Navigating 2025: Regulatory Shift to the States and the FTC in the Digital Asset Landscape — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
FTC Regulatory and Enforcement Shifts Under New Leadership
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2024 Payments Year in Review: CFPB and FTC Regulatory Trends - Part Three — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Podcast: Are Legal Holds Protected by Privilege? Insights from the FTC's Battle with Amazon
2024 Payments Year in Review: CFPB and FTC Regulatory Trends – Part Two — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
(Podcast) The Briefing – Creator Contract Liability When Your Platform Disappears: The TikTok Ban
2024 Payments Year in Review: CFPB and FTC Regulatory Trends – Part One — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
What to Expect from the New FTC Leadership
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The FTC Takes Action Against Grubhub
Podcast - Rewriting the Narrative of Private Equity in Healthcare
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Hidden Fees in the Live-Event Ticketing and Short-Term Lodging Industries
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(Podcast) The Briefing: Navigating the Legal Risks for Brands in Social Media Marketing – Part 2 (Archive)
The Briefing: Navigating the Legal Risks for Brands in Social Media Marketing – Part 2 (Archive)
The Briefing: Navigating the Legal Risks for Brands in Social Media Marketing – Part 1 (Archive)
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Post-Election Analysis and Its Impact on the Debt Settlement Industry
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As the Trump administration’s approach to antitrust takes shape through political appointments, policy statements, speeches, and enforcement actions, our team is tracking new developments and will provide important updates on...more
Now out: our latest global trends in merger control enforcement report - In this tenth edition of our annual report, we analyze data for 2024 from 26 jurisdictions to reveal the latest trends in global merger control and...more
As CERAWeek begins in Houston, dealmakers in the energy sector will surely be asking how the second Trump Administration antitrust enforcers will treat energy deals. As a prelude, no industry has a longer history with...more
Sanctions for procedural merger control infringements in 2024 did not meet the lofty heights of previous years. But merging parties should not be complacent. The number of infringement decisions increased. The U.S. and China...more
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The number of deals cleared with conditions fell sharply in 2024. Many antitrust authorities remained skeptical of whether merger remedies can effectively address antitrust concerns, choosing instead to challenge and...more
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson announced to FTC staff on February 18 that the FTC would retain the 2023 Merger Guidelines as the framework for reviewing mergers and acquisitions. Citing the need for...more
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Key Points - Strong antitrust enforcement is expected to continue, but without the use of the novel and untested legal theories that defined the Biden administration approach. - Regulators are likely to continue to focus...more
On February 10, Vinson & Elkins LLP’s Hill Wellford, co-chair of the firm’s antitrust group, and Kara Kuritz, an antitrust transactional partner, presented a PLI briefing “Antitrust in Transactions.” During their talk about...more
While life sciences M&A activity surges in today’s markets, the shift in regulatory enforcement priorities, constant innovation in technology, and strategic growth opportunities are changing the way dealmakers are approaching...more
The Federal Trade Commission, the agency that administers the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (“HSR Act”), has announced the annual adjustments to its coverage, filing fee, and other dollar-denominated...more
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FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson and Acting Assistant Attorney General Omeed Assefi separately announced on February 18, 2025, that the FTC and DOJ would continue to review proposed mergers under the joint DOJ and FTC 2023 Merger...more
The heightened focus on antitrust and competition issues that has defined dealmaking globally over the past few years looks set for readjustment since President Trump re-entered the White House. Under the Biden...more
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson has made two significant management decisions that will impact the trajectory of his enforcement agenda. On February 10, 2025, Chairman Ferguson appointed directors for...more
What the final days of the Biden administration portend for private equity enforcement in Trump 2.0 - During the final days of the Biden administration, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the...more
Not every investment firm countersues the acting assistant attorney general of the United States for the Antitrust Division, the United States Department of Justice (Antitrust Division), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC),...more