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08/30/10 New Merger Rules: Boon or Bane? CFO
Morgan Lewis Antitrust partner Harry Robins discusses the benefits of the Federal Trade Commission's proposed changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act's premerger notification form and speaks about the changes that will reduce the burden on filing parties.
08/19/10 Morgan Lewis Advises Phoenix Technologies on Acquisition by Marlin Equity Partners
On Tuesday, Phoenix Technologies Ltd. entered into a definitive merger agreement with Marlin Equity Partners, where Marlin will acquire all outstanding shares of Phoenix stock for $3.85 per share, or approximately $139 million.
05/11/10 Morgan Lewis Advises BG Group on $930 Million Transaction
BG Group this week announced that it has entered into further joint venture arrangements with its US shale partner, EXCO Resources, Inc.
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Nearly 50 professionals dedicated to antitrust law

Representation before competition authorities in the United States, the European Union and its member states, China, and Japan

Experience in senior positions with antitrust enforcement agencies:

  • Senior Trial Counsel for the Federal Trade Commission
  • Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice
  • Assistant Chief in the Communications and Finance Section of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice

Honors

Chambers USA 2009 - Recommended in Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania for Antitrust

Chambers Europe 2010 – Recommended in Belgium for Competition/European Law

Chambers Global 2010 – Recommended in Belgium for Competition/European Law

PLCCross-border Competition Handbook 2008/2009 – Recommended in U.S.; Recognized in Washington, D.C.

PLCCross-border Life Sciences Handbook 2008/2009 – Highly Recommended in U.S. for Life Sciences Competition/Antitrust

The Legal 500: Europe 2009 – Recognized in Belgium for Competition Law

Global Competition Review – Recognized in the 9th edition of GCR 100

Competition Law 360 – Named among top 10 antitrust firms in U.S. and ranking fifth in terms of growth

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08/26/10 U.S. Antitrust Agencies Finalize Updates to Horizontal Merger Guidelines

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
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 enforcement... more

08/23/10 Reduction in Burdens or More Headaches? FTC to Change HSR Act Premerger Notification Form and Rules

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that it is proposing changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) premerger notification form and rules. Almost every aspect of the form will be affected in some way. With one ... more

July 2010 Analysis of Innovation in Merger Investigations: Summary of ABA Brown Bag Program, Antitrust Health Care Chronicle, Vol. 23, No. 4

Outside Publication | Article
Daniel Schiffer

06/07/10 European Commission Revises Competition Rules for Motor Vehicle Distribution and Repair

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice

On May 27, the European Commission (the Commission) published its new Motor Vehicle Sector Block Exemption Regulation (MVBER) and supplementary Guidelines (the Guidelines). The revision of the rules relating to vertical agreeme... more

05/26/10 Supreme Court Provides Guidance on Applying Section 1 of the Sherman Act to Joint Ventures

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice

In the first Supreme Court victory for an antitrust plaintiff in nearly 20 years, the Court on Monday unanimously held that NFL teams should not be considered a “single entity” for the purposes of applying Section 1 ... more

05/12/10 The Role of Counsel Representing Parties to a Transaction Involving Innovation Markets, presented at the ABA Brown Bag Program: Analysis of Innovation in Merger Investigations, Washington, D.C.

Presentation | Speech
Daniel Schiffer, Scott Stempel

05/11/10 Advocate General Denies Legal Privilege for In-House Lawyers

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice

On April 29, German Advocate General Juliane Kokott at the Court of Justice of the European Union (Court of Justice) handed down her opinion in Akzo v. European Commission (Case C-550/07 P). The opinion argues that the commun... more

04/27/10 European Commission Releases Long-Awaited Revisions to Vertical Restraints Block Exemption Regulation and Guidelines

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice

After a long and somewhat contentious review process, the European Commission (the Commission) published its long-awaited new Vertical Restraints Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and Guidelines (the Guidelines) on April 20. Th... more

04/27/10 Healthcare Reform Law and Mandatory Compliance Programs

LawFlash/Client Alert | Washington Government Relations and Public Policy LawFlash
Scott Memmott, Howard Young

With the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended by the Health Care Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the Healthcare Reform Law), Congress for the first time has mandated that a broad r... more

04/26/10 U.S. Antitrust Agencies Propose Updates to Horizontal Merger Guidelines

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice

On April 20, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued proposed revisions to the Horizontal Merger Guidelines (the Guidelines), the agencies’ statement of their enfo... more

04/21/10 New 50% Tax Credit/Cash Grant for Life Science Companies Requires Timely Determination of Eligibility and Application

LawFlash/Client Alert | Tax LawFlash
Wendy Unglaub, Gary Wilcox

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the Healthcare Reform Law), provides for a valuable new 50% tax credit or equivalent cash grant, fo... more

04/19/10 Healthcare Reform Law: Comparative Effectiveness Provisions Concerning Healthcare Products and Services

LawFlash/Client Alert | Washington Government Relations and Public Policy LawFlash
Stephen Mahinka

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the Healthcare Reform Law), contains provisions supporting the development of comparative effectiven... more

04/15/10 Healthcare Reform Law: A New Regulatory Pathway for Biosimilar Biological Products

LawFlash/Client Alert | Washington Government Relations and Public Policy LawFlash
Kathleen Sanzo, Phoebe Mounts

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the Healthcare Reform Law), establishes an abbreviated licensure pathway for biosimilar biological p... more

04/15/10 Healthcare Reform Law: Impact on Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

LawFlash/Client Alert | Washington Government Relations and Public Policy LawFlash
Kathleen Sanzo

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the Healthcare Reform Law, or Law), will have a number of direct and indirect effects on pharmaceutic... more

04/14/10 Healthcare Reform Law Leads to Significant Changes to the 340B Program

LawFlash/Client Alert | Washington Government Relations and Public Policy LawFlash
Washington Government Relations and Public Policy Practice

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the Healthcare Reform Law, or Law), provides for a number of significant revisions to the existing 34... more

04/14/10 Immediate Healthcare Reform Law Issues for Group Health Plans Come Into Sharper Focus

LawFlash/Client Alert | Washington Government Relations and Public Policy LawFlash
Riva Johnson, Saghi Fattahian, Andy Anderson

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the Healthcare Reform Law), creates a number of immediate issues for employer group health plans. Some o... more

04/13/10 Healthcare Reform Law Imposes New Tax and Other Requirements for Device Manufacturers

LawFlash/Client Alert | Washington Government Relations and Public Policy LawFlash
M. Elizabeth Bierman, Michele Buenafe

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the Healthcare Reform Law), presents a number of new issues for medical device manufacturers. Devic... more

04/13/10 Healthcare Reform Law: Issues Affecting Hospitals and Health Systems

LawFlash/Client Alert | Washington Government Relations and Public Policy LawFlash
Andrew Ruskin, Albert Shay

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the Healthcare Reform Law), includes substantial changes that will affect how hospitals of all type... more

Spring 2010 Managing Merger Control in the Era of Globalization, Antitrust, Vol. 24, No. 2

Outside Publication | Article
Jonathan Uphoff

04/09/10 Healthcare Reform Law Cuts Medicare Advantage Payments and (Mostly) Increases Prescription Drug Program Payments

LawFlash/Client Alert | Washington Government Relations and Public Policy LawFlash
Kashmira Makwana, Joyce Cowan

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Healthcare Reform Law) makes substantial changes to the Medicare Part C Medicare Advantage (MA) and Me... more

04/07/10 Healthcare Reform Law Requires Reasonable Break Times and Locations for Nursing Mothers

LawFlash/Client Alert | Washington Government Relations and Public Policy LawFlash
Michael Ossip, Sarah Andrews

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the Healthcare Reform Law), includes a provision that requires employers to provide covered employe... more

04/06/10 No Sacred Cow: DOJ Turns Up the Heat on Competition Issues in the American Agriculture Industry

LawFlash/Client Alert | White Collar and Antitrust LawFlash
Nathan Andrisani, Alison Dante, Eric Sitarchuk

During the first in a series of unprecedented joint workshops between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), held on March 12, Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division Ch... more

03/31/10 Healthcare Reform Law: Healthcare Fraud and Abuse and Program Integrity Provisions

LawFlash/Client Alert | Washington Government Relations and Public Policy LawFlash
Kathleen McDermott, Meredith Auten

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the Healthcare Reform Law), contains more than 32 sections related to healthcare fraud and abuse an... more

03/29/10 Healthcare Reform Law Delivers New Transparency Requirements for the Health Industry

LawFlash/Client Alert | Washington Government Relations and Public Policy LawFlash
Kathleen McDermott

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the Healthcare Reform Law) provides for a number of new transparency requirements for several health ... more

03/25/10 Healthcare Reform Law and Its Impact on Business: Ongoing Information and Analysis from Morgan Lewis

LawFlash/Client Alert | Washington Government Relations and Public Policy LawFlash
Washington Government Relations and Public Policy Practice

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the Healthcare Reform Law) that President Obama signed into law on March 23 contains a large number of provisions that will significantly affect businesses in the coming months and... more

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