Davis Polk partner Ronan Harty and counsel Mary Marks authored the United States chapter in the twenty-sixth edition of Getting The Deal Through: Merger Control. The book provides interna...
The Federal Trade Commission has announced that a “tidal wave” of HSR filings has strained its capacity to review mergers, and that, for transactions the FTC is not able to investigat...
President Biden signed an ambitious Executive Order on July 9, 2021, which pushes several federal agencies to advance competition principles in a range of economic sectors, and establishe...
As bipartisan support for antitrust reform gains steam, legislative proposals from both sides of the aisle have proliferated. To date, Congress has advanced to a vote only relatively mode...
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Davis Polk’s preeminent antitrust group hosted a panel discussion on key developments in the antitrust landscape during the first five months of the Biden-Harris administration and expe...
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court held in AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC that the FTC does not have authority to seek disgorgement or restitution under Section 13(b) of the F...
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...
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...