8/22/2025 7:33:23 PM Key Themes in Merger Enforcement: Early Termination and Remedies under the Second Trump Administration By Marin Boney Mary Lehner Bruce McCulloch Jennifer Mellott Meghan Rissmiller Jan Rybnicek Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum Christine Wilson Kevin Yingling Sam Fulliton Emily Abbott Kate Applegate +9 more... Show less Antitrust enforcers in the second Trump administration have already shifted away from several hallmarks of Biden-era merger antitrust...
8/14/2025 9:52:36 PM CFIUS 2024 Annual Report – What Does that Data Mean for Investors? By Aimen Mir Brian Reissaus Christine Laciak Colin Costello Kate Applegate Mark Appleton Andrew Gabel Timothy Swartz +5 more... Show less The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) recently released its calendar year 2024 annual report to Congress...
8/8/2025 7:47:04 PM FTC Challenges Edwards Lifesciences’ Acquisition of JenaValve Technology By Meghan Rissmiller Sam Fulliton Joseph Pridmore On August 6, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued an administrative complaint, and a concurrent complaint in the U.S. District...
7/30/2025 3:08:19 PM Bipartisan Drug Competition Act Reintroduced in Senate By Kristen Riemenschneider Mary Lehner Chase Gordon The reintroduced legislation becomes the latest effort by a governmental body to address a perceived lack of prescription drug...
7/17/2025 3:16:17 PM Jupiter's Chinese Orbit: CFIUS Calls Five Years Later By Aimen Mir Christine Laciak Brian Reissaus Colin Costello Timothy Swartz Ian Allen Andrew Gabel Keian Razipour Kate Applegate +6 more... Show less On July 8, 2025, President Trump signed an order mandating that Suirui International Co., Limited (“Suirui”), a Chinese-owned entity,...
7/16/2025 9:49:27 PM Eighth Circuit Vacates FTC Amendments By Christine Wilson Nina Frant On July 8th, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) amendments to the...
7/15/2025 6:56:17 PM DOJ Antitrust Division Announces First-Ever Financial Rewards Program for Whistleblowers By Bruce McCulloch Heather Lamberg Claire Leonard Chase Gordon +1 more... Show less The new program incentivizes individuals to report anticompetitive conduct and signals DOJ is looking for additional avenues to uncover...
6/2/2025 11:28:17 PM The Return of Structural Remedies: FTC Clears Deal Contingent on Divestiture Package By Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum Meghan Rissmiller Kaylynn Moss Gabriella Small +1 more... Show less On May 28, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Synopsys, Inc. can complete its $35 billion acquisition of Ansys, Inc....
5/6/2025 8:45:05 PM Unleashing Competition Through Deregulation? By Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum Meghan Rissmiller Kaylynn Moss On May 2, 2025, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a joint letter to the...
4/10/2025 7:10:02 PM Washington State Jumps on the “Baby HSR Act” Bandwagon By Bruce McCulloch Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum Meytal McCoy Charles Ramsey Kaylynn Moss +2 more... Show less On April 4, 2025, Washington State Governor Bob Ferguson enacted the Uniform Antitrust Premerger Notification Act (Senate Bill 5122, the...
4/10/2025 3:17:15 PM Key Takeaways from the 2025 Spring Antitrust Meeting By Heather Lamberg Meghan Rissmiller Kara Reid David Bornudd +1 more... Show less With the American Bar Association's 2025 Antitrust Spring Meeting wrapped up, we look back at key takeaways from more than 70 panels,...
2/26/2025 5:41:51 PM A New FTC Labor Task Force By Bruce McCulloch Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum Nina Frant Angela Landry Emily Abbott +2 more... Show less On February 24, 2025, Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Chairman Andrew Ferguson announced the creation of a new labor task force. The...