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Update: FTC Drops In-House Challenge of Microsoft’s Activision Acquisition After Ninth Circuit Affirms Denial of Preliminary...

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After years of litigating its attempt to block Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently dropped its in-house challenge following the Ninth Circuit’s decision affirming...more

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What Can We Glean From the Antitrust Division’s First Merger Settlement?

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On June 2, the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, agreed to its first settlement of a merger challenged under the new administration, less than one week after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) entered into its first...more

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints

FTC Proposed Settlement Requires Private Equity Firm to Divest Shares, Relinquish Potential Board Seat, and Other Expansive...

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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (“DOJ”), and the new proposed merger guidelines have all called out private equity transactions for particular scrutiny. The FTC just...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

An Active Year For Health Care Antitrust Enforcement

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All eyes were on health care in 2020, as the industry faced unprecedented challenges presented by the global coronavirus pandemic. Stories and images of overburdened frontline health care workers dominated the news cycle...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Corporate Law & Governance Update - July 2019

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IMPACT OF EQUIFAX, FACEBOOK SETTLEMENTS - Health care industry boards should give close attention to the governance implications of recent privacy settlements entered into by Equifax and Facebook. Their unique facts...more

King & Spalding

FTC Announces Proposed Settlement in Hospital Acquisition Case

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On August 22, 2013, the FTC announced a proposed settlement in its much-publicized case against one of the largest hospital systems in Southwest Georgia, and the proposed settlement is remarkable for what it will not do—it...more

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