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The Federal Trade Commission has a full complement of commissioners and a new Chair. Hours after Lina Khan

On December 6, 2013, Frank Peake, former president of Sea Star Line, was sentenced to five years in prison and a $25,000 criminal fine.

On December 16, 2020, Texas' Attorney General together with nine other U.S. States filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google's advertising technology business (Texas et al v. Google).

In July of this year, the European Commission imposed fines on French pharmaceutical company Servier and five generic drug makers, including Lupin Ltd., totaling €427.7 million.

Managing Partner Jeny Maier appeared on the Capitol Forum's ABA Spring 2025 Interview Series to discuss the antitrust M&A enforcement landscape under the new Trump administration.

On March 15, 2012, the UK government announced its plan to merge the country's two competition authorities, the Competition Commission and the Office of Fair Trading, to create a single enforcement agency, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Among other duties, the CMA will be responsible for merger review, market investigations and cartel enforcement.

On April 30, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 opinion in AT& T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion that California state law deeming class action waivers in arbitration agreements unenforceable in certain circumstances is preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act because it "stands as an obstacle to the accomplishment and execution of the full purposes and objectives of Congress."

McDermott's Antitrust M&A Snapshot is a resource for in-house counsel and others who deal with antitrust M&A issues but are not faced with these issues on a daily basis.

The FTC dismissed six of the seven unfair competition claims it brought under Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act against McWane, Inc.

As U.S. meat packaging and processing companies persevere to supply the nation's grocery shelves during the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

On December 1, it was announced that the Mexican Federal Competition Commission ("Cofeco") had imposed a fine of pesos $47.5 million (approximately US $3.7 million) on Grupo Televisa, which is controlled by Mr. Emilio Azcárraga Jean, for refusing to provide certain television content to a cable television competitor.

On January 6, two Michigan Congressmen – Representative John Conyers (D-Mich) and Representative Dan Benishek (R-Mich) – introduced the "Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2015."

Twin brothers Matt and Ryan Bewley, former five-star prospects who signed to play basketball at Chicago State this season, sued the NCAA in federal court...

Federal enforcers continue to refine the tools they use in merger enforcement—including the use of prior approval provisions, once considered an extraordinary remedy in merger settlements.

China’s National Development and Reform Commission announced that it had instructed the Jilin Province Price Bureau to impose fines totaling 114 million RMB on three cement companies.

Although the Guidelines are sound, it is time to modernize them to reflect changes in the law since they were issued."

In this article for Competition Policy International, Koren Wong-Ervin and former FTC economist Jeremy Sandford discuss the new DOJ-FTC Merger Guidelines, focusing on strategies and practical guidance...

Two new Hughes Hubbard partners will share their expertise in finance and antitrust during Hughes Hubbard’s 5th annual Latin America seminar, "Profiting from the Global Recovery in Latin America."