On June 29, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced an increase in the maximum civil penalties it may impose for violations of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (“HSR Act”) a...
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice brought a civil action against ValueAct for failing to comply with the waiting period requirements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvem...
The memorandum addresses today’s announced changes to both the HSR premerger notification filing thresholds and the thresholds that trigger, under Section 8 of the Clayton Act, a prohib...
Over three years ago, MOFCOM conditioned its clearance of two hard disk drive transactions on unprecedented hold separate remedies which precluded realization of many of the synergies and...
Ronan Harty authors the United States chapter of Getting the Deal Through: Merger Control 2016, which covers the regulation of mergers and joint ventures in 74 jurisdictions worldwide.
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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) on Monday reached a settlement with fund management company Third Point LLC and its affili...
The Federal Trade Commission commits to weighing costs and benefits of conduct at issue before bringing actions against “unfair methods of competition” under Section 5 of the FTC Act,...
First appellate court decision applying FTC v. Actavis (S.Ct. 2013). Court finds rule of reason analysis should be applied where non-cash consideration - including agreement not to launch...
In November of 2013, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) promulgated a rule that required a Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (“HSR Act”) filing when a transaction res...
In New York v. Actavis PLC, No. 14-4624 (2nd Cir. May 22, 2015), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit became the first appellate court to address a pharmaceutical ind...
