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...
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...
The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, together with the U.S. Postal Service, has announced a whistleblower rewards program, its first ever for criminal antitrust cases.
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...
As the first month of the Trump administration comes to a close, we provide updates on key developments in Trump 2.0 antitrust enforcement, particularly focused on merger review. Early h...
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...
The Federal Trade Commission has announced 2025 Hart-Scott-Rodino Act reporting thresholds starting at $126.4 million and filing fee amounts up to $2.39 million for the largest deals. Th...
On January 7, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission announced the imposition of a record $5.6 million “gun-jumping” fine in connection with a 2021/22 merger of oil producers XCL Resource...
Yesterday, the FTC issued a final rule making significant changes to the content of HSR filings. The new rule will require filing parties to provide substantially more documents and info...
