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The U.S. Department of Commerce has launched antidumping and countervailing duty investigations targeting linear hydraulic cylinders from five countries, with petitioners advocating for an unusually broad scope that would trace component origins through multi-country supply chains and apply duties even after third-country assembly.

On Tuesday, the Second Circuit in In Re Vitamin C Antitrust Litigation vacated a $147 million award against two Chinese companies for engaging in anti-competitive behavior

This year's 63rd ABA Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting featured extensive remarks from antitrust regulators forewarning of more vigorous antitrust enforcement in 2015.

A notable recent decision by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York holds that enforcement of a Minimum Advertised Price.

Effective February 12, 2009, the notification thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, 15 USC §18a (2001), (the "HSR Act" or the "Act") will be increased. The increases, which occur annually, are a product of the indexing of the HSR Act’s thresholds required by the 2000 amendments to the Act.

Earlier this month, Apple signaled its intention to petition for writ of certiorari after the Second Circuit upheld Judge Cote's decision to apply per se liability in analyzing the firm's conduct...

Each year, the Federal Trade Commission adjusts the reporting thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 based on the change in gross national product from the prior year.

The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") recently announced and asked for comments on proposed changes to the premerger notification rules under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ("HSR Act").

Margrethe Vestager, head of the European Union's Directorate-General for Competition ("DG Comp"), recently announced that the EU was once again investigating actions of a high-profile tech company...

In Texaco, Inc. v. Dagher, decided on February 28, 2006, the Supreme Court unanimously held that an economically integrated joint venture may set a single price for its own products sold under the separate brand names of the venture’s members without thereby engaging in unlawful price fixing.

Yesterday, the Ninth Circuit ruled in the long awaited O'Bannon v. NCAA case, which challenged NCAA rules that bar student-athletes from "being paid for the use of their names, images, and likenesses"...

The Department of Justice recently announced that Bayer CropScience voluntarily removed potentially anticompetitive provisions from its Premier Performance Program during an ongoing investigation. The program's tying arrangements and exclusivity incentives raised concerns about foreclosing competition in seed markets, highlighting critical antitrust risks that companies with loyalty programs should evaluate before facing enforcement scrutiny.

The Federal Trade Commission has issued new guidance requiring auto dealers to display transparent, all-inclusive pricing in their advertisements. The guidance mandates that advertised prices must reflect the actual amount any consumer can pay, with only government-required charges excluded, and applies across all advertising media including online platforms.

On February 15, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized its Government and Business Impersonation Rule (the Impersonation Rule, available here)...

West Virginia AG Patrick Morrisey filed a lawsuit alleging that McKesson Corporation violated the state consumer protection and controlled substances acts, and committed unfair and deceptive acts or practices.

Aerospace and defense contractors engage in a wide range of mergers, acquisitions and joint venture transactions. Like all companies, aerospace and defense contractors need to be sensitive to antitrust considerations that might limit their ability to complete certain transactions.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued six show cause orders targeting Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators, demanding they justify or reform their interconnection rules for large energy users. As electricity demand surges from data centers and manufacturing facilities, FERC is taking unprecedented action to accelerate how these major consumers connect to the electric grid.

On July 7, 2011, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission published final rules amending the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Premerger Notification Rules, the Premerger Notification and Report Form and the instructions to the Form