2019 marked the eleventh anniversary of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law, which takes several noteworthy steps to refine and streamline antitrust enforcement in China. The arrival of the first...
Today, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced revised Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) reporting thresholds under which transactions will be reportable only if, as a result of such trans...
On January 10, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission released a long-awaited draft of new Vertical Merger Guidelines. The draft Guidelines are broadly consist...
On January 9, 2020, the FTC held a workshop entitled “Non-Competes in the Workplace: Examining Antitrust and Consumer Protection Issues.” This workshop is part of a growing interest i...
Davis Polk partners Arthur Burke, Arthur Golden, Ronan Harty, Jon Leibowitz, Neal Potischman, Howard Shelanski and Jesse Solomon and counsel Christopher Lynch and Mary Marks authored a ...
On November 6, 2019, the FTC unanimously found that a consummated 2017 merger of prosthetics manufacturers violated United States antitrust law, ordering the purchaser to divest completel...
The U.S. antitrust agencies have struggled for decades to provide comprehensive guidance on the antitrust treatment of so-called vertical mergers—generally, mergers of two companies at ...
The Federal Trade Commission recently obtained a fine from Third Point LLC and three of its funds for alleged violations of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 that a...
Davis Polk partner Ronan Harty and counsel Mary Marks authored the “United States” chapter in the twenty-fourth edition of Getting The Deal Through: Merger Control. The book provides ...
