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ValueAct Capital Partners, L.P. and its affiliates (“ValueAct”) will pay a civil penalty of $1.1 million pursuant to a complaint and stipulated judgment filed December 19, 2007, at the request of the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”).

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published notice August 11, 2010, announcing the petitions it has accepted in connection with the 2009 Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)

On January 6, 2016 the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") issued the report Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion? Understanding the Issues ("Report"), based on prior workshops and subsequent public comments on Big Data usage.

On 20 September 2012, the European Commission Directorate-General for Competition and China's National Development and Reform Commission ("NDRC") and State Administration for Industry and Commerce ("SAIC") signed a Memorandum of Understanding to increase their cooperation and coordination on antitrust matters between the EU and China.

This article is the latest in a series from McDonald Hopkins' Trade Secret, Non-Compete, and Unfair Competition team covering the FTC's decision...

In a rare court decision on the enforceability of agency subpoenas, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has ruled that the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") is entitled to receive documents from the Canadian subsidiary of Church & Dwight Co. ("C&D") relating to the sale and distribution of condoms and other products in Canada as part of the agency's investigation of the company's U.S. condom marketing practices.

California's new COMPETE Act fundamentally transforms state antitrust enforcement by extending the Cartwright Act to cover single-firm monopolization conduct for the first time. The legislation introduces a "substantial market power" standard and directs courts to interpret California antitrust laws liberally, departing significantly from federal precedent. Companies operating in California face new regulatory scrutiny over pricing, distribution, purchasing, and labor market practices...

The U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework is a compliance tool for companies that wish to transfer personal data from the European Union/European Economic Area to the U.S.

Soon after someone settles "gun jumping" charges, client alerts and blog posts with informative titles like "DOJ Settlement Resolves ‘Gun Jumping’ Charges" start flying around.

Since 2008, cable customers have been suing cable operators across the country claiming operators violate the antitrust laws by forcing customers to lease set-top boxes from the operator to access "premium" cable services.

The Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice has challenged the use of "most favored nation" clauses by an alleged dominant health insurer, contending that contracts guaranteeing a buyer the lowest price may exclude competition.

On April 20, 2010, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its much anticipated draft revisions to the Horizontal Merger Guidelines. The Guidelines are used by the FTC and Department of Justice (DOJ) to assess the likely competitive impact of mergers under US antitrust laws.

The FTC announced that it sent warning letters to more than 60 national advertisers regarding the inadequacy of disclosures in their television and print ads.

Merging companies whose deals fall below the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) merger filing threshold may think that once they have completed their merger and integration is finished, there is no longer any threat that the federal antitrust law enforcers, the FTC or DOJ, will challenge their deal.

After six weeks of trial and two days of deliberation, the jury has returned its verdict in favor of the defendants in In re: Nexium.

The Federal Trade Commission has secured a settlement in the first federal Robinson-Patman Act (the Act) enforcement action in more than two decades. Originally filed by the prior administration in December 2024, the lawsuit alleged Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, LLC (SGWS) was the largest wholesaler of wine and spirits in the United States and routinely charged small, independent retailers prices higher than those charged to larger national or regional chains in violation of the Act’s prohibition on price discrimination.

With economic globalization, corporations around the world have developed heightened sensitivities to antitrust issues.

The federal district court of New Mexico refused to grant the Federal Trade Commission’s motion for a preliminary injunction to stop the proposed merger between Western Refining, Inc. and Giant Industries, Inc. Federal Trade Commission v. Foster, et al., No. CIV 07-352 (D.N.M. May 29, 2007).