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Google is an Illegal Monopoly, Federal Court Rules

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Following a nine-week bench trial starting in September 2023 and closing arguments in May 2024, District of Columbia district court judge Amit Mehta ruled on August 5, 2024, that Google illegally maintained its monopoly in...more

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European Commission Opens First M&A In-Depth Investigation Under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation

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Our Antitrust Team reviews how the European Commission is using the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) and, for the first time, performed an in-depth investigation into whether the acquirer of a company with activities in the...more

K&L Gates LLP

Judge Dismisses FTC Case Against Welsh Carson but Enforcement Focus on Private Equity in Health Care Continues

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On 13 May, a federal district court judge dismissed the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) antitrust case against private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and affiliated entities (Welsh Carson). This matter has been...more

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FTC is Targeting Private Equity Acquisitions in Healthcare - Is Your Industry Next?

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On March 5, the FTC convened a workshop with regulators, academics and stakeholders to discuss the impact of private equity in the healthcare market. The workshop reflects the FTC and DOJ Antitrust Division’s recent focus on...more

Paul Hastings LLP

FTC and DOJ Solidify Expanded Merger Enforcement in Finalized Merger Guidelines

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On December 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) released final revisions to the Merger Guidelines (the “2023 Merger Guidelines”) that frame the agencies’...more

Epstein Becker & Green

FTC and DOL Sign MOU for Cooperation

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In late September, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). In the MOU, the two agencies expressed their “good-faith intentions” to work together...more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Canada’s Competition Act Reforms Include Expanded Power to Challenge Anticompetitive Agreements

The Minister of Finance recently introduced Bill C-56 to implement certain proposals announced by the Prime Minister designed to lower prices and “make life more affordable” for Canadians. The bill provides details of the...more

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FTC and DOJ Issue Proposed Merger Guidelines Updates

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Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) (the “Agencies”) jointly issued a draft update of their Merger Guidelines intended to describe and guide the Agencies’ review of...more

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PGA Tour, DP World Tour, and Public Investment Fund Announce Partnership

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On Tuesday June 6, 2023, the PGA Tour, DP World Tour, and the Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced an agreement to combine PIF’s golf-related commercial businesses and rights (including LIV Golf) with the commercial...more

BakerHostetler

Antitrust Implications Loom Large in PGA Tour-LIV Golf Merger

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In August, we wrote about whether antitrust liability might be in the PGA Tour’s future through a reported DOJ Antitrust Division investigation about the PGA Tour’s actions relating to LIV Golf and about PGA Tour bylaws...more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Canadian Competition Law Reform and Trends in 2022

As we look ahead to the trends and issues likely to be at the forefront of Canadian competition law policy and enforcement in 2022, it is clear that discussion of significant potential legislative reforms will be an important...more

Cozen O'Connor

FTC Reinstates Prior Approval Requirement For Companies With Previous Antitrust Violations

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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), in a 3-2 vote, rescinded a 1995 policy statement that had hindered the FTC’s ability to address anticompetitive mergers and acquisitions. Before the 1995 policy statement, the FTC’s...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

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Public Comment Period on Pharmaceutical Mergers Opens and Exposes Dueling Philosophies Among FTC Commissioners

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The Multilateral Pharmaceutical Merger Task Force, a working group formed by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, State Attorneys General, and counterpart enforcement...more

Epstein Becker & Green

FTC Annual Review Shows Focus on Health Care

On March 25, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released its 2020 Annual Highlights report. The report’s statistics show that 46 percent of the Bureau of Competition’s enforcement actions related to the health care...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

U.S Senate Takes Aim at Big Tech

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Hard on the heels of the muckle of anti-trust filings against the huge U.S. technology companies in the past few months, the United States Senate indicates that clamping down on Big Tech will be a priority for the new...more

White & Case LLP

Changing Roles: the CMA during the Transition Period and beyond

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As the UK departs the European Union, the CMA – the UK competition regulator – is facing a transformation in its mandate. White & Case considers how the CMA will approach its workload during and after the Transition Period...more

Dechert LLP

Big (But Not Bad) Data and Merger Efficiencies

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“Big data” has become one of the hottest subjects for antitrust enforcers around the globe. There is concern that large tech companies are amassing vast amounts of data and will use that data to entrench their dominant...more

A&O Shearman

Five Key Aspects of the Long-Awaited Revised Draft US Vertical Merger Guidelines

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On Friday, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) released joint draft Vertical Merger Guidelines (“Guidelines”) for public comment. This much anticipated...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FTC and DOJ Release Draft Vertical Merger Guidelines

On January 10, 2020 the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released draft guidelines outlining the agencies' "analytical techniques, practices, and enforcement policy" for...more

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DOJ and FTC publish draft vertical merger guidelines

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On Friday, 10 January 2020 the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (collectively, the agencies) announced the publication of draft vertical merger guidelines that describe how the agencies currently...more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update: Sabre vows to fight EU allegations; Agoda unveils its 'Mix and Save' feature; Vacasa acquires...

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This week’s Update features a wide variety of stories, including an update on our own Northwest-based short-term rental management company, Vacasa, which is growing by leaps and bounds. Enjoy....more

Jones Day

Transaction "Designed" to Evade Merger Control Leads to U.S. and EU Penalties

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The Development: Antitrust authorities in the United States and European Union have assessed penalties and fines against Canon, and in the United States, Toshiba, for structuring a transaction to avoid premerger notification...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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FTC Tech Task Force: Temporary Scrutiny or Permanent Focus?

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Bureau of Competition has established a task force dedicated to monitoring competition in U.S. technology markets and taking enforcement actions as warranted. While the remit of the task...more

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