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On October 20, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Department of Justice: Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) jointly issued antitrust law guidance for human resource profession...
In a closely watched case that has been pending in the federal courts for over a decade—a series of private lawsuits alleging that Chinese manufacturers had colluded to fix prices of vi...
On June 29, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced an increase in the maximum civil penalties it may impose for violations of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (“HSR Act”) a...
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice brought a civil action against ValueAct for failing to comply with the waiting period requirements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvem...
The memorandum addresses today’s announced changes to both the HSR premerger notification filing thresholds and the thresholds that trigger, under Section 8 of the Clayton Act, a prohib...
The past year (2015) saw the seventh year of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”). This note identifies several significant trends in Chinese antitrust enforcement and illustrated the...
Over three years ago, MOFCOM conditioned its clearance of two hard disk drive transactions on unprecedented hold separate remedies which precluded realization of many of the synergies and...
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) on Monday reached a settlement with fund management company Third Point LLC and its affili...
The Federal Trade Commission commits to weighing costs and benefits of conduct at issue before bringing actions against “unfair methods of competition” under Section 5 of the FTC Act,...
First appellate court decision applying FTC v. Actavis (S.Ct. 2013). Court finds rule of reason analysis should be applied where non-cash consideration - including agreement not to launch...