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On January 7, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement with three crude oil producers in which those companies will pay a $5.6 million fine...

Among the more common arguments against robust enforcement of the FCPA — or even against its very existence — is that it puts American corporations abroad on the bad foot.

In a notable development, President Trump issued an Executive Order on Monday, February 10, 2025, "pausing" enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act...

On September 24, 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") filed suit against six high-tech companies - Adobe Systems, Apple, Google, Intel, Pixar, and Intuit - charging that their agreements to refrain from "cold calling" each other’s employees for employment are illegal under federal antitrust law.

US antitrust authority Federal Trade Commission proposed a new rule that would prohibit employers from imposing noncompete clauses on their employees' contracts, which is a common practice...

On May 5, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division issued a joint letter to federal agencies directing them to identify and submit a list of anticompetitive regulations...

The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from six states – California, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Washington, and Wisconsin – have reached an agreement to end their challenge to Amgen Inc.

Expanding the range of ways they can identify and investigate potential competition concerns in healthcare, DOJ, FTC, and HHS recently announced the introduction of HealthyCompetition.gov...

Health care antitrust is becoming an increasingly prevalent issue at the state level. Effective January 1, 2024, Illinois' new premerger notification law requires parties...

In the PE Hub article "Sheppard Mullin: Regulatory Scrutiny of PE Healthcare Investments is Here to Stay," Bevin Newman, a partner in the firm's Antitrust & Competition

On July 16, 2012, the Third Circuit issued a key ruling in In re K-Dur Antitrust Litigation regarding so-called "reverse payment" settlement agreements, which are not uncommon in the pharmaceutical industry.

Understanding the U.S. market for alcohol beverages, including beer, requires an understanding of the three-tier system. Whether viewed with deep reverence or great scorn...

During a special session of the World Trade Organization's ("WTO") Dispute Settlement Body, the United States formally opposed Canada's bid for US$2.5 billion in annual retaliatory tariffs.

In this webinar we will discuss the latest trends relating to antitrust enforcement in life sciences, from federal and state enforcers to private plaintiffs, and offer guidance for navigating these increasingly hostile waters.

Having dismissed the Sherman Act Section 1 conspiracy and Section 2 monopolization claims of Suture Express in August 2013, a federal judge in Kansas, on April 11, 2016, tossed the remainder of plaintiff's $200 million claim...

With 18 new Attorneys General assuming their new roles this year − an unprecedented changing of the legal guardians − much of the old-school ways of collaboration may be in jeopardy.

On June 4, 2026, Crowell Partners Caroline Brown and Anand Sithian hosted the ACSS New York Chapter at the New York office for an in-person panel discussion titled...