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The OIG’s Concerns with Potentially Fraudulent Medicare Advantage Marketing

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The HHS Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) released a Special Fraud Alert to inform health care professionals (“providers”) and Medicare Advantage Organizations (“MAOs”) about the OIG’s view of potentially abusive marketing...more

Torres Trade Law, PLLC

The Mergers & Acquisitions Review: US Trade Compliance Due Diligence 2024

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In addition to a myriad of issues to consider during M&A transactions, parties should conduct due diligence related to US trade regulations and the often-related foreign investment regulations that arise in the context of an...more

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FTC and DOJ Withdraw More Guidance Leaving the State of Collaborative Projects Less Clear

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On Dec. 11, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division announced the withdrawal of their decades-old guidelines regarding collaboration among competitors. The...more

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FTC Issues Final Rule on Junk Fees

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On Dec. 17, the Federal Trade Commission issued its final rule on junk fees entitled “Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees” which will become effective 120 days after publication in the Federal Register. This rulemaking process...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FTC Keeps Sights on Data Brokers that Sell Sensitive Location Sites

The Federal Trade Commission recently settled complaints against two data brokers over their handling of consumers’ sensitive location information. The agency alleged that such practices constitute unfair practices. Under the...more

A&O Shearman

Mario Draghi wants to reshape Europe’s regulation of M&A. Will his plans succeed?

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The former head of the European Central Bank is proposing a significant recalibration of EU competition enforcement in a bid to boost the European economy. The focus now is on whether his plans will be implemented. For...more

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Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly; Highlights of the Last Two Weeks in Web3 Law: December 19, 2024

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With Bitcoin hitting record highs and breaking a barrier long seen as aspirational, and with a new administration making key appointments, the year is ending with much excitement and momentum for the digital assets industry....more

McDermott Will & Emery

UPC Issues First FRAND Decision

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In a landmark decision, the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) Local Division Mannheim set standards for enforcing standard essential patents (SEPs) and for negotiating fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory (FRAND) licenses under...more

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High-Frequency Traders: How the SEC Can Tighten Regulation While Maintaining the Benefits of a Competitive Market While...

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In 2010, the so-called “Flash Crash” of the U.S. stock market brought the overlooked practice of high-frequency trading into the spotlight for the first time. Initial efforts to study and curtail the practice, including a...more

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AI and the Law: Emerging Trends in Enforcement

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Deemed the Fourth Industrial Revolution, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as the newest watershed technological development of the 21st century, as evidenced by its near ubiquity in discussions of everything from how...more

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How will the Trump administration impact M&A?

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M&A practitioners anticipate a ‘Trump bump’ - The scale of Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election – and the fact the Republicans now have full control of Congress – has been greeted with optimism by U.S....more

DLA Piper

Industrials Regulatory News and Trends - December 2024 #2

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California amends Prop 65 short-form warnings. California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has announced long-expected new amendments to its Prop 65 short-form warning requirements. ...more

Clark Hill PLC

Navigating the New CFPB Overdraft Rule: Implications for Financial Institutions

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently finalized its “Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions Rule,” introducing sweeping changes to how overdraft credit is structured and regulated for the...more

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Never Bad-Mouth Synergy: FTC and DOJ Withdraw Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors

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On December 11, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice unexpectedly withdrew the 2000 Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors (Collaboration Guidelines)....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions on Active Anode Materials From China

On December 18, 2024, the American Active Anode Material Producers, an ad hoc trade association of domestic manufacturers, filed petitions with the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) and the U.S. International Trade Commission...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Information Sharing, Pricing Algorithms, and Antitrust Liability: Where Is the Line?

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Antitrust enforcers and private plaintiffs over the past few years have pursued increasingly aggressive theories of liability based on information exchange and the use of algorithmic pricing and revenue management software....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Non-Solicitation Clauses Face Antitrust Scrutiny: Key Takeaways from St. Joseph's v. NAPA

A recent decision from the United States District Court underscores the antitrust risks of non-solicitation clauses in service agreements. In St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center v. American Anesthesiology of Syracuse, P.C. et...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Joint Ventures, Industry Groups, Trade Associations and Other Business Collaborations Face Increased Legal Uncertainty as...

On December 11, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (DOJ) jointly announced the withdrawal of the Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors...more

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FTC and DOJ Withdraw Guidelines for Collaboration Among Competitors

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and US Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Antitrust Division have announced the withdrawal of the Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors (the Collaboration Guidelines). While...more

Cozen O'Connor

Illinois AG’s and FTC’s Settlement Takes a $25 Million Bite Out of Grubhub

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Illinois AG Kwame Raoul and the FTC have settled with Grubhub Inc. and Grubhub Holdings Inc. (collectively, “Grubhub”) to resolve allegations that it engaged in deceptive business practices that harmed customers, food...more

DLA Piper

FTC Passes Rule Prohibiting “Junk Fees” for Live-Event Tickets and Short-Term Lodging

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On December 17, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a new rule requiring “timely, transparent, and truthful” upfront disclosures of pricing information to consumers of: Live-event tickets, which is not defined...more

Alston & Bird

BIS Expands Export Controls on Advanced Computing Items and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items

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Our International Trade & Regulatory Group discusses the latest U.S. export controls on China’s advanced computing, supercomputer, and semiconductor sectors....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Kroger/Albertsons Ruling Provides Lessons for Merger Remedy Divestitures

On December 10, a federal court in Oregon issued a preliminary injunction against Kroger's proposed $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons, which would have been the largest supermarket merger in US history (Albertsons...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Seeing Double: Kroger/Albertsons Merger Blocked by Federal and State Courts

In parallel, same-day rulings, a federal and state court blocked The Kroger Company’s $24.6 billion proposed acquisition of the Albertsons Companies, Inc., relying on traditional antitrust analysis and evidence of...more

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NJ AG Appoints New Antitrust Chief

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New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin has appointed David Reichenberg as his Antitrust Section Chief. Reichenberg was previously a partner in several law firms, including Cozen O’Connor, where he advised on the antitrust...more

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