Ashley Howlett

Jun 4, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Ashley Howlett |Chuck Loughlin |Jill Ottenberg

The May 2024 RFI is in-line with the Agencies’ shift towards a holistic approach to analyzing transactions that considers not only the immediate competitive effects of the transaction, but also the acquiror’s history and current or future strategic initiatives. The 2023 Merger Guidelines—finalized by the Agencies in December 2023— specifically address serial acquisitions. Guideline 8 provides that “. . .

Dec 20, 2023 | lexology.com | Logan Breed |Edith Ramirez |Chuck Loughlin |Ken Field |Justin Bernick |Ashley Howlett | +3 more

On December 18, 2023 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) (“the Agencies”) released the 2023 Merger Guidelines (the Merger Guidelines). The substance of the new guidelines does not stray significantly from the Agencies’ Draft Merger Guidelines published in July 2023, and contains most of the same expanded theories of harm first laid out there by the Agencies.

Jul 24, 2023 | lexology.com | Chuck Loughlin |Justin Bernick |Lauren Battaglia |Ashley Howlett |Ken Field |Ilana Kattan | +1 more

On July 19, 2023 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) (“the agencies”) released their 2023 Draft Merger Guidelines (the “2023 draft guidelines” or the “revised guidelines”).