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Mayer Brown

Changes in the Makeup of the FTC May Impact Antitrust Policy

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THE UPSHOT, FOR BUSY PEOPLE: On March 18, 2025, Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya, who hold the two Democratic seats on the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) were informed that President...more

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Embrace Tradition, Reject Modernity? Recent FTC and DOJ Deal Challenges Show Preference for Traditional Antitrust Theories of Harm

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Both the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division have now brought cases challenging deals under President Trump’s administration. In many respects, the theories of harm alleged in...more

Morgan Lewis

FTC Merger Enforcement Shows Bipartisan Trends Under Different Presidential Administrations

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The 2024 US election cycle underscored the strong and varied views of the American electorate. However, there is at least one federal government agency where Republicans and Democrats have seen eye-to-eye more than many might...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Commissioner Christine Wilson Excoriates The FTC Chair’s Agenda in ABA Fall Forum Speech   

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Last week. FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson delivered a speech with a title that made clear she intended to speak her mind: The Neo-Brandeisian Revolution: Unforced Errors and the Dimunition of the FTC....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Biden Federal Trade Commission Signals an Aggressive Antitrust Enforcement Agenda

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On July 1, 2021, the full complement of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commissioners voted in an open meeting to advance the agency’s antitrust enforcement agenda. Led by newly appointed Chair Lina M. Khan, the commission...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Another Important Voice in Support of Retrospective Antitrust Reviews

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In our last Antitrust Byte, we brought to your attention Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter’s support for retrospective reviews of vertical transactions. Not to be overlooked, however, is Chairman...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FTC Holds New Hearing on Merger Retrospectives

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On April 12, the Federal Trade Commission held a hearing to debate the extent to which the FTC should use retrospective reviews to strengthen merger enforcement. This was the latest in the series of hearings on Competition...more

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