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Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter - April 2025

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Welcome to the April 2025 edition of the Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter, a publication containing updates about legal developments in the United States that may be noteworthy to our clients and other leaders in the Japanese...more

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Antitrust and Competition Technology Year in Review 2024

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As we look back on 2024, one thing is clear: Antitrust enforcement in the technology sector continued at a steady pace, with global agencies showing no signs of relenting in their scrutiny of Big Tech companies....more

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Antitrust: Implications of Trump Executive Orders for Competition Enforcement

President Donald Trump’s early executive orders have not specifically called out antitrust enforcement, but several impact antitrust agencies and could influence antitrust policy and enforcement over the next four years. ...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

2024 M&A Annual Review

Our M&A team is honored to have represented clients in some of the most compelling transactions in 2024, from advising the iconic rock band KISS and its co-founders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley in the sale of all assets...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

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April 2024 HSR Transactions: Examining the Impact on Cybersecurity and eDiscovery Practices

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In the first quarter of 2024, the U.S. economy demonstrated a moderated growth rate of 1.6 percent in real GDP, marking a slowdown from the 3.4 percent growth observed in the last quarter of 2023. Despite this deceleration,...more

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The Pulse of M&A Activity: January 2024 HSR Transactions and Economic Analysis

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Editor’s Note: The Hart Scott Rodino Act (HSR Act), a pivotal federal law, mandates companies to notify the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) before finalizing mergers or acquisitions...more

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HSR Transaction Overview: Key Insights from December 2023’s M&A Activity

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Editor’s Note: The Hart Scott Rodino Act (HSR Act), a pivotal federal law, mandates companies to notify the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) before finalizing mergers or acquisitions...more

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Understanding the Market Pulse: November 2023 HSR Transactions and Their Economic Context

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Editor’s Note: The Hart Scott Rodino Act (HSR Act), a pivotal federal law, mandates companies to notify the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) before finalizing mergers or acquisitions...more

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Cooley’s 2022 Tech M&A Year in Review

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Tech M&A in 2022 was a tale of two halves. The year started off with a bang, with mega-deals such as Microsoft’s pending $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter and...more

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Tech Companies Bear the Brunt of DOJ Push on Interlocking Directorates

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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last week that directors at several technology companies have resigned as a consequence of the agency’s renewed focus on overlapping board membership between...more

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Antitrust + Competition Technology Quarterly Update - Q1 2022

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..Two shifts in merger control enforcement in the U.S. have emerged that are impacting the technology space: an increase in challenges of vertical transactions and increased scrutiny and enforcement with respect to deals...more

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Biden Executive Order Calls for Heightened Antitrust Scrutiny

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On July 9, 2021, President Joe Biden announced a broad executive order (the “Order”) intended to boost what it characterizes as stagnant competition across the U.S. economy. The Order, among other things, encourages the...more

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Antitrust Enforcers Need Merger Presumptions to Reduce Market Power?

Under the Clayton Act (15 U.S. Code § 18), certain business acquisitions are prohibited where “the effect of such acquisition may be substantially to lessen competition, or to tend to create a monopoly.” Long-standing...more

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THE LATEST: FTC’s New “Technology Task Force” Has Broad Mandate Including Review of Consummated Transactions

The US Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Bureau of Competition announced the launch of a new Technology Task Force that will investigate anticompetitive conduct, review past transactions, as well as contribute to pending...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Georgetown Law’s 12th Annual Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium

On September 25, 2018, Georgetown University Law Center hosted the 12th Annual Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium. The event, which was co-sponsored by Skadden, featured keynote addresses from leaders of competition...more

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