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Global Regulatory Headwinds: PE Firms Prepare for Increased Antitrust Oversight

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66% of PE firms globally expect increased scrutiny from antitrust, FDI and other regulatory authorities to have a negative impact on their dealmaking plans over the next 12 months. Rising regulatory scrutiny continues to...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Informed Board - Summer 2024

Across industries, companies are facing new and uncertain regulatory pressures and demands in areas including artificial intelligence, sustainability, algorithmic pricing and fintech-bank relations. In this issue of The...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

‘Big Tech’ and Antitrust: Today’s Robber Barons or Victims of Enforcement Overreach?

In recent weeks, there have been several transformative developments that not only will profoundly impact antitrust and competition law but also shape the ability of so-called “Big Tech” to continue to dominate their...more

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UK, EU, and US release joint statement on competition in generative AI foundation models and AI products

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On July 23, the European Commission, US Department of Justice, US Federal Trade Commission, and UK Competition and Markets Authority released a joint statement setting out shared principles on competition in markets that...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

AI news Roundup – Antitrust investigations, Former OpenAI employees criticize culture, new Windows AI feature, and more

To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following. The U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are planning to open...more

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The Federal Trade Commission and Artificial Intelligence

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Artificial intelligence (AI) burst into the public consciousness less than one year ago, with OpenAI’s highly successful public release of ChatGPT. Since then, AI-enabled products and services have proliferated throughout the...more

Goodwin

Antitrust & Competition Technology Quarterly Update - Q2 2023

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Antitrust enforcers remained active across the globe, with the announcement by the FTC and DOJ of proposed guidelines that have an emphasis on tech mergers in the United States, and several investigations of major tech deals...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The Senate Refuses to Let Live Nation Shake It Off

On January 24, 2023, the Senate Judiciary Committee grilled a top executive from Live Nation, Ticketmaster’s parent company, following Ticketmaster’s very public disaster last month when it was unable to process orders for...more

Hogan Lovells

[Webinar] Antitrust-year-in-review and a look forward to 2023 - November 30th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

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Join the Hogan Lovells Antitrust and Competition team on Wednesday, 30 November 2022 where we will look back at the major competition-related events of 2022 and what we can expect next year, including: 1. Major FTC and DOJ...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Tech Companies Bear the Brunt of DOJ Push on Interlocking Directorates

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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last week that directors at several technology companies have resigned as a consequence of the agency’s renewed focus on overlapping board membership between...more

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Antitrust Enforcers’ Fourth and Final “Listening Forum” On Merger Reform Highlights Issues In Technology

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In March of this year, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) jointly announced a series of “listening forums” that would help gather real world input from...more

Cozen O'Connor

U.S., EU Antitrust Regulators Seek Closer Cooperation Through New Policy Dialogue

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The FTC, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission issued an inaugural joint statement after the launch of the EU-US Joint Technology...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Ongoing Program] Session 3: Global Antitrust Developments - September 27th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am KST

KOREA WEBINAR SERIES 2021 - In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, our first Korea Webinar Series will be held as a virtual series, with four sessions taking place between September 8 – September 28, 2021. Though we cannot...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Ongoing Program] Session 1: M&A Opportunities in US and Europe for Korean Investors (CFIUS/European FDI) - September 8th, 10:00...

KOREA WEBINAR SERIES 2021 - In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, our first Korea Webinar Series will be held as a virtual series, with four sessions taking place between September 8 – September 28, 2021. Though we cannot...more

Benesch

Are Non-Compete Covenants Likely to Become Unenforceable after the Issuance of the Biden Administration’s Executive Order? Don’t...

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On July 9, 2021, President Biden signed a sweeping Executive Order (“EO”) intended to promote competition in a number of sectors of the economy, including healthcare. The EO targets 4 areas of healthcare in particular -...more

White & Case LLP

Technology Industry Should Watch Closely as the Executive Branch and Lawmakers Set Their Sights on Antitrust

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Calls for changes to antitrust law, and how antitrust laws should be applied to the conduct of large technology companies, have been heating up in recent years. Now, the push for wide-scale changes to antitrust law has...more

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Biden Executive Order Calls for Heightened Antitrust Scrutiny

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On July 9, 2021, President Joe Biden announced a broad executive order (the “Order”) intended to boost what it characterizes as stagnant competition across the U.S. economy. The Order, among other things, encourages the...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Conference] U.S.-China Trade Controls - September 20th, 10:00 am - 5:15 pm EDT

Industry's Annual Forum on MEU and MIEU Rules, New Legislation, Data Transfers and Emerging Technology Rules - ACI’s 3rd Virtual U.S.-China Trade Controls Conference will take place September 20, 2021, in a virtual format....more

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New Antitrust Bills Highlight Continued Big Tech Scrutiny

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2021 has been a busy year for antitrust legislation. On February 4, 2021, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and four other senators introduced the Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Act of 2021 (“Klobuchar Bill”)....more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Webinar] Complimentary Webinar on U.S.-China Export & Cyber Controls - June 30th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

With six months into the Biden Administration, American Conference Institute invites you to join one-hour Complimentary Webinar on U.S.-China Export & Cyber Controls, which will take place on June 30th at 1:00pm EDT. The...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Silicon Valley Anti-Trust Review: Scorecard and Coming Attractions

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Tim Wu, the bard of big tech, has written multiple books about the rise and coming fall of technology monopolies, oligopolies, and empires. In The Master Switch, Wu tells the story of how, in the 19th Century, the existing...more

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The Tension Between Competition and Tech Are Gaining Global Attention

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Antitrust concerns with big tech companies are gaining global attention. Antitrust laws protect consumers by promoting fair competition and preventing businesses from taking over or manipulating a market. In the digital...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

New Investigations of Large Tech Firms Reflect Continuing Influence of New Brandeisian Ideas

Public discourse about antitrust law has been expanded to include a wider range of ideas about the purpose of antitrust law. “New Brandeisians” believe that the consumer welfare standard, which prioritizes end-user prices...more

Carlton Fields

New York AG Leads Antitrust Investigation Into Social Media Platform

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On September 6, New York's attorney general announced that she will lead an antitrust investigation focused on Facebook. The leadership team conducting the investigation also includes the attorneys general of Colorado,...more

Perkins Coie

Consummated Tech Mergers: Will the Government Seek to Unscramble the Eggs?

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There are increasing calls for the antitrust enforcement agencies to review the effects of past acquisitions in the tech sector. Senator Elizabeth Warren has pledged to appoint enforcers committed to reversing such mergers....more

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