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Purchase Agreement Mergers Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

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FTC Focus: Avoiding 'Gun Jumping' Violations

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This article is part of a monthly column that considers the significance of recent Federal Trade Commission announcements about antitrust issues. In this installment, we discuss notable takeaways from the agency's recent...more

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DOJ Settles Claims of Illegal Pre-Merger Coordination Against Crude Oil Companies with Record $5.6 Million Gun Jumping Penalty

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On January 7, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit against three Texas-based crude oil companies—XCL Resources Holdings, LLC (XCL), Verdun Oil Company II, LLC (Verdun), and EP Energy LLC (EP)—alleging...more

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FTC Imposes Record Fine on Oil Companies for Illegal Pre-Merger Conduct

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On January, 7, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that crude oil producers XCL Resources Holdings, LLC (XCL), Verdun Oil Company II LLC (Verdun) and EP Energy LLC (EP) collectively will pay a $5.68 million...more

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Record “Gun Jumping” Penalty Imposed by FTC

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Oil companies ordered to pay $5.6 million for exerting beneficial control before the expiration of the mandatory HSR waiting period. On January 7, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed and resolved a merger...more

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Client Alert: FTC Finalizes Long-Anticipated Overhaul Of HSR Act Merger Rules And Filings

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On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), with the concurrence of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), adopted final rules overhauling the premerger notification form and filing...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

M&A in Brief: Q2 2023

Chancery Court Provides Additional Guidance on Disclosure Requirements for Corwin Analysis - One of the most significant decisions of the Delaware Chancery Court in the last 15 years was the court’s ruling in Corwin v....more

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FTC Settlement Agreement Demonstrates Commissioners’ Competing Views on Merger Non-Competes

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What Happened - • DTE and Enbridge’s natural gas pipeline joint venture, Nexus, agreed to purchase the Generation Pipeline (Generation). •Generation was owned by a group of sellers including North Coast Gas Transmission...more

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THE LATEST: FTC Challenges Retail Fuel Station and Convenience Store Transaction— Requires Ten Localized Divestitures in Wisconsin...

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WHAT HAPPENED: ..Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (ACT) and its subsidiaries (including Circle K Stores, Inc.) are engaged in the retail sale of gasoline and diesel fuel in the United States, as well as in the operation of...more

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