Curtis Eichelberger

3 weeks ago | mlex.com | Curtis Eichelberger |Ilana Kowarski

By Flavia Fortes, Curtis Eichelberger and Ilana Kowarski ( June 4, 2025, 21:58 GMT | Insight) -- The US Department of Justice is promising to dismantle most Biden-era merger policies, signaling a strategic recalibration in its approach to merger review. The DOJ's Antitrust Division will move away from practices such as warning letters, policy “leveraging,” overly broad second requests and “shadow decrees” — tools critics argued created uncertainty and chilled legitimate transactions.

Feb 12, 2025 | mlex.com | Khushita Vasant |Curtis Eichelberger

By Flavia Fortes, Khushita Vasant and Curtis Eichelberger ( February 12, 2025, 14:04 GMT | Comment) -- The lawsuit against HPE’s acquisition of Juniper Networks filed by US antitrust authorities marks another transatlantic divergence in competition enforcement — a difference in approach that appears to be happening more frequently.

Jan 31, 2025 | mlex.com | Curtis Eichelberger |Ilana Kowarski

By By Curtis Eichelberger and Ilana Kowarski ( February 1, 2025, 00:20 GMT | Insight) -- A Texas federal judge denied the US Federal Trade Commission's request for a preliminary injunction and said he will allow Tempur Sealy and Mattress Firm to merge while awaiting a full evidentiary hearing in the FTC’s in-house court.