On 26 March 2021, the European Commission published new guidance on when it will accept referrals from EU National Competition Authorities to review deals involving potential “killer ac...
On March 16, 2021, a coalition of international and U.S. antitrust authorities announced their formation of a joint working group to reevaluate their approach to reviewing mergers in the ...
Many have anticipated that the Biden Administration and Democratic-controlled Congress would push for changes in antitrust enforcement policy, particularly with respect to mergers. There...
Today, the Federal Trade Commission announced revised Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) reporting thresholds. Under the new thresholds, a transaction will be reportable only if, as a result of ...
2020 marked the twelfth anniversary of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law. Over the course of the past year, the Chinese authorities made it clear that they expect to be full participants in th...
Concern about protecting “nascent” competition is a hot topic in the antitrust world. In particular, enforcement authorities and others are expressing heightened interest in acquisiti...
On September 21, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking pertaining to pre-merger notification rules under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act that was joined b...
The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Antitrust Division recently updated its Civil Investigative Demand (“CID”) forms and deposition procedures to provide clear notice to CID recipie...
On September 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice released its updated Merger Remedies Manual. The Manual emphasizes the DOJ’s strong preference for “structural” remedies (i.e.,...
On June 30, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission released a final version of the agencies’ updated Vertical Merger Guidelines. The updated Guidelines are br...
