On Dec. 29, 2022, President Joe Biden signed a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package, which includes two important changes to antitrust law. It revises merger filing fees, raising fees for some transactions and lowering fees...more
On Dec. 9, 2022, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) signed a memorandum of understanding...more
Pursuant to the recent passage of Senate Bill 184, California has started implementing its newly formed Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA), an agency charged with monitoring and managing healthcare costs. To “increase...more
On Nov. 10, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued an expansive — and at times opaque — policy statement on its enforcement of the federal ban on “unfair methods of competition” under Section 5 of the FTC Act. This...more
Based on recent announcements and remarks of U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) leadership, it is clear that Section 8 of the Clayton Act, prohibiting “interlocking directorates,” is an enforcement priority...more
On Oct. 31, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) announced that it brought criminal attempted monopolization charges under Section 2 of the Sherman Act, resulting in a guilty plea. Section 2, which...more
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division previewed on March 2, 2022, a potentially dramatic shift in its enforcement of Section 2 of the Sherman Act, which prohibits monopolization, attempted monopolization and...more
On Jan. 21, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it is publishing revised reporting thresholds for premerger filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act)....more