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Traditionally, private equity firms were seen as benign investors from an antitrust perspective. This is changing. In the past 12 months, PE-funded acquisitions have faced progressively more rigorous scrutiny by antitrust...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
On June 27, 2023, the FTC and DOJ (the Agencies) jointly announced proposed changes to the HSR premerger notification form. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which appeared in the Federal Register, includes provisions that...more
European Union - In May 2022, the GC upheld the EC's €28 million fine imposed on Canon for gun jumping in the context of a so-called warehousing structure. Interestingly, the GC ruled that the standstill obligation does...more
APRIL – JUNE 2022: KEY THEMES AND TAKEAWAYS - UNITED STATES - • An Overview of Agency Merger Challenges from January 2021 through June 2022 Parties continue to be cautious in litigating challenged transactions. Since...more
APRIL – JUNE 2021: HIGHLIGHTS - UNITED STATES - - The premerger notification landscape continues to shift as filings reach another record high, and the US Congress contemplates increases to filing fees and New York...more
OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2020 UPDATE - UNITED STATES - Despite initial obstacles because of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 rounded out to be the busiest year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) enforcement in the United States...more
The Dechert Antitrust Merger Investigation Timing Tracker (DAMITT) is a quarterly release from Dechert LLP reporting on trends in significant merger control investigations in the United States (U.S.) and European Union (EU). ...more
JULY - SEPTEMBER 2020 UPDATE - UNITED STATES- Mergers and acquisitions in the United States appear to be bouncing back after a muted start to the year due to COVID-19. Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) filings in Q3 2020 were up...more
The global spread of the novel coronavirus has disrupted everyday life all over the world and imposed significant difficulties on the business community. Antitrust merger reviews — and the authorities who conduct those...more
Fast Facts - United States - - The DOJ and FTC concluded 26 significant U.S. merger investigations in 2019 – similar to the level of activity from 2011-2014 under the Obama administration but trailing the activity...more
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (Wilson Sonsini) is pleased to present its 2019 Antitrust Year in Review, which summarizes the most significant antitrust matters and developments of the past year. Over the past few years,...more
This newsletter is our take on the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Elaine Johnston, partner and Global Co-Head of A&O’s Antitrust Group, based in New York, is our editor this month....more
Fast Facts - In the U.S., the number of significant antitrust merger investigations in 2018 reached a near-record low over DAMITT’s eight years of data, while their average duration remained near the record high. - In...more
1. Transition to a Trump Administration is top of the agenda - President-elect Donald Trump's DOJ and FTC transition team appointments and public short list of candidates to run the agencies indicate that antitrust...more