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Recent developments have made navigating multinational antitrust merger reviews even more complex and replete with traps for the unwary. ...more
The first quarter of 2025 brought a surge of high-profile merger activity in the technology and artificial intelligence (AI) space, offering an early test of how antitrust regulators under the new Trump administration will...more
In FY 2024/25, UK merger control underwent significant changes, including important statutory amendments, updates to the Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) rules and an apparent shift in focus when reviewing mergers to...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has agreed to accept the new administration's first settlement of a merger-enforcement challenge. The settlement includes the divestiture of three businesses and will allow Synopsys, Inc. to...more
The firm is pleased to distribute the European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin, which breaks down the major antitrust developments in Europe in the past two months into concise and actionable takeaways....more
JANUARY – MARCH 2025: KEY THEMES AND TAKEAWAYS - UNITED STATES - FTC Loses Vertical Challenge to Tempur Sealy/Mattress Firm On July 2, 2024, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed suit in federal court seeking to block...more
Good Sunday morning from Seattle . . . Our Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, April 11, 2025, is below. This week’s Update features a heavy dose of AI related stories – including Microsoft’s recently announced...more
The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved the proposed merger of American Express Global Business Travel Group (Amex GBT) and Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT Holdings LLC), a global travel and...more
Our global antitrust enforcement report reveals significant increase in overall fines - In the latest edition of our annual report, we identify the major trends and developments in antitrust enforcement worldwide in 2024 and...more
On March 12, 2025, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched a consultation on its approach to merger remedies, asking whether the authority should permit more complex remedies in Phase I investigations and...more
The last year (and particularly the last few months) of the Biden Administration brought a flurry of activity from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the life sciences space, continuing a yearslong pattern of close...more
A new strategic steer[1] published by the UK Government for consultation on 13th February 2025 seeks to change the CMA’s direction, focusing on growth and promoting investment in the UK via a series of measures aimed at...more
In the first merger challenge of the second Trump Administration, on January 30, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Antitrust Division filed suit seeking to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company’s (“HPE’s”) proposed...more
The new year marks the transition from the Biden administration and its whole-of-government approach to antitrust enforcement, to the return of President Trump. To spearhead his administration’s antitrust enforcement efforts,...more
Earlier this year, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published an update to its initial report on AI foundation models which presented the CMA’s findings on key changes in the foundation model sector and...more
On 29 October 2024, the European Union and the UK government finalized the technical discussions on a competition cooperation agreement. This agreement will enable closer cooperation between the UK Competition and Markets...more
In the last couple of years, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative tool for the advertising industry, promising unprecedented efficiency and cost savings and innovative ways of creating...more
We are pleased to share the October 2024 issue of Wilson Sonsini's Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update. Each issue combines news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental,...more
The "European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin” breaks down the major antitrust developments in Europe during the past two months into concise and actionable takeaways. ...more
UNITED STATES - - Agencies Revisiting Consummated Mergers - What’s old is new again, as agencies are increasingly scrutinizing consummated mergers from years past. In May 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Antitrust...more
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
As anticipated, cartel enforcement is ramping up at the start of 2024 and investigations relating to artificial intelligence (AI) are taking center stage. Leadership of both the broader Department of Justice (DOJ) and the...more
Antitrust actions significantly impacted the technology sector in 2023 and are poised to have substantial repercussions in the future, affecting both major tech companies and emerging enterprises. In addition to a focus on...more
This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Dirk Arts, co-head of the global antitrust group and partner based in Brussels, is our editor this month. He has...more
The year 2023 ended with a bang in the cartel space, with a federal court of appeals upending what was long believed to be the scope of conduct that should be considered per se under the Sherman Act. The new year, 2024,...more