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A three-judge panel for the 6th Circuit unanimously ordered ProMedica Health System to unwind its merger with a local Ohio hospital.

Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice issued revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines.

In the United States, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) faced new issues this quarter with the unprecedented challenges brought about by the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Antitrust regulators in the United States and Europe were very active in the final quarter of 2018 closing a large number of cases requiring in-depth investigations.

The second quarter of 2019 proved to be a busy season for antitrust matters. In the United States, agencies continued to be aggressive and blocked transactions or required significant remedies

The first quarter of 2019 proved to be as active as ever for antitrust regulators in both the United States and Europe.

Abbott agreed to acquire Alere on January 30, 2016, for $5.8 billion. Soon afterward (on April 28, 2016), Abbott also agreed to acquire St. Jude Medical Inc. for $25 billion.

Jeff Jaeckel, Alex Okuliar, David Shaw, and Evan Harris authored an article for Global Competition Review discussing the competition-related merger review process in the United States.

Bryan Marra, Senior Attorney in the Antitrust practice group, was featured in the article "AI's Expanding Role in Antitrust: How LLMs Are Changing Regulatory Reviews," published by Lighthouse and JD Supra

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently reversed its position on how to calculate the size-of-transaction for HSR purposes in connection with leveraged buyouts (LBOs).

After eighteen months of investigation and litigation, a federal district court has rejected the Justice Department's challenge to AT&T's $108 million acquisition of Time Warner Inc.

On Dec. 1, 2010, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) challenged Laboratory Corp. of America's $57.5 million acquisition of Westcliff Medical Laboratories Inc., a rival clinical laboratory testing company, alleging that the transaction would harm competition in Southern California.

Thirteen Democratic AGs, led by Colorado AG Phil Weiser, have moved to intervene in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California's review of an antitrust settlement...

Deputy Assistant Attorney General Michael Murray described the DOJ's "muscular role" in the enforcement of antitrust regulation in the financial markets.

On April 12, 2023, the European Commission informed Broadcom Inc. of its preliminary view that its proposed acquisition of VMware Inc. may harm competition in the market...

These guidelines describe and guide the agencies' review of mergers and acquisitions to assess the potential to harm competition.

On May 9, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) posted an article summarizing recent developments and areas of competitive sensitivity in the acquisition of partial equity interests.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") released a staff report earlier this month that provides new data on the agency’s horizontal merger investigations.