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2024 Election - Implications on Life Sciences - Update

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With President-elect Trump announced as the winner of the 2024 election, the landscape of U.S. policy is poised for potential shifts that could significantly impact the life sciences sector. To a large degree, the extent to...more

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2024 Election - Implications on Life Sciences

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As the 2024 election cycle unfolds, the landscape of U.S. policy is poised for potential shifts that could significantly impact various sectors. With the Biden-Harris administration's focus on lowering the cost of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Regulatory Developments; Litigation and Enforcement

Antitrust Enforcers Are Increasingly Focused on Labor Markets, and Not Just in the Merger Context With antitrust regulators focused on competition in labor markets, companies should revisit their noncompete agreements,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Mobility@McDermott: Monthly Update (11/2023)

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1. Proposal for EU directive for right to repair no longer covering motor vehicles - The European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee has voted on a draft report on the proposed EU directive...more

Epstein Becker & Green

The Federal Trade Commission Moves Closer to a Full Complement of Commissioners

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is supposed to have five Commissioners appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate....more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Health Law Diagnosis - Pending Illinois Legislation Could Heighten Merger Requirements for Health Care Facilities

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The Illinois House of Representatives recently voted in favor of passingHB 2222 (“the Bill”), which, if enacted, would amend the Illinois Antitrust Act to add new reporting requirements for certain transactions, including...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

Pending Illinois Legislation Could Heighten Merger Requirements for Health Care Facilities

The Illinois House of Representatives recently voted in favor of passing HB 2222 (“the Bill”), which, if enacted, would amend the Illinois Antitrust Act to add new reporting requirements for certain transactions, including...more

Perkins Coie

DOJ Withdraws Healthcare Antitrust Policy Statements

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Antitrust Division, recently withdrew three sets of guidelines that had been relied upon heavily by the healthcare industry: the 1993 Antitrust Enforcement Policy Statements Issued for...more

Hogan Lovells

House passes three antitrust reform bill and all eyes turn to the Senate

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This Congress, both the House and Senate have engaged in a high-profile, high-stakes effort to reform antitrust rules for the tech industry. While efforts to pass a large scale tech competition bill have been stymied thus...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Canada Pushes Through Competition Act Amendments

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The Government of Canada has now passed significant amendments to the Competition Act via its Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No. 1 (the “BIA”), which received Royal Assent on June 23, 2022. The inclusion of these changes in...more

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The Future of Privacy Regulation

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U.S. privacy law is undergoing dramatic change on an accelerating pace. New laws across the country address specific industries, certain kinds of data, and various concerning practices. There is international pressure to...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

[Webinar] Health Care Antitrust Under President Biden 2.0 - Almost One Year In: What Have We Learned About The Democrats’ Approach...

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In March 2021, our experienced intellectual property, antitrust, and health care litigation lawyers shared some predictions on antitrust policy and enforcement in the health care sector. In “Health Care Antitrust under...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Three Takeaways from “Navigating the New Antitrust Enforcers”

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Corporate acquirers accustomed to government inertia in antitrust reform are navigating a sea change in Washington, according to Craig Seebald, a Washington, D.C.-based Partner and leader in the global Antitrust Group at...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Be Prepared: Aggressive Antitrust Enforcement Is Back

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This summer has seen a flurry of bold antitrust announcements from the Biden administration. By issuing a sweeping executive order calling for numerous changes to antitrust enforcement and by naming progressive favorites and...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

China’s 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) and Its Impact on Your Intellectual Property Portfolio

In March of 2021, China’s most important annual political meetings took place as thousands of delegates to the National People’s Congress (NPC), the national legislature, and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Nota Bene Podcast Episode 134: U.S. Q3 Check In: Infrastructure Bill Updates and Big Tech Antitrust with Elizabeth Frazee and...

As we enter the third quarter of 2021, we’re taking a look at anticipated legislative activities including President Biden’s infrastructure bill, the U.S-China trade war, and Big Tech antitrust issues. We’re joined by U.S....more

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President Biden Takes Aim at Employment Non-Compete Agreements

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As anticipated, President Biden has continued to carry through on his presidential campaign promise to overhaul federal labor and employment laws. With the aim of protecting workers and encouraging competition, on July 9,...more

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Beltway Buzz - July 2021 #2

Infrastructure Summer. Congress remains out this week but is expected to be very busy for the remainder of July. Democrats will seek to gain traction on two major legislative priorities: an infrastructure deal backed by 11...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

House Judiciary Committee’s Anti-Monopoly Agenda

On Friday, June 11, lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee, led by Antitrust Subcommittee Chair David Cicilline (D-RI) and Ranking Member Ken Buck (R-CO), unveiled their bipartisan legislative agenda to hold Big Tech...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest

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Welcome to the first issue of the Latham & Watkins Drug Pricing Digest. Here, Latham’s government price reporting team provides a digest of recent developments, as reported in the trade press or published directly by...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Antitrust Enforcement Expected To Intensify

President Biden has signaled a pro-enforcement approach to antitrust policy by naming Columbia Law School professor Tim Wu as a White House adviser and nominating Lina Khan, who also teaches at Columbia Law, to be...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Price Gouging Legislation on the Horizon in States Without Laws

While the majority of states have had price gouging laws on the books since before the pandemic, widespread pandemic price gouging has led states without laws to reconsider. Some states, like Colorado, passed price gouging...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

The Potential Impact of the Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act of 2021 on Antitrust Enforcement and Private...

On Feb. 4, 2021, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., the new chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights, introduced sweeping legislation ...more

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What to Expect from the Biden Administration

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The inauguration of Joe Biden as President of the United States has set in motion a number of significant policy changes. In this panel discussion, our U.S. legal and policy specialists shared their insights on what our...more

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[Webinar] The Biden Administration: What Businesses Need to Know - More Regulation and Opportunities for Companies and Banking:...

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The Biden administration is signaling significant policy shifts. Business owners and C-Suite executives are encouraged to join us for a series of complimentary webcasts discussing these likely changes and how they will impact...more

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