The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) yesterday fined John C. Malone, CEO and Chairman of Discovery Holding Company (“Discovery”), $1.4 million to settle allegations that he violat...
Christine A. Varney, the Assistant Attorney General who serves as the head of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), announced yesterday that the DOJ plans to pu...
Despite credit market turmoil and declines in deal activity, antitrust remains an important consideration in M&A transactions involving private equity buyers and sellers. The Obama admini...
The Supreme Court unanimously held in Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. Linkline Communications, Inc. (decided February 25, 2009) that price squeeze claims are not cognizable absent a duty-to...
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently published two notices amending (i) jurisdictional and exemption-related thresholds under, and (ii) maximum civil penalties for violations...
Last week, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission separately filed complaints in federal district court seeking to unwind two different closed mergers which were not s...
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) on Monday fined two investment funds, ESL Partners, L.P. (“ESL”) and ZAM Holdings, L.P. (“ZAM”), $525,000 and $275,000, respectively, for ...
The Federal Trade Commission today published a notice to amend the premerger notification rules under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (“HSR Act”)....
We report three significant developments in antitrust law which have occurred since our last update in late April. As described below, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently ch...
There have been two significant antitrust law developments since our last update on March 13, 2006: a settlement of an action for alleged pre-merger “gun-jumping” activity, and a sett...
