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Antitrust Practice
On August 19, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (together, the agencies) issued new Horizontal Merger Guidelines (the Guidelines) to explain and clarify their current enforcemen... more
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that it is proposing changes to the HartScottRodino Act (HSR Act) premerger notification form and rules. Almost every aspect of the form will be affected in some way. Wi... more
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced today that it will lower the HartScottRodino Act (HSR Act) jurisdictional and filing-fee thresholds. The notice will be published in the Federal Register shortly; the new t... more
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Antitrust Practice
Effective March 25, 2009, amendments to the German competition law will significantly reduce the number of transactions subject to premerger notification and clearance in Germany. Up until now, the German turnover thresholds... more
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Antitrust Practice
On December 18, the federal government sued to break up a consummated merger for the second time in two days. The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice alleged that Microsemi Corporation’s acquisition of Se... more
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Antitrust Practice
The German Ministry of Economics recently proposed amendments to the German competition law that would eliminate the need for a pre-closing filing and observation of the one-month waiting period for transactions that raise litt... more
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Antitrust Practice
A split panel of the D.C. circuit recently overturned a district court decision denying the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC's) request for a preliminary injunction (PI) to block the Whole Foods/Wild Oats merger. The panel's d... more
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Antitrust
On July 9, 2007, the European Court of First Instance handed down a judgment in favor of Apollo Management and Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc., upholding Hexion’s acquisition of Akzo Nobel’s Inks and Adhesives Resin... more
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Antitrust
Fewer transactions will require notification in Germany if a recent lower court decision holds up. The court that reviews Federal Cartel Office (FCO) decisions, the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court, recently broadened the ... more
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Stephen Mahinka, Harry Robins