In waning days of the Obama Administration, the U.S. Antitrust Agencies reached three settlements totaling $1.4 million for violations of the premerger notification and waiting period req...
Last year marked the eighth year of enforcement of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law. As discussed below, the year was notable on a number of fronts.
China’s merger control authority, MOFCOM,...
Yesterday, 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 t...
On October 20, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Department of Justice: Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) jointly issued antitrust law guidance for human resource profession...
In a closely watched case that has been pending in the federal courts for over a decade—a series of private lawsuits alleging that Chinese manufacturers had colluded to fix prices of vi...
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...
The past year (2015) saw the seventh year of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”). This note identifies several significant trends in Chinese antitrust enforcement and illustrated the...
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...
