Sep 16, 2024 DOJ Sues RealPage: Next Step in Antitrust Enforcement Against Pricing Algorithms By Bruce McCulloch Andrew Ewalt Gabriella Small On August 23, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and eight states filed a lawsuit against the property management software company...
Aug 21, 2024 FTC Announces Final Rule on Deceptive Reviews By Christine Wilson Nina Frant On Wednesday, August 15, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unanimously approved a final rule that prohibits fake reviews and...
Aug 14, 2024 Touchdown: DOJ Fines Legends Hospitality $3.5M For HSR Violation By Bruce McCulloch Meytal McCoy Charles Ramsey On August 5, 2024, the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement with Legends Hospitality Parent...
Jun 27, 2024 U.S. Outbound Investment Restrictions on the Horizon – What You Need to Know By Aimen Mir Brian Reissaus Christine Laciak Colin Costello Timothy Swartz Mark Appleton Andrew Gabel +4 more... Show less On June 21, 2024, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to implement President Biden’s...
Jun 24, 2024 FTC Comments on USPTO’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Involving Patent Settlement Agreements By Vinita Kailasanath Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum Laura Onken Jake Silvers +1 more... Show less On June 18, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a comment (the FTC Comment) responding to the United States Patent and...
May 16, 2024 Court Grants Relief to Private Equity in Anesthesiologists Litigation By Jan Rybnicek Meghan Rissmiller Jennifer Mellott Bruce McCulloch LB McCaskey +2 more... Show less On May 13, a federal court in Texas ruled that the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) cannot seek an injunction against a private equity...
Apr 26, 2024 FTC Stays on Trend in Challenge to Handbag Merger: FTC Continues to Advance New Theories from Its Merger Guidelines in Latest Suit By Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum Laura Onken Emily Strickland Gabriella Small +1 more... Show less On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) moved to block the $8.5 billion purchase of Capri Holdings, the parent company of brands...
Apr 25, 2024 FTC Finalizes Rule Banning Post-Termination Non-Compete Clauses By Nicole Foster Brandon Gantus Bruce McCulloch Jan Rybnicek Angela Landry Sam Fulliton LB McCaskey Jordan Riley +5 more... Show less On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) finalized a rule banning all new post-termination non-compete clauses between employers...
Mar 28, 2024 With The Fintech Sector's Return to Explosive Growth, Here Are Top U.S. Legal Issues to Watch By Jamillia Ferris Vinita Kailasanath Christine Lyon Jan Rybnicek David Sewell Nathaniel Balk Christine Chong Sora Park Emily Strickland +6 more... Show less Freshfields recently hosted a U.S. Fintech Hot Topics Webinar to highlight on-the-ground insights from our Antitrust and Competition,...
Mar 27, 2024 FDIC Joins Bank Merger Fray with Proposed Policy Statement By David Sewell Alison Hashmall Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum Jenny Hochenberg Angela Landry Nathaniel Balk Tina Laritz Cates Saleeby +5 more... Show less With the recent one-year anniversary of three of the largest bank failures in U.S. history—shortly preceded by the largest bank merger...
Mar 11, 2024 Senate Confirms Two New FTC Commissioners, Restoring Agency to Five Members for the First Time Since 2022 By Jan Rybnicek Christine Wilson Gabriella Small On March 7, 2024, the U.S. Senate unanimously voted to confirm Republican nominees Melissa Holyoak and Andrew Ferguson to serve as...
Mar 07, 2024 FTC Hosts Workshop on Private Equity in Healthcare By Jamillia Ferris Meghan Rissmiller Jan Rybnicek Sam Fulliton Hattie Van Metre +2 more... Show less On March 5, 2024, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) hosted a workshop “aimed at examining the role of private equity (“PE”)...