3/20/2026 7:34:38 PM Federal Appeals Court Ruling Affirms Less Burdensome HSR Form is Back By Bruce McCulloch Andrew Cline Charles Ramsey Kara Reid Sandra Makeen +2 more... Show less On March 19, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) emergency motion for a...
3/2/2026 4:18:17 PM FTC Issues Policy Statement on Age Verification: New Flexibility for Age-Verification Tech By Christine Wilson Nina Frant Abdiel Lewis Roger Li +1 more... Show less For years, websites and apps have faced a regulatory paradox: verifying a user’s age may be necessary to comply with the Children’s...
2/26/2026 4:57:27 PM Civil Antitrust Enforcement Awakens: DOJ and Ohio AG Take Aim at OhioHealth By Constance Forkner Kara Reid Alex Nickol On February 20, 2026, the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) and the Ohio Attorney General (Ohio AG) brought a civil...
2/17/2026 9:43:22 PM Back to Basics: New HSR Rules Struck Down, Old Form Returns By Bruce McCulloch Julie Elmer Andrew Cline Charles Ramsey Kara Reid Sandra Makeen +3 more... Show less On February 12, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule...
2/13/2026 8:52:43 PM Key Drivers for the FTC’s First Merger Victory of the Second Trump Administration By Meghan Rissmiller Andrew Ewalt Julie Elmer Constance Forkner Sam Fulliton Chris Kraft Kara Reid Gabriella Small +5 more... Show less Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Edwards) abandoned its $945 million acquisition of JenaValve Technology, Inc. (JenaValve) after the U.S....
2/9/2026 9:13:27 PM 2026 Enforcement Priority: Algorithmic Pricing By Ellen Rosenblum Austin Evers Beth George Jennifer Loeb Nina Frant Abdiel Lewis Rashi Narayan +4 more... Show less Regulators are making it clear that 2026 will be a big year for scrutiny of algorithmic pricing models, the use of personal data and...
2/6/2026 2:39:12 PM Blast from the Past: FTC Sets New HSR Act & Interlocking Directorate Thresholds and Filing Fees for 2026 as Early Termination and Filing Volume Returns By Bruce McCulloch Andrew Cline Charles Ramsey On January 14, 2026, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its annual updates to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act reportability...
2/5/2026 6:25:31 PM Life Sciences Enforcement Testing the Boundaries of Competition Law By Kaylynn Moss Sean Norick Long Toyosi Taiwo Lucas Vanassche +1 more... Show less Life sciences is a high-stakes sector where antitrust enforcement is testing the boundaries of competition law. The focus differs sharply...
2/2/2026 2:50:37 PM DOJ Antitrust Division Announces First-Ever Whistleblower Award By Manish Kumar Heather Lamberg Claire Leonard Chase Gordon +1 more... Show less The generous $1 million award is expected to be the first of many as whistleblowers “frenzy” to report antitrust misconduct. On January...
11/3/2025 4:43:36 PM Global Regulators’ Continued Scrutiny of Life Sciences: Merger and Conduct Enforcement Trends in 2025 By Jenny Leahy Meghan Rissmiller Jan Rybnicek Sam Fulliton Kaylynn Moss Toyosi Taiwo Lucas Vanassche +4 more... Show less Executive Summary In 2025, the life sciences sector remains a focus for antitrust agencies globally, especially as governments focus on...
10/8/2025 8:34:24 PM Key Development in the Algorithmic Collusion Saga: Settling Defendants to Pay over $141 million to Settle RealPage Price-Fixing Class Action Claims in Tennessee By Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum Bruce McCulloch Elizabeth Suarez Kara Reid Gabriella Small Noelle Choi +3 more... Show less On October 1, 2025, nearly three years since the initial complaint in In re: RealPage, Inc. Rental Software Antitrust Litigation (No....
10/6/2025 4:47:23 PM FTC Challenges Zillow and Redfin Partnership By Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum Kara Reid Emily Abbott On September 30, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) sued Zillow and Redfin, alleging they entered into illegal agreements that...