First 100 Days of the New HSR Rules with Antitrust Partner Kara Kuritz
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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
A recent enforcement action by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is particularly noteworthy because of the theory of potential harm and the accepted remedy....more
Recent developments have made navigating multinational antitrust merger reviews even more complex and replete with traps for the unwary. ...more
Since the FTC’s updated HSR rules took effect, merger filings have become more complex, time-consuming, and risk-sensitive. In this brief video, Antitrust Partner Kara Kuritz explains how the new framework is changing the...more
Over the past six months, big-hitting global competition authorities have undergone significant leadership changes. Here, we consider the impact of these developments on global businesses....more
In speeches delivered only a day apart during the first week of June, Bill Rinner, the new Deputy Assistant Attorney General in charge of merger enforcement at the Department of Justice (DOJ), and Commissioner Melissa Holyoak...more
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
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
After President Trump’s election for a second term, those predicting where federal antitrust enforcement was headed had to contend with internal tensions in the Trump coalition that extend to economic policy more broadly:...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
The government’s new antitrust leaders have signaled a less skeptical stance on mergers but a continued focus on enforcement, especially in Big Tech and the health care and agriculture sectors....more
States’ merger review and enforcement initiatives continue to expand as Washington adopts the nation’s first “mini-HSR” rule. On April 4, 2025, the State of Washington passed the Antitrust Premerger Notification Act...more
In the months before the 2024 presidential election, we reported on the stated antitrust agendas of candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Now a few months into the second Trump administration, we review recent...more
More than 82% of merger enforcement actions announced by the U.S. antitrust agencies in 2024 involved a litigated challenge (complaint) or the deal being abandoned. But only 17 enforcement actions were reported in total—well...more
As CERAWeek begins in Houston, dealmakers in the energy sector will surely be asking how the second Trump Administration antitrust enforcers will treat energy deals. As a prelude, no industry has a longer history with...more
On January 22, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published in the Federal Register its annual adjustments for notification thresholds regarding proposed mergers and acquisitions under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust...more
At TransPerfect Legal's fifth annual Antitrust Clearance and Merger Enforcement Conference (ACME), hosted by the TransPerfect Legal Antitrust Practice Group, industry experts gathered to discuss evolving regulatory changes....more
What antitrust enforcement will look like during a second Trump administration is, like antitrust law, complicated. Notions that Republicans are pro-business and therefore will take a laissez-faire approach to antitrust...more
In his return to the White House, President-elect Trump inherits an aggressive antitrust enforcement regime from the Biden administration – an enforcement regime that was born and developed in many respects during Trump’s...more
Antitrust has taken center stage under the Biden Administration, and the Food and Beverage industry has been one of the main targets of increased enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Department of Justice,...more
On 10 October 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued final changes to the rules implementing the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR). In announcing the final rule, the FTC stated that it is “responding to changes in...more
Welcome to Juntos, our bulletin that explores antitrust and competition developments across US-Latin America. In this issue, we look at key headlines from throughout 2024....more
On August 28th, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (the “DOJ”) (the “Antitrust Agencies”), together with the Department of Labor (the “DOL”) and National Labor Relations...more
The wait for the final version of the revised Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Filing Requirements is drawing to an end. At the ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting in Washington last week, Andrew Forman, a deputy assistant attorney general...more
Introduction - On 29 January 2024, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) regarding its review of Bank Merger Act (BMA) applications. The NPR was released immediately...more