Antitrust Alerts

Nov.02.2021	Crowell & Moring Secures Victory for Marriott International in High-Profile Jury Trial
Oct.27.2021	FTC Plans to Impose Prior Approval Requirements for Future Transactions
Oct.07.2021	Ninth Circuit Limits Nationwide Antitrust Class Actions By Indirect Purchasers
Sep.29.2021	More Changes to Merger Review at the FTC – Parties Should Expect a “More Rigorous” Second Request Process
Aug.24.2021	EU Commission Publishes Draft New Rules for Distribution Agreements: What’s to Come for Distribution Relationships in the Digital Age?
Jul.21.2021	Change is Coming: Current and Proposed Institutional Reform in Competition Law and The Path Forward
Jul.09.2021	Biden Executive Order on Competition Includes Directives to Increase Antitrust Enforcement
Jul.07.2021	Belgian Competition Authority Fines Caudalie for Imposing Minimum Resale Prices and Online Sales Restrictions on Its Selective Distributors
Jul.06.2021	New UK subsidy control regime designed to provide quicker and more flexible support to UK businesses
Jun.29.2021	House Antitrust Reform Bills Could Restrict How the Largest Online Platforms Do Business and Influence Future Enforcement Trends
Jun.23.2021	NCAA v. Alston Signals Peril for the NCAA’s Amateurism Defense But Implications for Antitrust Go Well-Beyond Collegiate Sports
Jun.21.2021	The Second Circuit Tells the FTC to Check Its Proscription on 1-800 Contacts
Jun.15.2021	While Federal Antitrust Reform Legislation Slowly Moves Along, States May Chart Their Own Course
May.18.2021	European Commission Proposal on Foreign Subsidies: Towards a Globalization of EU State Aid Control?
Apr.27.2021	China Continues Focus on Tech Industry with High-Profile Antitrust Enforcement Actions
Apr.09.2021	GSA Bid Rigging Case Nets Another Guilty Plea
Apr.07.2021	House Antitrust Subcommittee Examines Monopoly Power and Considers Calls for More Aggressive Enforcement
Apr.05.2021	Illumina/Grail – FTC’s First Vertical Merger Challenge in Decades
Apr.02.2021	DOJ Makes Good on Its Vow to Bring More No-Poach Prosecutions
Mar.25.2021	Antitrust Division Praises Early Success and Heralds New Endeavors for Procurement Collusion Strike Force
Mar.19.2021	A Harder Pill to Swallow? International Working Group Aims to Enhance Pharmaceutical-Merger Reviews
Mar.15.2021	Court Preliminarily Approves $575 Million Antitrust Settlement Limiting Sutter Health’s Contracting Practices, While Another Grants Partial Summary Judgment for Sutter
Feb.25.2021	“A Poster Child for Divestiture”: Fourth Circuit Upholds First Ever Court-Ordered Break-Up of Years-Old Merger in Private Suit
Feb.04.2021	Early Termination of Merger Reviews "Temporarily" Suspended
Feb.02.2021	FTC Announces New HSR and Section 8 Thresholds
Feb.02.2021	State Aid in Times of COVID-19: European Commission Prolongs and Expands Temporary COVID-19 State Aid Framework
Jan.14.2021	New Legislation Eliminates Long-Standing Antitrust Immunity for Health Insurers
Jan.12.2021	Digital Services Act: The European Commission Proposes An Updated Accountability Framework For Online Services
Jan.07.2021	On the Rocks No More: FTC Approves $1 Billion Deal Between Low-Price Liquor Rivals With Unusual Remedy
Jan.06.2021	A Partisan Tale: The FTC's Vertical Merger Enforcement Commentary
Jan.05.2021	Digital Markets Act: The European Commission Unveils Plans to Regulate Digital 'Gatekeepers'
Dec.11.2020	DOJ Brings First Criminal Charges for Collusion in Labor Markets
Dec.09.2020	Brotherly Love: Philadelphia Federal Court Allows Jefferson-Einstein Hospital Union to Move Forward Over Government Objections
Dec.09.2020	New EU Proposals to Regulate Digital Markets – What to Expect
Nov.13.2020	DOJ's Procurement Collusion Strike Force Amps Up Its Enforcement Ranks
Oct.27.2020	Procurement Collusion Strike Force Brings First Case Against Government Contractor in North Carolina
Oct.26.2020	EU Commission Provides a Glimpse of What’s to Come for Distribution Relationships in the Digital Age
Oct.09.2020	House Antitrust Digital Markets Report Proposes Vast Overhaul of Antitrust Law and Enforcement
Sep.29.2020	DOJ Antitrust Division Takes "Extraordinary Step" in Issuing Supplemental Business Review Letter to IEEE
Aug.28.2020	U.K. Supreme Court Affirms Global FRAND Rate-Setting Procedure in U.K. National Courts
Aug.25.2020	DOJ Antitrust Division Announces Organizational Changes Focused On Increasing Prosecution of Consent Decree Violations and Civil Conduct Offenses
Aug.21.2020	No License, No Chips, No Problem: Ninth Circuit Vacates Injunction in FTC v. Qualcomm
Aug.12.2020	Annulment of EC Prohibition of Telecoms Merger Creates Uncertainty for Mergers in Tight Markets
Jul.01.2020	Antitrust Agencies Launch Vertical Merger Guidelines, Still Fall Flat with Two FTC Commissioners
Jun.24.2020	Antitrust Division Update Affirms Continued Efforts of Procurement Collusion Strike Force
Jun.17.2020	AAG Delrahim Touts Success of DOJ’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force on International Stage
May.29.2020	Managing Expectations: FTC Cautions Against Reliance on the Failing Firm Defense
May.05.2020	With $100 Million Fine in Oncology Market Allocation Case, DOJ Sets its Sights on Anticompetitive Conduct Among Specialty Providers
Apr.28.2020	State Aid in Times of COVID-19: Hard Times Call for a Soft(er) Approach - Part II
Updated April 28, 2020	State Aid in Times of COVID-19: Hard Times Call for a Soft(er) Approach
Apr.27.2020	European Competition Authorities Provide Guidance on Application of Competition Rules in Times of COVID-19 - Part II
Apr.24.2020	DOJ Continues Expedited Approval of COVID-19 Related Competitor Collaborations
Apr.24.2020	European Merger Control in Times of COVID-19: Delays Until Further Notice
Apr.16.2020	DOJ and FTC Warn Companies to Avoid Anticompetitive Employment Practices During COVID-19 Pandemic
Mar.30.2020	FTC Announces Resumption of Early Termination for HSR Filings
Mar.25.2020	EU Court of Justice Confirms Approach to Reverse Payment Settlements
Mar.25.2020	DOJ & FTC Facilitate Lawful Collaborations to Respond to COVID-19
Mar.23.2020	European Competition Authorities Provide Guidance on Application of Competition Rules in Times of COVID-19
Mar.10.2020	Collaborative Crisis Response: Antitrust Compliance & the Coronavirus Outbreak
Mar.04.2020	DOJ Antitrust Division Assistant Criminal Chief and USPS IG Special Agent Talk Procurement Collusion Strike Force
Feb.27.2020	ABA Hosts Joint Meeting to Discuss Procurement Collusion Strike Force
Feb.21.2020	Senior DOJ Official Reinforces Role of Leniency, Compliance Programs to Deter Bid Rigging and Anticompetitive Procurement Conduct
Feb.20.2020	WMATA OIG Announces Partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force
Feb.13.2020	DOJ Approves Group Purchasing Activities that Fall Outside “Antitrust Safety Zone”
Feb.11.2020	ABA Hosts Joint Meeting to Discuss Procurement Collusion Strike Force
Feb.03.2020	Merging Parties Beware: DOJ Follows Through on Promise to Vigorously Enforce Merger Consent Decrees
Jan.28.2020	FTC Announces New HSR and Section 8 Thresholds
Jan.27.2020	Senior DOJ Official Discloses Uptick in Referrals to Antitrust Division’s New Procurement Collusion Strike Force
Jan.17.2020	DOJ Secures Another Extradition on Antitrust Charges
Jan.15.2020	FTC and DOJ Issue Draft of Long-Anticipated Vertical Merger Guidelines
Nov.12.2019	FTC Orders Consummated Merger To Be Unwound
Nov.06.2019	DOJ Announces Antitrust Strike Force Focused on Public Procurements
Sep.12.2019	In Unprecedented Move, DOJ Turns to Binding Arbitration in Merger Challenge
Jul.30.2019	European Commission Continues Promotion of Cartel Damages Claims in Pass-On Guidelines
Jul.29.2019	EU Regulates Online Platforms and Search Engines
Jul.16.2019	DOJ Puts Antitrust Compliance Programs in the Spotlight
Jun.14.2019	Reform of Belgian Competition Law & New Rules in B2B Relationships
Jun.03.2019	District Court Decision in FTC v. Qualcomm Spawns Controversy: Four Issues to Watch on Appeal
May.23.2019	An App Store Set Up This Way Won’t Keep The Plaintiffs Away: Six Antitrust Takeaways from Last Week’s Apple v. Pepper Decision
May.20.2019	EU Parliament Approves Draft Whistleblowing Directive at First Reading
Apr.16.2019	European Commission Ramps up Procedural Penalties in Merger Cases with €52 Million Fine for Negligent Provision of Incorrect Information
Apr.04.2019	Second Landmark EU Judgment on Antitrust Damages Actions Extends Limitation Periods to the Benefit of Claimants
Mar.21.2019	Landmark EU Judgment Extends Range of Entities Liable for Antitrust Damages
Mar.04.2019	At the Intersection of Competition and Data Protection Law
Mar.01.2019	2018 Antitrust M&A Year in Review
Feb.19.2019	FTC Announces New HSR and Section 8 Thresholds
Feb.14.2019	The Antitrust Division Takes the New Madison Approach to Court in u-blox v. InterDigital
Jan.31.2019	Cartel Enforcement Update: DOJ Antitrust Fines Appear To Be on the Rise Again
Jan.14.2019	Antitrust Risks Beyond the Deal: When Merger Investigations Lead to Civil/Criminal Antitrust Charges and Costly Follow-On Litigation
Jan.10.2019	Open Season: Multi-Agency Report Makes Recommendations to Free the Health Care Sector from Overregulation and Enhance Competition

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