In many respects, 2011 can be considered the most significant year to date in the development of China’s antitrust enforcement regime since the Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”) came into f...
The memorandum addresses recent changes to both the HSR premerger notification filing thresholds and the thresholds that trigger, under Section 8 of the Clayton Act, a prohibition prevent...
On October 13, 2011, the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (“DOJ”), Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) (together, the “U.S. agencies”) and the Competition Directorate-Ge...
Section 7 of the Clayton Act, enacted in 1914 and amended in 1950, is the principal US antitrust statute governing mergers and acquisitions. Section 7 prohibits acquisitions of assets or ...
On July 7, 2011, the FTC published on its website a notice of final rulemaking, setting forth substantial revisions and amendments to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) Premerger Notificat...
The memorandum is addressing recent changes to both the HSR premerger notification filing thresholds and the thresholds that trigger, under Section 8 of the Clayton Act, a prohibition pre...
On September, 24, 2010, the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (“the Division”) announced that six firms — Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Inc., Google Inc., Intel Corp., ...
On August 13, 2010, the FTC published a notice of proposed rulemaking, setting forth substantial proposed revisions and amendments to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) Premerger Notificat...
The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently issued the final revisions to the Horizontal Merger Guidelines (the “2010 Guidelines”). The age...
