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Oct 28, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Brian Burke |John Fedele |Kayleigh Golish |Daniel Graulich |Andrea Rivers
In briefThe Commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") have voted unanimously to issue a final rule1 developed by both the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the FTC (collectively, the "Agencies"), updating the Premerger Notification Rules (the "Rules") that implement the Hart Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act (the "HSR Act"), including substantial changes to the HSR Form.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
globalcompliancenews.com | Brian Burke |John Fedele |Kayleigh Golish |Daniel Graulich
The Commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have voted unanimously to issue a final rule1 developed by both the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FTC (collectively, the “Agencies”), updating the Premerger Notification Rules (“Rules”) that implement the Hart Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act (“HSR Act”), including substantial changes to the HSR Form.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
globalcompliancenews.com | Brian Burke |Daniel Graulich |Andrea Rivers
In briefA federal judge in the Northern District of Texas has granted a preliminary injunction that partially enjoins the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final rule on noncompete covenants.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
concurrences.com | Baker McKenzie |Brian Burke |Daniel Graulich |Andrea Rivers
Previous article Next article Share on | In briefA federal judge in the Northern District of Texas has granted a preliminary injunction that partially enjoins the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final rule on noncompete covenants.
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Jul 4, 2024 | 
globalcompliancenews.com | Teisha C. Johnson |Daniel Graulich |K. Heidi Smucker
In briefOn 20 May, the US District Court for the Central District of California affirmed a seven-figure jury verdict and granted a permanent injunction in a rare Robinson-Patman Act decision. The RPA is an antitrust statute that prohibits certain kinds of price discrimination in goods purchased for resale. The case, LA International Corp. v.
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Creighton Macy |Brian Burke |John Fedele |Teisha C. Johnson |Nandu Machiraju |Daniel Graulich
In briefThe Federal Trade Commission has just announced its annual adjustment to the notification thresholds that determine whether proposed transactions may trigger a filing obligation under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended. The corresponding adjustments to the HSR filing fee schedule also were included in the announcement.
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Nov 3, 2023 | 
globalcompliancenews.com | Brian Burke |Marisa Dieken |Daniel Graulich
In briefIn a notable turn of events, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it would abandon its in-house post-consummation challenge of the 2018 acquisition by Axon Enterprise, Inc. (“Axon”) of VieVu, LLC (“VieVu”). The FTC’s decision follows a recent adverse ruling from the Supreme Court, which held that parties are entitled to assert constitutional challenges against the FTC before being required to participate in its administrative proceedings.
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Oct 24, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Brian Burke |Marisa Dieken |Daniel Graulich
In briefIn a notable turn of events, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it would abandon its in-house post-consummation challenge of the 2018 acquisition by Axon Enterprise, Inc. (“Axon”) of VieVu, LLC (“VieVu”). The FTC’s decision follows a recent adverse ruling from the Supreme Court, which held that parties are entitled to assert constitutional challenges against the FTC before being required to participate in its administrative proceedings.
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Sep 20, 2023 | 
globalcompliancenews.com | Brian Burke |Mark Hamer |Creighton Macy |Daniel Graulich
In briefThe US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) (together “Agencies“) each have recently taken enforcement actions that demonstrate renewed attention on interlocking directorates (in which individuals simultaneously serve as directors on the boards of competing companies). Interlocking directorates are prohibited under Section 8 of the Clayton Act unless one of its de minimis exceptions applies.
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Jul 6, 2023 | 
globalcompliancenews.com | Mark Weiss |Daniel Graulich |Halli Spraggins
In briefOn Friday 16 June 2023, the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Bureau of Competition (BC) issued a strong warning to companies regarding the inclusion of certain types of contract terms that can “impede investigations” and “are contrary to public policy and unenforceable.” Specifically, the announcement warned against confidentiality clauses, nondisclosure agreements, and “notice of agency contact” provisions, commonly used in business-to-business and employment contracts.
