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Fierce Competition Podcast | Antitrust Challenges in Organized Sports: How They Play Out in the EU, UK and US
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Sues the FTC Over Power Grab
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The FTC Issued a New Rule to Ban All New Noncompete Agreements
Podcast: Key Changes in Finalized Antitrust Merger Guidelines – Diagnosing Health Care
Fierce Competition Podcast | Takeaways From the Illumina-Grail Merger Challenge Saga
AGG Talks: Antitrust and White-Collar Crime Roundup - Analyzing the Latest Updates in the Litigation Against Trump
Fierce Competition Podcast | Letter From London: The Rise of UK Class Actions and the Competition Appeal Tribunal
Fierce Competition Podcast | Private Equity Under the Antitrust Microscope
JONES DAY TALKS® - Charting the Course: Antitrust's Past, Present, and Future in Labor Markets
What You Need to Know About the New FTC and DOJ HSR Changes
Fierce Competition Podcast | A Look at the Evolving Global Deal Landscape
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Shining a Bright Light on Digital Dark Patterns
Podcast- The FTC's Mission: Competition and Antitrust
Cornerstone Research Connects: The CAT Judgment in Trucks
Uncorked With Farella: M&A in the Wine Industry With Robert Nicholson
Clocking in with PilieroMazza: #LNE4GovCons: FLSA Exemptions Matter When Bidding for SCA Contracts
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This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. James Webber (partner based in London) and Jess Bowring (counsel based in London) are our editors this month. They...more
Demonstrating both increased cross-border collaboration and the adoption of novel theories of cartel violations, the European Commission and the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, together with the U.S. competition...more
The "European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin” breaks down the major antitrust developments in Europe during the past two months into concise and actionable takeaways. ...more
On July 22, 2024, the European Commission (EC) accepted commitments proposed by Vifor Pharmaceuticals to address disparagement concerns under Article 102 TFEU. This is the EC’s first pure disparagement case and its second...more
On July 23, 2024, the leading competition enforcers in the US, EU, and UK released a Joint Statement on Competition in Generative AI Foundation Models and AI products. The statement outlines risks to competition that are...more
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
The “European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin” breaks down the major antitrust developments in Europe during the past two months into concise and actionable takeaways, divided into thematic sections focusing on i) mergers, ii)...more
On 25 April 2024, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced reforms to its in-depth merger control review process (the Phase 2 review). The updates include: - An expanded de minimis exception. The CMA will...more
On March 26, 2024, Skadden hosted a discussion on key developments in antitrust enforcement in the pharmaceuticals and life sciences sectors. ...more
EU Review of Small Drinks Transaction Shows Expanding Reach of Worldwide Merger Control Rules - On 14 March 2024, the European Commission accepted a request from Luxembourg to review the acquisition of a small drinks...more
This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Thomas Masterman, partner based in London, is our editor this month. He has selected: Out now: our latest global...more
This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Dirk Arts, co-head of the global antitrust group and partner based in Brussels, is our editor this month. He has...more
The “European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin” breaks down the major antitrust developments in Europe during the past two months into concise and actionable takeaways. ...more
The EC has published the long-awaited revised Market Definition Notice (the "Notice"), marking the first update since its initial adoption in 1997. The Notice clarifies the methodology for defining product and geographic...more
This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Noah Brumfield, partner based in Washington, D.C. and Silicon Valley, is our editor this month. He has selected: ...more
UK CMA Provides First Informal Guidance on Environmental Sustainability Agreement - On 14 December 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published its first informal guidance on the application of UK...more
Key Points - - EU competition regulators are increasingly considering “ecosystems” of products and services in their analysis of the competitive impact of mergers — a framework that often does not fit with the historical...more
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has (mostly) confirmed the European Commission (EC)’s decision to fine Altice for implementing a transaction prior to its notification and the EC’s merger control clearance....more
UK CMA Publishes “Green Agreements Guidance” - The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published on 12 October 2023 the final version of its guidance on the application of UK competition law to environmental...more
The "European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin" breaks down the major antitrust developments in Europe during the past two months into concise and actionable takeaways....more
The Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) establishes a new regime, enforced by the European Commission (EC), to regulate subsidies granted by non-EU countries to businesses active in the EU that could distort competition in EU...more
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published its much anticipated guidance on horizontal agreements explaining how it will apply the UK prohibition on anti-competitive agreements to agreements concluded...more
The "European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin" (EABB) breaks down the major antitrust developments in Europe in the past two months into concise and actionable takeaways. ...more
European Commission Investigates Restrictions on Sales of Branded Clothing in the EU - On 31 July 2023, the European Commission announced that it had sent a statement of objections, a preliminary statement of case,...more
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