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Private equity and serial acquisitions continue to feel the antitrust heat

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Private equity acquisitions—notably roll-up strategies—continued to face antitrust scrutiny in 2024. As did serial acquisitions by non-PE acquirers. Headwinds were particularly strong in the U.S., but breezes from other...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

2025 Top-of-Mind Issues for Life Sciences Companies

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

Holland & Knight LLP

Antitrust Under Trump 2.0: No More "Hipster Antitrust," But Scrutiny Will Remain

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With President Joe Biden's departure, aggressive antitrust enforcers at the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will hand over the reins to incoming Trump...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Antitrust M&A Snapshot - Q3 2024

The US antitrust regulators continued to aggressively challenge transactions and associated Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) violations during the third quarter of 2024. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) litigated two merger...more

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Antitrust in Focus - October 2024

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This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Roxane Hicheri (counsel based in Paris) and Mark Steenson (counsel based in London) are our editors this month. They...more

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States Want in on the Merger Review Fun

While they have long taken a back seat to federal merger reviews, US states are becoming increasingly involved in merger reviews, including potentially requiring premerger notifications on a broad scale. On July 24, 2024, the...more

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Antitrust scrutiny intensifies as DOJ and FTC step up enforcement

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The federal government continues to aggressively pursue its antitrust agenda, seeking to block several headline deals, rejecting remedy offers, increasing filing fees for the largest deals and setting out new guidelines....more

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