On March 23-26, 2021, the American Bar Association’s Section of Antitrust Law held its annual Spring Meeting virtually. This annual event—which brings together government enforcers, ...
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...
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 ...
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.,...
Davis Polk partner Ronan Harty and counsel Mary Marks authored the “United States” chapter of Getting the Deal Through: Merger Control 2021, which covers the regulation of mergers and...
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...
