A federal district court in Texas yesterday vacated FTC rules that went into effect last year revising the information parties must submit to the antitrust agencies in merger filings subm...
Three merger settlements announced across industrial sectors last week demonstrate that the U.S. antitrust agencies’ stated openness to structural remedies is real. Transacting parties ...
Davis Polk partner Ronan Harty, counsel Nathan Kiratzis and associates Benjamin Hartman and Anna Kozlowski served as editors of Global CompetitionReview’s Merger Remedies Guide – Six...
Davis Polk partner Ronan Harty and counsel Nathan Kiratzis authored the United States chapter of Lexology’s Panoramic: Merger Control 2026 guide (previously Getting The Deal Through: Me...
On December 18, 2023, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission issued the final version of their revised merger guidelines, which include modest changes from the agencie...
Davis Polk partner Ronan Harty, counsel Nathan Kiratzis and associate Anna Kozlowski served as editors of Global Competition Review’s Merger Remedies Guide – Fifth Edition. The team a...
More than ever, M&A transactions can be subject to detailed antitrust reviews in multiple jurisdictions. This can complicate deal negotiations, extend closing timelines and raise greater ...
Last week, the FTC alleged that a private equity firm undertook a “multi-year anticompetitive scheme” to dominate Texas anesthesiology practices through: (1) “serial” acquisitions...
Last week, the FTC settled a director interlock lawsuit with EQT/Quantum, which is notable for three key reasons: (1) it confirms the FTC’s focus on enforcing the interlocking directora...
On July 19, 2023, the DOJ and FTC released a draft overhaul of the merger guidelines (the Draft Guidelines). Some portions of the Draft Guidelines are consistent with agency practice fro...
