Late last week, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the return of what it described as a more streamlined approach to merger review for certain transa...
This week, the FTC obtained record-breaking fines totaling $12 million to settle allegations that merging parties structured their transaction to avoid HSR review. Parties contemplating M...
The FTC and DOJ issued a request for public comment regarding changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act notification form and a potential broader overhaul of the HSR rules. In particula...
Davis Polk partner Sheila Adams James and counsel Gil Ohana and Caroline Ziser Smith authored “AB 325 and SB 763: Amending the Cartwright Act to address algorithmic price fixing” in t...
Two states have passed new laws that make it illegal in certain circumstances to use pricing algorithms that include competitor information as inputs. California Assembly Bill 325 applie...
Late last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement in UnitedHealth’s proposed acquisition of Amedisys that imposed broad divestitures and, notably, a $1.1 million ci...
Washington State and Colorado recently passed laws requiring merging parties to notify the state attorney general regarding certain transactions reportable under federal antitrust law. Th...
The FTC and DOJ recently announced the first settlements of merger enforcement actions reached under the second Trump administration. These actions follow comments from leadership at the ...
On March 18, 2025, the FTC’s two Democratic commissioners were dismissed. The dismissals have sparked additional debate over the constitutionality of independent agencies and increase t...
On January 10, 2025, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other parties filed a complaint in the Eastern District of Texas against the Federal Trade Commission and FTC chair Lina Khan seeking...
