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Jan 24, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Jason Powers |Darren Tucker
This program is also available via webcast. Join us as Darren Tucker and Jason Powers discuss recent antitrust developments in the energy sector and what lies ahead for companies in 2025. Key topics include the incoming Trump administration’s approach to antitrust enforcement, changes to the merger notification filing process, and the status of the FTC’s rule banning non-compete agreements.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Evan Miller |Darren Tucker
The incoming Trump administration suggests a potential return to more traditional levels of antitrust enforcement for energy industry mergers and a departure from novel theories of harm seen under current Federal Trade Commission leadership.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
velaw.com | Hill Wellford |Darren Tucker |Kara Kuritz |Evan Miller
The DOJ’s concerns with Tencent having two board members serving on Epic’s board may appear counterintuitive. Tencent is a Chinese conglomerate offering a range of mobile apps, video games, and entertainment services. Epic is a U.S.-based video game developer most famous for its game “Fortnite.” Tencent has a minority ownership position in Epic, giving Tencent the ability to appoint two directors on Epic’s board. The DOJ alleged that Tencent, through its U.S.-based subsidiary, Riot Games Inc.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
velaw.com | Hill Wellford |Darren Tucker |Kara Kuritz |Evan Miller
The HSR Act prohibits mergers and acquisitions beyond a certain size (the threshold for 2024 is $119.5 million) from closing before the parties observe a waiting period that allows the antitrust agencies, the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the DOJ, to review the deal. For most types of transactions, the waiting period is 30 days, and the waiting period will be extended if one of the agencies initiates an in-depth investigation known as a Second Request.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
truthonthemarket.com | John Fingleton |Ben Sperry |Dan Caprio |Darren Tucker
There are probably four areas to consider. The first is that the UK’s jurisdiction on mergers increased with Brexit. The UK is not subject to the same turnover threshold as under European law, and this enables it to call in a wider range of deals. It has also been able to look at different theories of harm in digital markets. It has done that in probably more than 10 cases where it examined issues like potential competition, vertical exclusion, etc.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Jeffrey Jakubiak |Eric Klein |Darren Tucker
Since generative AI burst into the mainstream, companies have raced to capitalize on its extraordinary promise. But as with any technological frontier, this promise does not come without risks, and companies can expect to encounter them with greater frequency as AI’s role in the economy continues to grow. Vinson & Elkins works closely with clients to identify, manage, and mitigate AI’s many emerging risks.
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
velaw.com | Becky Baker |Darren Tucker
By Becky Baker, Darren Tucker, and Hill Wellford As we previously addressed, on April 24, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted to finalize its rule prohibiting businesses from entering into or enforcing non-compete clauses in nearly all agreements with workers (“FTC Rule”). The FTC Rule is scheduled to take effect September 4, 2024. On July 3, 2024, in Ryan, LLC v.
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Jason Powers |Darren Tucker
January 16th, 2024
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
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This program is also available via webcast. The energy and chemicals industries play a central role in our economy and regularly capture the attention of antitrust authorities and practitioners.
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Nov 13, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Kara Kuritz |Evan Miller |Darren Tucker
Participants in the renewable energy industry should be aware of antitrust and competition rules because renewable energy is no longer a nascent field. Europe generated almost 40% of its electricity from renewable sources in 2022, and in the first half of 2023, renewable energy accounted for approximately 25% of electricity generation in the United States.
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Oct 6, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Evan Miller |Rami Rashmawi |Darren Tucker
On September 18, 2023 the UK Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) published its initial report regarding competition and consumer protection issues implicated by artificial intelligence (“AI”) foundation models (the “CMA Report”). The CMA Report makes clear the UK agency’s intent to engage in proactive regulation of AI technology and vigorous enforcement at a time when legislators and competition regulators across the globe are heavily scrutinizing the effects of AI on the global economy.
