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Heard at the 2025 Antitrust Law Section Spring Meeting

McDermott Will & Schulte on 4/8/2025

The American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section’s annual Spring Meeting took place from April 2 to 5 in Washington, DC. The Spring Meeting features updates from federal, state, and international antitrust enforcers and...more

Antitrust Under Trump: Initial Policies and Actions

McDermott Will & Schulte on 3/7/2025

As the Trump administration’s approach to antitrust takes shape through political appointments, policy statements, speeches, and enforcement actions, our team is tracking new developments and will provide important updates on...more

2025 Top-of-Mind Issues for Life Sciences Companies

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/31/2025

DTC Telehealth Platforms - Arrangements involving telemedicine and direct-to-consumer (“DTC”) business services are expected to be a source of major regulatory scrutiny. In 2024, such arrangements were the focus of proposed...more

A Year-End Report for Healthcare Antitrust and What to Expect Later in 2025

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/27/2025

As the year begins under a new Trump Administration, healthcare providers and private equity firms should consider the antitrust enforcement environment they are likely to face in 2025. This Holland & Knight report recaps...more

[CLE Hybrid Event] A Year in Review: Discussing Vinson & Elkins’ 2024 Chemicals & Energy Antitrust Report - February 12th,...

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 1/24/2025

Join us as Darren Tucker and Jason Powers discuss recent antitrust developments in the energy sector and what lies ahead for companies in 2025. Key topics include the incoming Trump administration’s approach to antitrust...more

The New Administration: Trends in Antitrust Enforcement

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 1/23/2025

The Trump Administration’s antitrust enforcement priorities are beginning to take shape. On January 20, 2025, President Trump designated former Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commissioner Andrew Ferguson as the agency’s next...more

2024 Antitrust & Competition Year in Review and Trends for 2025

Morgan Lewis on 1/20/2025

The past year marked the culmination of the Biden antitrust era. Under assertive leadership, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) adopted a more aggressive...more

Keep Your Seatbelts Fastened: The Wild Antitrust Ride May Not Be Over

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/16/2025

Key Points - - We expect the second Trump administration to take a relatively aggressive approach to antitrust enforcement, as regulators did during President-elect Trump’s first term, because there is bipartisan support...more

2024 Chemicals & Energy Antitrust Report

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 1/16/2025

The re-election of former President Donald J. Trump is poised to significantly alter the landscape of antitrust enforcement, particularly within the energy and chemical industries. While the incoming administration has yet to...more

Juntos - September 2024

DLA Piper on 9/26/2024

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

Antitrust in focus - April 2024

A&O Shearman on 7/1/2024

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

Major proposed changes to US antitrust rules present new hurdles

White & Case LLP on 12/18/2023

Under the Biden administration, the US antitrust agencies—the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (DOJ)—have proposed widespread changes to antitrust policy, creating uncertainty for...more

Blue Pencils Down: The Recent Delaware Non-Compete Case Trifecta

Snell & Wilmer on 5/12/2023

Over the past six months, the Delaware Court of Chancery has issued a series of decisions narrowing the scope of permissible non-compete agreements, while declining to “blue pencil” those provisions to render them...more

Competition authorities crackdown on employment markets: a new era for cartels

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 2/8/2023

At the end of last year, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) secured a guilty plea for wage fixing, resulting in its first criminal conviction with Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter saying: “[t]oday’s guilty plea...more

M&A in 2022 and Trends for 2023

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/23/2023

Following a year of unprecedented M&A deal activity, 2022 saw the global M&A market settle back into a more familiar pace. The year finished 38.8% lower than 2021’s record level, but only 9.3% lower than 2015-2019 averages,...more

Antitrust + Competition Life Sciences Quarterly Update - Q1 2022

Goodwin on 5/3/2022

Despite the aggressive rhetoric, the change in the leadership and composition at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) did not result in more enforcement in 2021. As the calendar turned to 2022, the FTC seems to be stepping...more

Be Prepared: Aggressive Antitrust Enforcement Is Back

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 8/10/2021

This summer has seen a flurry of bold antitrust announcements from the Biden administration. By issuing a sweeping executive order calling for numerous changes to antitrust enforcement and by naming progressive favorites and...more

President Biden’s Executive Order on Competition Could Mean Broad Changes Across a Range of Industries

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/15/2021

On Friday, July 9, 2021, President Biden issued a sweeping Executive Order that could have far-reaching implications for businesses across a broad spectrum of industries. The Executive Order takes a government-wide approach...more

NY State Debt Collection Suspended | Anti-Gouging Enforcement | AGs: Who’s An “Accredited Investor”?

Cozen O'Connor on 3/22/2020

Breaking News- Despite COVID-19, the State AG Report Stays on the Beat- •In these unprecedented times, the Cozen O’Connor State AG Group is committed to continuing to bring you important AG news stories and keeping you...more

FTC Challenges Axon’s Consummated Acquisition of Body-Worn Camera Competitor

McDermott Will & Schulte on 1/20/2020

The US antitrust regulators continue to challenge consummated transactions. On January 3, 2020, the FTC filed an administrative complaint against Axon Enterprise, Inc., challenging its consummated acquisition of VieVu, a...more

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