CMA's recent...more
With Brexit now just a few days away, deal makers are brushing up their knowledge of the UK's merger control regime. One notable feature of the system in the UK is the strict stance that the Competition and Markets Authority...more
The UK’s competition authority has stepped up its enforcement of procedural breaches of merger control rules in the past 12 months. This is part of a global trend that has seen enforcement fines exceed EUR140 million globally...more
This is the first edition of our new monthly publication, featuring the A&O Antitrust Group’s selection of antitrust news from across the globe. It is not intended to be comprehensive – instead it is our take on the...more