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Antitrust Counseling and Compliance

Government Contractors Facing Increased Antitrust ScrutinyHigher Filing Thresholds for HSR Act Premerger Notifications and Interlocking Directorates AnnouncedAntitrust Scrutiny Heating Up in Oil and Gas Industries

Artificial Intelligence

AI Under the Antitrust Microscope: Competition Enforcers Focusing on Generative AI from All Angles

California Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law

California Jury Awards Millions to Cannabis Company in Antitrust CaseAmended California Price Gouging Law Closes Potential LoopholesN.D. Cal. Releases Comprehensive Procedural Guidance for Class Action Settlements

Cartel Investigations and Litigation

Recent Antitrust Leniency Program Revisions Examined in ABA’s 2023 Edition of the Antitrust Cartel Leniency and Sentencing HandbookGovernment Contractors Facing Increased Antitrust ScrutinyCongress Misses Opportunity to Bolster Flagging Cartel Enforcement through Whistleblowers

Consumer Protection

Federal Trade Commission Focused on Right to Repair RestrictionsStates Target Infant Formula Price GougingTreasury Department Recommends Antitrust Reform in Alcohol Markets

Coronavirus

Amended California Price Gouging Law Closes Potential LoopholesDOJ and FTC Issue Joint Statement Regarding COVID-19 and Antitrust ViolationsDOJ Issues First Business Review Letter Approving Competitor Collaboration In Response To COVID-19

Criminal / DOJ

AI Under the Antitrust Microscope: Competition Enforcers Focusing on Generative AI from All AnglesA Big Deal: FTC and DOJ Issue Long-Awaited New Draft Merger GuidelinesGovernment Contracting Companies Beware: DOJ’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force is Global, Growing, and Going Strong

Energy

Six Key Considerations for Transitioning Existing Fossil Fuel Transport, Storage and Electricity Generation Assets to New Uses

EU Competition and Regulatory

The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation: New Rules for All Companies Active in the EUUpdated EU Competition Rules for Vertical AgreementsThe European Commission Adopts a Proposal for a Regulation on Foreign Subsidies Distorting the Internal Market

FERC

Six Key Considerations for Transitioning Existing Fossil Fuel Transport, Storage and Electricity Generation Assets to New Uses

FTC

Antitrust Enforcement Agencies Continue to Target Interlocking Directorate ArrangementsAI Under the Antitrust Microscope: Competition Enforcers Focusing on Generative AI from All AnglesA Big Deal: FTC and DOJ Issue Long-Awaited New Draft Merger Guidelines

Government Merger and Civil Conduct Investigations

Looking Ahead to Tougher Merger Guidelines and EnforcementBack to the “Good Old Days”: FTC Announces Return to Prior Merger Approval RegimeIs There an HSR Sea Change on the Horizon? Advance Notice Seeks Information on Possible Amendments to Numerous Provisions of the HSR Rules

Healthcare / Antitrust

Connecticut Governor Signs Health Care Legislation to Reduce Costs and Increase CompetitionHot Antitrust Enforcement Climate Reaches Private EquityDOJ Loses Third Consecutive Antitrust Labor Trial

Intellectual Property / Antitrust

An EC Communication on SEPs – Not More Not LessIs Antitrust Law a Viable Substitute for Net Neutrality?Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Joint Conduct

International Counseling

Navigating Dangerous Shoals: The Murky but Critical Territorial Boundaries of U.S. Antitrust JurisdictionBetween a Rock and a Hard Place: Vitamin C and the Future of U.S. Antitrust Enforcement Against Chinese Companies *

Merger Control

Higher Jurisdictional and Filing Fees Thresholds for HSR Act Premerger Notifications and Interlocking Directorates AnnouncedNew Law Substantially Increases HSR Filing Fees for Large TransactionsDOJ Sues to Block Merger Between Booz Allen Hamilton and EverWatch Based on Antitrust Concerns Relating to Single-Contract Market

Merger Review

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: FTC Proposes to Redesign and Dramatically Expand the Scope of the HSR Act Filing ProcessTell Me More – Antitrust Agencies to Demand More Information from Investment Funds

Private Civil Antitrust Litigation

Congress Misses Opportunity to Bolster Flagging Cartel Enforcement through WhistleblowersU.S. Courts Annual Review: Supreme CourtNavigating Dangerous Shoals: The Murky but Critical Territorial Boundaries of U.S. Antitrust Jurisdiction

Private Equity

Hot Antitrust Enforcement Climate Reaches Private Equity

Uncategorized

FTC Temporarily Halts Proposed DraftKings-FanDuel MergerFTC Suffers Setback in Campaign to Slow the Rising Tide of Healthcare ConsolidationsEuropean Court of Justice to Rule on Legality of Online Sales Bans
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