On July 10, 2023, Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California denied the FTC’s motion for a preliminary injunction to block Microsof...
The U.S. antitrust authorities have proposed extensive changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino filing requirements. If implemented, these changes will obligate filing parties to provide substant...
On February 3, the DOJ’s Antitrust Division withdrew three “outdated” policy statements. Those statements described certain antitrust safe harbors that companies in the healthcare ...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced revised Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) reporting thresholds and filing fee amounts, up to a $2.25 million fee for the largest deals. Under th...
In a sweeping and controversial move, the FTC has proposed a rule that would bar almost all employment non-competes and require rescission of existing non-competes. The proposed rule is s...
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...
