In the U.S., some members of Congress and state AGs have advocated for greater antitrust scrutiny of industry-wide ESG initiatives, while other state AGs have argued that such initiatives...
On November 10, the FTC issued a long-awaited FTC Act Section 5 policy statement on “unfair methods of competition.” The statement adopts an expansive view of FTC authority and sets f...
Under the Biden administration, the U.S. antitrust agencies are taking an aggressive approach to merger enforcement, and have outlined strategies that move away from historical merger rev...
Since President Biden issued his July 2021 Executive Order on Competition, the antitrust agencies have made broad policy statements promising more aggressive enforcement and have initiate...
Today, the Senate confirmed Alvaro Bedoya as the fifth FTC Commissioner, reinstating the agency’s Democratic majority and setting the stage for increased antitrust enforcement and polic...
DOJ and FTC leaders recently discussed several key merger enforcement initiatives, which reflect a continued focus on aggressive policing of proposed transactions. Agency leaders appear ...
At a recent meeting of government enforcers and antitrust practitioners, Department of Justice (DOJ) officials outlined several initiatives reflecting a commitment to more aggressive crim...
At last week’s Enforcers Summit, leaders of various U.S. and international antitrust enforcement agencies set forth their enforcement priorities. The new heads of the U.S. antitrust age...
Thirteen years into China’s antitrust regime, Chinese antitrust enforcement reflects both Western trends, including a focus on technology companies and more aggressive enforcement, and ...
Amid an uptick in merger filings, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), led by Chair Lina Khan, and the Antitrust Division of Department of Justice (DOJ), led by Assistant Attorney General ...
