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Following a remarkably transparent process, on August 19, 2010, the United States Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission (collectively, the "Agencies") released revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines ("Guidelines").

President Trump's June 1, 2026 proclamation introduces a complex tiered tariff structure for aluminum, steel, and copper derivatives, creating new reduced-rate pathways...

Just when it looked as though the US Supreme Court’s 2006 "Volvo" decision would discourage more price discrimination cases, along comes a court that not only finds a violation but holds a seller in contempt for ceasing sales to a disfavored purchaser.

The implementation of the new Competition Ordinance (Chapter 619 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (the Competition Ordinance) on 14 December 2015 will mark the first time that Hong Kong has a general...law.

From international law firm Arnold & Porter Kaye Sholer LLP comes a timely column that provides views on current regulatory and legislative topics that weigh on the minds of today's physicians and health care executives

On March 20, 2012, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc., holding the claimed diagnostic methods ineligible for patent protection under Section 101 of the Patent Act.

In a bold opinion, Advocate General Kokott of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) attempted to set the record straight regarding the liability of parent companies for infringements conducted by their wholly owned subsidiary(ies).

On Thursday, September 25, the Federal Trade Commission announced and released for public comment proposed changes to the rules governing trials held before the Commission.

The Federal Trade Commission announced on January 13, 2006 revised thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. §18a) ("the HSR Act").

The State Council has released the Several Opinions on Promoting Fair Competition and Maintaining Regular Order in the Market on July 8, 2014.

This Alert focuses on a recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in a multidistrict price-fixing antitrust case.

The Northern District of Ohio recently granted the request of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for a preliminary injunction pending a full administrative trial relating to a Joinder Agreement between ProMedica Health System and St. Luke’s Hospital.

In a world of both increased global trade and global security concerns, the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") and private companies have partnered through the innovative Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism ("C-TPAT") program, which is aimed at securing our borders while facilitating the free flow of legitimate international trade by security-conscious industry members.

Even as local telephone companies grow larger—witness the AT&T-BellSouth megamerger—the Bells continue to jockey for every possible edge over cable companies.

Antitrust and trade regulation updates from around the world.

U.S. domestic producers have filed a petition seeking antidumping and countervailing duties on shopping cart imports from China, alleging dumping margins of 165% to 343% and countervailable subsidies under 32 programs. The investigations cover merchandise imported during specific periods in 2025-2026, with U.S. imports totaling $470.6 million in 2025. If both the Department of Commerce and International Trade Commission issue affirmative determinations, additional duties may be imposed on subject imports to

Dear Readers, Welcome to the eighth edition of Dewey & LeBoeuf’s Antitrust Enforcement: Focus on Criminal Cartels, a quarterly newsletter devoted to developments in criminal antitrust enforcement of international cartels in the United States and around the world.

Under Section 1 of the Sherman Act, which prohibits unreasonable restraints of trade, certain agreements are automatically deemed to be per se unlawful.1 The adverse consequences of violating the per se rule include liability for treble damages and attorneys' fees in civil suits.