Brendan Coffman

May 30, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Brendan Coffman |Jamillia Ferris |Maureen K. Ohlhausen

Serial acquisitions and roll-up strategies are facing intense scrutiny as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division request public comment on how these types of transactions impact competition in “any sector or industry” of the U.S. economy, including “housing, agriculture, defense, cybersecurity, distribution, construction, aftermarket/repair, and professional services markets.”1In their press release announcing the public inquiry, the...

May 29, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Brendan Coffman |Jamillia Ferris |Adrian Lee

DOJ's Most Recent Monopolization Case Reflects Several Agency Priorities Including Expansion of Section 2 to Respond to Headline-Grabbing Popular DemandsOn May 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), along with 30 state and district attorneys general, filed a lawsuit seeking to break-up Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Mar 8, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Brendan Coffman |Adrian Lee |Aayush Patel

On March 5, 2024, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Antitrust Division, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) jointly issued a Request for Information (RFI) to solicit public comments about the impacts of consolidation in the healthcare industry.1The agencies’ inquiry reflects the Biden Administration’s continued scrutiny of competition and prices in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries and its broader initiative to apply antitrust...

Dec 18, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Brendan Coffman

Amidst a wave of challenges to mergers on novel theories of harm, proposals to revamp both the HSR Filing rules and the Merger Guidelines used for assessing the competitive impact of mergers, and taking steps to enlarge the agency’s enforcement ambit, the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) most recent action is perhaps the most consequential for life sciences companies.

May 3, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Deirdre Carroll |Brendan Coffman |Matthew McDonald

On April 26, 2023, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) blocked Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard over concerns the deal “would alter the future of the fast-growing cloud gaming market.”1The deal was announced in January 2022 and would have been the industry’s largest ever.