OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2020 UPDATE -
UNITED STATES -
Despite initial obstacles because of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 rounded out to be the busiest year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) enforcement in the United States...more
2/8/2021
/ Acquisitions ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Markets Strategy ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Investigations ,
Mergers ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Proposed Rules ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
What Happened:
• On January 19, 2021, major changes to German antitrust/competition law, i.e. the 10th Amendment Act to the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (ARC) entered into force.
• In addition to...more
Antitrust regulators in the United States and Europe were very active in the final quarter of 2019. The FTC and DOJ continue to investigate and challenge M&A transactions in a variety of industries. Events of this quarter...more
2/14/2020
/ Acquisitions ,
Advertising ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Media ,
EU ,
French Competition Authority ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Monopolization ,
Online Platforms ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Sprint ,
T-Mobile ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
UNITED STATES: OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2018 UPDATE -
Both the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) were very active in the final quarter of 2018, closing seven cases that required in-depth...more
3/8/2019
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Big Data ,
Competition ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Vertical Mergers
As many dealmakers doing business in Europe have realized, German and Austrian merger filing requirements are sometimes a bit tricky, and in some respects different from the rules in place at EU level and in other EU member...more