Podcast - Noteworthy Value-Based Care Mergers and Acquisitions Transactions
On May 7, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court opinion that denied the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) motion for a preliminary injunction against Microsoft’s acquisition of...more
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) failure to obtain a preliminary injunction to block Tempur Sealy’s $4 billion proposed acquisition of Mattress Firm is yet another loss in a string of failed vertical challenges by the...more
In the coming year, Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Chair Lina Khan and Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division Jonathan Kanter are expected to continue to advance a more aggressive...more
On December 8, 2022, the same day that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) delivered its opening arguments to a federal judge in California in the FTC’s bid to halt Meta’s acquisition of virtual reality gaming company Within,...more
The pandemic’s impact may be subsiding, but businesses are encountering new challenges across the globe, including the potential for an economic retrenchment, rising interest rates, shifting regulatory and litigation...more
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is pleased to present its 2020 Antitrust Year in Review, which provides a summary of the most significant antitrust matters and developments of the past year. The report examines the final...more
UNITED STATES: JANUARY - MARCH 2019 UPDATE - In the first quarter of 2019, vertical merger enforcement continued to be a hot topic for the US antitrust agencies. The Court of Appeals upheld the district court’s decision in...more
The challenges that the government faces in litigating vertical mergers was illustrated in the DOJ’s recent loss in its challenge of AT&T’s proposed acquisition of Time Warner. The result provides guidance for how companies...more